| 单词 | scarp |
| 例句 | And Lee sat and watched helplessly as the zeppelin flew on directly into a scarp of the mountains that rose up before them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How many revetments and scarps have I raised? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To the east and west were more mountains, great jagged peaks thrusting sharply upward, their scarps piled high with snow and raked by the wind into bladelike edges as sharp as scimitars. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Friendship makes a gentle turn and crosses the eastern scarp of the Rift. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point Jericho encounters a scarp marking a chasm he and his companions are headed for, which is as 'daunting as a Kiefer landscape.' The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska – review by Lloyd Jones 2013-06-13T06:12:13Z Appropriately, for a town with such frontier connotations, it’s now the vanguard of Kyrgyzstan’s adventure tourism industry, the gateway to the icebound scarps of the Tian Shan, the fabled Celestial Mountains. Explorer: Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan 2014-05-09T19:07:12Z The consensus view is that Mercury's scarps are mostly about 3 billion years old. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The Saddle Mountain quake broke the ground with a 24-foot-tall scarp that blocked a drainage and created Price Lake, drowning trees as the water rose. New earthquake study: 'The big one,' but make it double? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z After 14 hours, the waves had carved a small cliff face called a scarp. In a twist, beach grass could make dunes more vulnerable to storms 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Long scarps on its surface testify to a global compression of Mercury’s crust during the past 4 billion years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The Wasatch Mountains in Utah represent an accumulation of fault scarps created a few meters at a time, over a few million years. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z We should not expect that the thrust fault below each scarp has moved only once. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Meaning, I guess, that if you survive the shaking, and can figure out how to get across Lake Washington, you could walk 15 miles or so along the wall of a freshly opened scarp. A deadly earthquake absolutely, positively will ravage Seattle at some point. Here’s how to survive it. 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z On the bare dune, a similar scarp formed after nearly 18 hours, but it was less than half the height. In a twist, beach grass could make dunes more vulnerable to storms 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z From uplifted scarps to ghost forests, the geological consequences of the fault in Seattle will be explored. Enjoy the Italian Festival at Seattle Center, plus other fun things to do this coming week 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Landslide scarps, like fault scarps, are steep terrain created when the movement of the adjacent land exposes a part of the subsurface. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z But our team found unambiguous signs that many scarps have continued to move in geologically recent times, even if they were initiated billions of years ago. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z I passed scarps and junkyards glinting with shattered plastics and glass, graveyards on hills, a giant iron woman cradling a gilded sheaf. A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z A 1,000-foot-high scarp, a geological feature created by a tectonic fault, towered nearby. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z She sent me details on scarps, thrusts and a tell-tale topography that reveals our eternal peril. Column: Where would you take a visitor to Los Angeles? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Main scarps are formed by the movement of the displaced material away from the undisturbed ground and are the visible part of the slide rupture surface. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z This work was triggered when a PhD student at Open University in the UK, Ben Man, noticed that some scarps have small fractures piggy-backing on their stretched upper surfaces. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z On its western side was a slumping escarpment, nicknamed the Lee-Lincoln scarp. Apollo-era Tremors Reveal a Dynamic, Active Moon 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The site’s rocks probably tumbled down from that scarp during one of the numerous earthquakes experienced in tectonically active Chile, the researchers hypothesize. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Boulder movements and disturbed soil near the scarps also indicated tectonic activity. Quakes show that moon, gradually shrinking, is tectonically active 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The fault scarp is the offset of the surface produced where the fault breaks through the surface. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Working with the most detailed images provided by MESSENGER, Man found 48 large lobate scarps that definitely have small grabens. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Geologists who study the fault often focus on scarps revealing the fault line at the foot of the mountains. Scientists release most detailed map of Teton quake fault 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z To map the boulders and the scarp in three dimensions, the research team scanned them with quadcopter drones equipped with cameras. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Watters said experts must be mindful that quakes may strike near these scarps when planning sites for future lunar exploration and a long-term human presence on the moon. Quakes show that moon, gradually shrinking, is tectonically active 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The most prominent scarp is the main scarp, which marks the uphill extent of the landslide. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Global map of shortening structures atop lobate scarps. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Geologists who study the fault often focus on scarps revealing the fault line at the foot of the mountains. Scientists release most detailed map of Teton quake fault 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z They also scrambled up the scarp one day to get their own view. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z But to capture the faint vibrations, he needed a seismometer positioned right on top of the Rattlesnake Ridge slide mass, a treacherous area with yawning fissures and a crumbling scarp that the researchers had avoided. A ‘landslide observatory’: Scientists study Washington’s Rattlesnake Ridge 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The most distant part of the slide from the main scarp. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Its lobate scarps are considerably smaller and less spectacular than those on Mercury, but on the Moon we know for sure that as well as being geologically recent, some are active today. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Planetary scientists located eight of these geological features, called scarps, on the Red Planet. 'A fantastic find': Mars hides thick sheets of ice just below the surface 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It made intuitive sense that they found the most boulders beneath the most jagged sections of the scarp. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The deposits were found at seven geological formations called scarps, with slopes up to 55 degrees, in the southern hemisphere and one in the northern hemisphere. Martian ice deposits could sustain human outposts in the future 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The final events affecting this area are current erosion processes working on the land surface, rounding off the edge of the fault scarp, and producing the modern landscape at the top of the diagram. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, the most detailed images of the Moon's surface from orbit reveal the tracks made by boulders bouncing down scarp faces, presumably after being dislodged by moonquakes. Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z These slopes are unusually steep, Balme said, though he imagines that the scarps look similar to glacial moraines on Earth. 'A fantastic find': Mars hides thick sheets of ice just below the surface 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “The rougher the scarp, the more likely it is to generate multiple rockfalls,” Mr. Morgan said. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The deposits were found at seven geological formations called scarps, with slopes up to 55 degrees, in the southern hemisphere and one in the northern hemisphere. Martian ice deposits could sustain human outposts in the future 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Lines—perhaps scarps or faults—appear to cut across the dark region as well as other parts of planet. New Horizons Emerges Unscathed from Pluto Flyby 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The trail around the peninsula is paved, and the fault scarp trail is a nice gravel loop with either stairs or a ramp, depending on your needs. Seward Park: A Scientific Wonderland in Seattle 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The small scarps also sometimes occur near collapsed portions of Mercury’s crust, which look like portions of Earth’s crust that get moved around in active earthquake zones. Best Images Ever of Mercury's Scorched Surface 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z They also mapped the trails of impact craters that led back toward the scarp, records of the rocks’ trajectories for 32 boulders. Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z For example, a type of landform known as a lobate scarp is found all over its surface. Best views of Mercury's icy craters 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The small scarps also sometimes appear near dropped-down portions of Mercury’s crust, which look like portions of Earth’s crust that get moved around in active earthquake zones. Mercury seen as never before 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z They'd just finished creating a trail to the fault scarp when I discovered the place. Seward Park: A Scientific Wonderland in Seattle 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere on Mercury, short, staircase-like ridges appear, miniature versions of the huge ‘scarps’ that the planet is famous for. Best Images Ever of Mercury's Scorched Surface 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “The information I’ve got right now gets me to the 98 percent confidence level,” said Miller, who helped Sherrod excavate the trenches and examine the scarp. Scientists may be cracking mystery of big 1872 earthquake 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Scarps—such as the walls of rills—in a region several miles south of the landing site look like fault scarp. ARCHIVE: Surprises From the Moon—An Expert's Report 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Elsewhere on Mercury, short stairstep-like ridges appear, miniature versions of the huge ‘scarps’ the planet is famous for. Mercury seen as never before 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Let's move on to the definite fault scarp, shall we? Seward Park: A Scientific Wonderland in Seattle 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z He happened to be up on the hill doing observation at the edge of the exposed scarp face. Video shows chunks of dirt tumbling from Oso landslide 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z In Spencer Canyon, the fault scarp itself is buried in one spot under a much smaller landslide. Scientists may be cracking mystery of big 1872 earthquake 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Sherrod said he already knows from trees growing on the scarp that it’s been there for at least 130 years. USGS finds clue to 1872 quake that blocked Columbia River 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The landslide left behind a cliff known as a head scarp 600ft high, Washington state geologist Dave Norman told reporters on Monday afternoon. More bodies found after US landslide 2014-03-25T00:10:08Z This is a chunk of very coarse sandstone fallen from the possible fault scarp. Seward Park: A Scientific Wonderland in Seattle 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The research team identified more than 5,900 surface features that pointed to shrinkage, including ‘lobate scarps’, puckered mountain ridges that run for hundreds of kilometers along the surface. Mercury Is Wrinkling Like A Raisin 2014-03-17T15:40:00Z A scarp is a scar created when an earthquake ruptures the ground surface. Scientists may be cracking mystery of big 1872 earthquake 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z A fault scarp is “a place where the fault tip breaks the ground surface and displaces it. One side goes up relative to the other side, and you get a cliff-like feature,” he said. USGS finds clue to 1872 quake that blocked Columbia River 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "Some of these lobate scarps are enormous," he told BBC News. Wrinkled Mercury's shrinking history 2014-03-16T18:36:34Z Engineers believe the path ahead between two scarps referred to as "Dingo Gap" will be kinder on the rover's wheels. Mars rover looks to 'jump' sand dune 2014-02-04T11:11:48Z Understanding this process leads to the prediction that rocks closest to the scarps were most recently exhumed and are thus most likely to preserve organics, all other factors being equal. [Introduction to Special Issue] Habitability, Taphonomy, and the Search for Organic Carbon on Mars 2014-01-23T19:26:06.492Z On satellite imagery, KMS9 looks to have just the right scarp features. Mars rover goes after carbon clues 2013-12-09T23:50:43Z And in the seven weeks since the storm they are already seeing signs of natural recovery, as waves remold the beaches and windblown sand builds up at the foot of the dune scarps. In Island’s Shifted Sands, Signs of a Hurricane’s Power 2012-12-17T23:28:15Z The scarp marks the edge of materials deposited at the foot of an alluvial fan, a sedimentary feature left behind from floods that once spilled down from the rim of Gale Crater. Mars scientists await feast of data 2012-08-15T17:20:52.890Z If elected, Tsipras promised he would halve his own salary as prime minister, scarp benefits for politicians and bring Greece's battered banking sector under state control. Greek radical leftist rejects call for unity government 2012-06-12T18:40:49Z The geomorphic expression of this process is a series of rocky scarps that retreated in the downwind direction. [Introduction to Special Issue] Habitability, Taphonomy, and the Search for Organic Carbon on Mars 2014-01-23T19:26:06.492Z What this all means is that Curiosity must drill just in front of "scarp" features on the landscape. Mars rover goes after carbon clues 2013-12-09T23:50:43Z It is writ large for example in the great limestone scarps of the Apennines. Italy caught in Earth's pincer 2012-05-30T15:53:05Z Several hundred metres away is a second option for exploration: a five-metre-high slope, or scarp, that separates the dusty desert pavement on which the rover landed from the more hummocky terrain that lies beyond. Mars scientists await feast of data 2012-08-15T17:20:52.890Z Behind them was a natural scarp of twenty-five or thirty feet high, with a flight of steps wide enough only for a single man to ascend at a time. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Mercury was long viewed as an inert lump, but Zuber and her colleagues now say it is still cooling and still shrinking, pushing up scarps — steep cliffs — that run for hundreds of miles. NASA probe offers new view of Mercury: an alien world right in our back yard 2012-03-26T20:32:11Z But I only pressed on, right up the scarp, which was there like the side of a house. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z It has been proposed as a term for the land form which consists of the two elements of a steep scarp or “strike” face, and an inclined plain or gentle “dip” slope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The materials seem to be cemented or consolidated in some way, and layers exposed on the scarp might reveal the comings and goings of an ancient lake. Mars scientists await feast of data 2012-08-15T17:20:52.890Z Salamgi is tremendously strong; it is a series of natural scarps, of great height; and upon the terrace formed by these scarps a great portion of Theodore’s force is encamped. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z For on our right rose the tooth of rock in a sheer scarp; on our left the ground broke steeply away at the backs of the houses. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Stern and high the shout rang out; but breath was everything, and the scarp still rose above us and the shot still tore our ranks! My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Soon the river meadows with their high thorn hedges lay green on our right, while the scarp of red rock rose on our left, covered with the dark trees of summer. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Then the clouds broke away and the sunshine and shadows began playing tag over the scarps and buttresses of the encompassing amphitheatre of mountains. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z It was a bare scarp of earth, touched faintly, here and there, with the most meagre intervals of struggling green. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z There was the rough scarp of rock round which they had followed the bristling crowd to the death. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z If the Reelfoot fault had been popping off giant earthquakes repeatedly, for a long geological time, it would have built up a noticeable scarp, like the impressive topography of a mountain range. Is Money Wasted Preparing for a Major Midwest Quake? 2011-11-10T11:15:00.450Z The scarp or steeply inclined slope; this is necessarily of small extent except in the direction of its length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z A palisade of sharp pickets fringed the outer and inner slopes of the ditch,—or, to speak more technically, guarded the scarp and counter-scarp. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z We are trying to get a bunch of samples to show correlations among various terrace scarps. Scientist at Work Blog: All-Natural Terraces 2011-08-10T22:17:44Z Shadow, too, plays its own sleight; the cliff that was sun-kissed fades and glooms, while the scarps and planes before shaded, shine out again and spread their splendour along the sea. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z This morning we started with the top scarp just below the village. Scientist at Work: Living Dangerously in Sichuan Province 2011-08-02T20:12:41Z Ice formed in the shallows of the river; and the streams, which in summer trickled down the ribbed scarps, were now transmuted into icicles. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Otherwise it was much like other ruins of the kind, its scarp being literally strewn with bits of sandwich paper, ancient and modern, broken bottles, and similar relics of generations of picnic parties. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The only entrance is towards the Dniestr, four or five yards from the scarp that flanks the river. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Within the riven scarps of the Cajon Pass it was hotter still. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z A house is unfortunately situated just a few feet back from the scarp — in a few more years it is likely to be falling down the cliff. Scientist at Work: Living Dangerously in Sichuan Province 2011-08-02T20:12:41Z One by one the lights went out; the moon was riding high and full above the scarp and ramparts of the Citadel; beneath, the river rolled its silvered flood. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The precipitous submarine slope forming the northwest border of Bartlett Deep may reasonably be interpreted as a great fault scarp. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The main body had halted at the scarp of the hill, some forty yards from the wall, awaiting the arrival of the scaling ladders before making the final and decisive assault. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z The limestone forms fine scarps on the southern side of the lake, capped by beds regarded as the Yoredale series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Then bounding again like the falling stone, he pursued his flight, till at length, bruised and bleeding, he reached the bottom of the rocky scarp, hitherto untraversed except by the sticky foot of the lizard. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z On each side of the traveller was a comparatively clear space, behind was a scarp of rock overhung with trees. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The precipitous western border of the Wasatch Mountains is itself a great fault scarp, as is also the eastern border of the Sierra Nevada. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Three step-like terraces remained to be surmounted, and the men climbed one another's shoulders or stuck their bayonets between the stones of the scarp, and so worked their way upward. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z The scarps, or cliffs, extend across some small craters, and small craters tend to be obliterated over time, Watters said in a telephone interview. Moon is shrinking, data show, but Earth will be unaffected 2010-08-20T16:00:00Z The roads along the scarp were completely obliterated. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The scarps, or cliffs, extend across some small craters, and small craters tend to be obliterated over time, Watters explained in a telephone interview. Moon May Be Shrinking, But Very, Very Slowly 2010-08-20T14:34:00Z In places fault scarps a score or more feet in height cross the alluvial cones at the mouths of the small high-grade valleys in the mountains. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The rainfall is very scanty, and running waters are hardly known excepting among the mountains which form the scarps of the elevated country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The size of the scarps indicates a shrinkage in the size of the moon of about 100 meters, or 328 feet, the researchers said. Moon is shrinking, data show, but Earth will be unaffected 2010-08-20T16:00:00Z The lower extremity of this hill is rent and furrowed by many tangled ravines, and the bare craggy scarp frowns over the wide-spreading valleys which stretch on either side. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Faulting, probably in Pliocene times, lowered the basaltic plateaus to form the basin of Lough Neagh, leaving the eastern scarp at heights ranging up to 1800 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" These scarps in loose unconsolidated gravel and similar material, even under an arid climate, could not be expected to preserve their freshness for many years. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z He slid down the scarp and went on, heartened by the increase of light. The Unknown Sea The scarps are up to 10 meters high and a few kilometers long, Watters said. Moon is shrinking, data show, but Earth will be unaffected 2010-08-20T16:00:00Z Frightful indeed was the sight which met the gaze of the Amhára, as they took their position in front of the plundered village on the frowning scarp of the ravine. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The glens of Antrim are deep notches cut by seaward-running streams through the basalt scarp, their floors being formed of Triassic or older rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" This abrupt eastward-facing mountain slope is in reality a great fault scarp, formed mainly by the upheaval of the west side of an intersecting system of fractures. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z These rocks are much folded and the shales are locally cleaved into slates, while the sandstones and conglomerates form scarps and ridges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" On the west of the hollow, the high edge of the Castle-comer coalfields rises, scarps of limestone, grit, and coal-measures succeeding one another on the ascent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The sun had disappeared now; a red afterglow still lingered on the loftier peaks, but the abrupt scarps of the great mountains were assuming a purpler gloom. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The V-shaped scarp of the slopes stood dully in relief against the glare, which was as that of a furnace. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He stood beneath a scarp of black rock, notched with a single pass. Black Amazon of Mars Covered with blood, Charles's beautiful hero-like form rested upon the inner scarp of the trench. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna To the south the scarps and moorlands of the Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit form the north-western rim of the South Wales coalfield. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Letting the rope go, he plunged down the scarp into the ditch, rushed across, up the counter-scarp and the glacis, and reached level ground on the other side. Barclay of the Guides He straightened swiftly to face the scarp that blotted out the star-strewn sky—and the rumble grew! n one leap, he was at Sipar's side. The World That Couldn't Be One evening at sunset he came out upon a plain that sloped upward to a black and towering scarp, notched with a single pass. Black Amazon of Mars He walked to the loop-hole and looked far down from the projecting wall and along the parapet of the curtain and the scarp to the opposite bastion with its tower-like block-house. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The phantom mist, that is moonbeam-kissed, On hills where the trees are thinned, When Autumn leans at the oak-root's scarp, Playing a harp Of wind. The Garden of Dreams He flew blindly, not looking down at the neat domed houses and the gardens and the people, but ahead, to the eastern sky and the upthrust scarp of the hills. Homo Inferior When morning came, Duncan and Sipar climbed the scarp, clambering over the boulders and the tons of soil and rock that covered their camping place. The World That Couldn't Be He looked into the black and narrow mouth of the Gates of Death, cleaving the scarp like a wound, and the primitive ape-thing within him cringed and moaned, oppressed with a sudden sense of fate. Black Amazon of Mars The beds of trachyte break off in precipitous scarps, and being of great thickness and perfectly horizontal, are unusually conspicuous. Volcanoes: Past and Present From the buttress foot a sheep-walk goes along the scarp—see, you can follow it from here in the dry grass. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Smythe had told her, and Murray had confirmed his description, that Thunder Mountain was not formidable as far as the foot of the final scarp. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The scarp descended boldly into the blue water here, and the edges were planted with brushwood. Hurricane Island Below him, on the grassy slope at the foot of the scarp, was a figure clad in khaki. David and the Phoenix On the right the scarps of Mokattam, of a rosy gray, show their bare sides, on which no vegetation is apparent. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt A Tartar phalanx Balkan's scarp hath past, And Allah's standard falls, alas! at last. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. It’s not difficult as far as the foot of the scarp that lifts to the flat top you see yonder. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Its oppressive blackness suggested weight, so that one trembled for the stability of the chalky scarp which must uphold that ebon canopy. The Orchard of Tears Halfway up the scarp was a dark horizontal line of bushes, something like a hedge. David and the Phoenix Before him lay what had once been the little hamlet on the scarp—he recognized it, remembering how the French barrage had in mercy been lifted over it. Where the Souls of Men are Calling A fraise is a palisade horizontal, or nearly so, projecting from the scarp or counterscarp. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Towards midday they arrived at a kraal situated in a vast semi-circular expanse of open ground bounded on three sides by scarps of the Karewenda Hills. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The mesa bench dropped sharply down a bare shale scarp to the willows growing near the river. The Fighting Edge The inner edge was bounded by a second scarp—a wall of red stone with sparkling points of light imbedded in its smooth surface. David and the Phoenix Without doubt this was a night party fortifying the ruined hamlet on the scarp; but, if that were so, where in the name of God, he asked himself, could the Allied army be! Where the Souls of Men are Calling Above rose vast slopes, streaked in some places with small firs, in others ground to a smooth scarp by sliding snow. Prescott of Saskatchewan Plodding back along the shingle with his load, he reached a little level strip beneath a scarp of rock, where a fire blazed among the boulders. The Long Portage Reid seized that interval, and crying “Come on,” leaped over the scarp, and rushed up to the very walls. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure The sheer face of the scarp fell away beneath them, plunging down to the tiny trees and rocks below. David and the Phoenix They advanced in walls, and the leeward scarp of these walls was of mathematical exactness. A Tramp's Notebook The trouble, however, was to get down, for the hillside fell away in a vast scarp, broken here and there by dark crags that showed through the snow. Prescott of Saskatchewan The first up, on clearing the scarp, have their eyes upon the Dutchman. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea At first, the pool spreads on both sides of the fault, but the inequalities due to the scarp are evidenced by soundings. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The scarp loomed before them, solid and blank. David and the Phoenix He and Thal rode in an indeterminate direction with an irregular scarp of low mountains silhouetted against the unfamiliar stars. The Pirates of Ersatz The night was a bright moonlight, and the moment we raised our heads above the scarp of the ridge we saw at once the cause of our alarm. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Stone walls with scarps and counterscarps, curtains and bastions, and ramparts, for what was the use of a shelter under a group of sequoias? Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The growth of the scarp does not, however, always cease with the first great earthquake, though it may take place in a contrary sense, as in the elevation connected with the Conception earthquake of 1835. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The bullet went whining by with an ugly hornet-noise, and the report of the gun echoed along the scarp. David and the Phoenix The dawn was breaking in sickly pallor over the jagged scarp of the Mesa, bounding the chaotic labyrinth of bowlders, crag and cañon beneath. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Two of them had already crawled close to the scarp, and were pawing over and snuffing the air, as if searching for a place to descend. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire At length I reached the scarp of the cliff, and having climbed out upon the prairie, soon stood over the carcass of the prong-horn. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The scarp is, however, readily traced on the east side of the river, a throw of 32 feet being measured. A Study of Recent Earthquakes Far down, on the slope at the foot of the scarp, was a tiny figure dancing and bellowing with rage. David and the Phoenix Above—but at a distance, now—there was a monstrous scarp of mountains, colored in glaring and unnatural tints. Sand Doom If you will go out into the centre of the valley and look west toward the mountains, you will see three bluffs or scarps. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The materials for the whole huge pile of building and the three hundred cannon with which it was fortified, were dragged up these steep mountain scarps and cliffsides by human hands. Plotting in Pirate Seas For the next half-mile, the river keeps to the upthrow side of the fault, the scarp of which blocks the tributary streams from the west, forming a number of small pools. A Study of Recent Earthquakes This salient had existed since 1914, when the Germans, failing to storm the scarp protecting Verdun on the east, had driven a wedge across the lower heights to the south. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. None of these hills were of any height,—a few hundred feet at the most,—but their savage, saw-toothed crests and their steep scarps of sun-baked stone gave them a fierce character of their own. A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" Outside quaint Albert Durer's town, Where Freedom set her stony crown, Whereof the gables red and brown Curve over peaceful forts that screen Spring bloom and garden lanes between The scarp and counter-scarp. Ionica He whistled loudly, and there was a joyous barking heard in the distance, and soon after the dog came bounding up from the more open ground at the end of the rocky scarp. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle Then they reached a scarp of rock ground smooth by the slipping down of melting snow, and when they had crossed that their difficulties began. The Gold Trail Gaining the foot of the scarp, they planted their bayonets in the earthern wall, and so mounted the rampart, those behind helping up those in front. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Mountains rose on either side in high scarps, some topped with perpetual snow, glaciers curling down from them. Space Viking The chalk scarp on which they stand is by much the most beautiful thing on the battlefield, and the sight of Mesnil church tower on the top of it is most pleasant. The Old Front Line G H the scarp or interior wall of the ditch. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The scarp broke off on the verge of an almost precipitous rift, and a torrent that seemed drawn out into silk-like threads roared in the depths of it. The Gold Trail Some stray bullets splashed among us as we toppled down the ditch and mounted the scarp—shots fired from Heaven knows where, but probably from some French retreating along the top of the fausse braye. The Adventures of Harry Revel Outside the curtain on the East side, where the visitor ascends to the Courtyard, are remains of a kitchen and other offices with apartments over, resting upon the scarp of the ditch. The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 Behind the spot where Natzie knelt, the general slope was broken by a narrow ledge or platform, bowlder-strewn—from which, almost vertically, rose the rocky scarp again. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier The Cotswold shepherd looks downward on their folds, and marks the gleaming white of the occasional chalk pit which breaks the surface of their scarp. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday There was a rock scarp in front of them, up part of which they went on their hands and knees. The Gold Trail While we were mounting the scarp Napier and his men must have carried the inner breach. The Adventures of Harry Revel Low mountains edged up about the horizon, thrusting out pointed scarps like capes protruding into slumbrous, gray-green seas. The Emigrant Trail Against the rocky scarp on the south of the garden a plantation of aloes, yuccas and cactus has been made. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 The affected area was very small, which makes it appear probable that the cause must be sought in some displacements in the scarps of the coast. Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 She walked hither and thither along the scarps and bastions of the barrier, but never found the breach. Parrot & Co. The spot which they had chosen for their resting-place was at the foot of the great scarp of limestone upon which stands the city of Bethlehem, two thousand five hundred feet above the sea. More Tales of the Ridings One does not have to scale its beetling parapets or assault its scarps and frowning bastions; neither is one obliged to force with clamor and blaring trumpets and glittering gorgets the drawbridge and portcullis. Hearts and Masks The houses clustered on the scarp and enclosed a piece of well-beaten ground and one huge cedar tree. The Half-Hearted Destructive earthquake, which did extensive damage to the churches and other buildings of stone or wood and caused mighty fissures and landslides in the mountains as well as in the scarps of the Pacific coast. Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 But a sailor called Matthews got some friends to lower him down the face of the scarp. The Romance of the Coast Damp gusts beat upward over the blistering scarp of the cliff. The River and I And in the flash Of their guns I, craning over the scarp of the hill, saw clearly but three boats. Carette of Sark Down by the stream side there are narrow streets built on the scarp of the rock, hovels with deep rock cellars, and a wonderful amount of cubic space beneath the brushwood thatch. The Half-Hearted Now the welcome fat Flemish country takes military shape, for here comes the scarp, the angled ditch, the endless brick walling and embankment—a genuine fortified town of the first class—Lille. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Clarissa, calm and equable, was next passed up by Caleb, who, declining the proffered hand, drew himself up, by a firm grasp upon the rocky scarp of the cliff. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 The tenaille is a small low work placed in the ditch, to cover the scarp wall of the curtain and flanks from the fire of the besieger's batteries erected along the crest of the glacis. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Modest apartment houses are built high on enormous buttresses, over the steep scarp of the hillside. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned No sail broke the expanse of sea between us and the shore; and, as we neared it, no scarp of cliff, no house or group of houses broke the island's green monotony. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 The long line of battlements which crowns the steep scarp on the east is broken only by the lofty towers and fretted domes of the noble palace of Rājā Mān Singh. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official In the mélee, the Zuburjur 48-pounder, was dismounted, and carried with it a considerable portion of the wall of the citadel where it is built upon a scarp in the east face. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries But when the assaulting column has gained the top of the scarp, the bayonet forms the most effective means of resistance. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. It curled as fancy dictated, wandered along the foot or the scarp of a range of hills, followed the ridge of winding downs, and only by chance stumbled briefly into straightness. Ancient Town-Planning He watched the bird fly over the scarp ahead and he sighed with envy. Scorched Earth The Sierra Nevada range, with its abrupt eastern scarp nearly two miles high, faces an important line of fracture along which movements have continued to take place up to the present time. The California Birthday Book The site is attractive, a circular dish-shaped valley, about a mile and a half in diameter, bisected by the Rio2 Chico de Cagayán, with mountains forming a scarp all around. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon When the ditch is gained, shelter is sought in a dead angle till the means are prepared for mounting the scarp, and storming the work. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. None of these hills were of any height—a few hundred feet at the most—but their savage, saw-toothed crests, and their steep scarps of sun-baked stone, gave them a fierce character of their own. The Tragedy of the Korosko Their second night came to them on the scarp, hardly different in its beauty than the night before. Scorched Earth Vindhya Mountains, a range of hills, 500 m. in length, forming the N. scarp of the plateau of the Deccan in India, the highest peak of which does not exceed 6000 ft. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge She rounded off every angle, broke down every scarp, and tucked the white bedclothes, till not a wrinkle remained, up to the chine of the spruces and the hemlocks that would not go to sleep. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) While in the ditch, or as he mounts the scarp, hollow projectiles, incendiary preparations, stones, logs, &c., will be rolled down upon his head. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. "I would throw out the earth," continued the corporal, "upon this hand towards the town for the scarp, and on the right hand towards the campaign for the counterscarp." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction The curved shot finds one application in the opening of breaches in scarp walls, despite the existence of a covering of great thickness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Will you take this miserable scarp for what it is worth? Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 We have the police ready all along the scarp of the Berg. Prester John The former are employed by the besiegers to overthrow the scarps and counterscarps of the place, to demolish barriers, palisades, walls, and other temporary means of defence, and to destroy the mines of the besieged. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. From the buttress foot a sheep-walk goes along the scarp—see, you can follow it from here in the dry grass. Lay Morals It is not easy to lower the scarps enough to protect them from these blows, even by narrowing the ditch in order to bring them near the covering mass of the glacis. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 The steep scarp cliffs across the river looked puny. Sons and Lovers He was within an ace of capture, and to save himself was forced back from the scarp. Prester John A portion of the scarp was provided with palisades some ten feet high. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Natural towers, large scarps, cut perpendicularly, like a "curtain," inclined at an angle which the laws of gravitation could never have tolerated in terrestrial regions. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea In order to protect the masonry of the scarp, engineers first lowered the cordon to the level of the covert-way. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 A footpath ran steeply down the green slope, conducting from the shady promenade on the walls to a road at the bottom of the scarp. The Mayor of Casterbridge The flanking commandoes joined hands with one of the police posts farther north, and moved slowly to the scarp of the Berg. Prester John General Neil remarks:— "Struck by the length of the siege of Sebastopol, certain foreign officers have expressed the opinion that masonry-revetted scarps are not of incontestable utility in fortified places." Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. Well, Salomon de Born with my fifty men seized and occupied a village at the foot of the scarp one night. The Forest Lovers As I went crunching over the laborious snow I became aware of a figure striding down the steep scarp to intercept me. England, My England In face of it rises a mass of rock with abrupt scarp towards the west and the market-place. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The salvation of his scheme was the farmers on the scarp of the Berg. Prester John "Neither side, consequently, was in a position analogous to that which is presented in the siege of a fortified place, protected from insult by good masonry scarps.'" Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. This party occupied the nearest hill before it could be attacked; its movements showed an intention to seize the steep rocky scarp commanding the Paso Alto—the furthest to the north of the town. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Thither, accordingly, I bent my steps, and as I came up the little scarp, found myself among the generals of division, hastily summoned by Sir Arthur to deliberate upon a forward movement. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 This is a hill of new red sandstone, near Bass Church, that forms an abrupt scarp towards the south. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe She began the descent of the scarp timidly, as if she was playing with the thought of his bliss, which she held daintily in her hands. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Along immense ridged scarps lay the plains of everlasting snow, infinitely bleak and desolate till a burst of sunlight suddenly transformed them, clothing the great flanks of the mountains in cloth of silver. The Vision of Desire You have me here upon this scarp of rock, But truth will pierce the clouds, 'tis like the sun And like the sun it cannot be destroyed. Toward the Gulf A quarter of an hour later, after helping her up a short, steep scarp, we stood and looked back on the little town. The Yeoman Adventurer These scarps have been ploughed by the weather in long horizontal furrows, so that they lean over as though desirous of contemplating their dirty faces in the limpid water. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe He buried himself among the rocks; he followed a ledge with Muskwa slinking close at his heels; he climbed over a huge scarp of rock, and twisted among boulders half as big as houses. The Grizzly King On the wild granite scarp of Mount Sinai, about seven thousand feet above the blue seas that lave its base, is a small plain hemmed in by pinnacles of rock. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction His hand now beckoned me forward, and in a few seconds I was beside him and was lifting my eyes over the edge of the scarp. Salute to Adventurers The berme usually left between the bottom of the parapet slope and the ditch was cut away so as to leave no level standing-place at the top of the scarp. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Consolidation of the scarps of the ravines by grading and wattling and establishing barriers, sometimes of solid masonry, but generally of fascines or any other simple materials at hand, across the bed of the stream. The Earth as Modified by Human Action The old river-valley, shown by the scarp of the rocks, must have presented gigantic features, and the height of the trough-walls, at least a thousand feet, gives the Yellala a certain beauty and grandeur. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The defile promised a feasible means of ascent to the summit of the plateau, which rose upward in a series of scarps a thousand feet above the valley of Imrera. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley By midday we had mounted to the crest of a long scarp which fell away in a narrow and broken promontory towards the plains. Salute to Adventurers His eyes shifted slowly, and then they rested on the scarp of the ridge that shut out his vision. Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars In a hole he had dug for himself in the drifted snow under a huge scarp of ice a hundred yards from the igloo cabin lay Wapi. Back to God's Country and Other Stories A normal fault with a hade of 15 degrees, the original fault scarp remaining. The Elements of Geology Eastward the faces of these ridges present abrupt scarps and terraces, rising from deep valleys, while the western declivities have gradual slopes. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley We took our way unchallenged through the sleeping host till we had climbed the scarp of the hills. Salute to Adventurers From where he sat Meshaba could also see a rocky scarp of the ridge that projected out into the plain a hundred yards away. Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars On one side was the House, a hundred yards or so back from the edge, the roof showing above the precipitous scarp. Huntingtower A fault of recent date may be marked at surface by a scarp, because the face of the upthrown block has not yet been worn to the level of the downthrow side. The Elements of Geology The diameter from scarp to scarp, sixty feet; diameter of inner circular court, thirty-six feet. Ismailia Then I found a cooler air blowing on the top of my prostrate skull, and I judged that we were approaching the scarp of a ridge. Salute to Adventurers Its colossal scarp struck the eyes like a blow; its shadow, falling upon us, checked the heart. The Metal Monster He looked awhile at the ruin, and, skirting its flank instead of entering by the great gateway, climbed up the scarp and walked in through a breach. The Hand of Ethelberta On the west it breaks down by a succession of terraces faced by fault scarps. The Elements of Geology So, out of the trenches, with features set, On that hot, still morning, in measured pace, Our column climbed; climbed higher yet, Past the fauss'bray, scarp, up the curtain-face, And along the parapet. Wessex Poems and Other Verses It is impossible to proceed further till the storm somewhat abates, and I draw up behind a spur of the inner scarp, where possibly a barricade stood two thousand years ago; and thus await events. A Changed Man; and other tales The smooth and glimmering scarp fell thousands of feet straight to the valley floor. The Metal Monster The trail was plainer now, and led along the scarp of the ridge to a little promontory which gave a great prospect over the flaming forests and yellow glades. The Path of the King A normal fault with a hade of 50 degrees, the original fault scarp worn away, showing cliffs caused by harder strata on the downthrow side. The Elements of Geology A fosse, flooded by the waters of the Angara, was dug between the scarp and counterscarp. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar He was early, so he strolled for a few minutes in the park that lies underneath that rocky scarp. Where the Blue Begins Deliberately, in wide arcs like pendulums, we were swinging across the City's scarp; three feet out from it, and as we swung, slowly sinking. The Metal Monster The country was carved into scarps, grooves, channels, and craters. A Voyage to Arcturus But that the trough is a true valley of fracture is proved by the fact that on either side it is bounded by fault scarps and monoclinal folds. The Elements of Geology From a verst above and below the point where the scarp met the river's bank, came a dull murmur, proving that the Tartars were on foot, expecting some signal. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar They brought the metal scarp not fifty feet away—within it the hosts of tiny eyes glittered, no longer mocking nor malicious, but insane. The Metal Monster Cutting up through the towering granite scarps was a rift. The Metal Monster The roadway which had run so smoothly through the scarps was blocked by a thousand foot barrier. The Metal Monster Where a fault is so old that no abrupt scarps appear, its general course is sometimes marked by the line of division between highland and lowland or hill and plain. The Elements of Geology At its eastern end towered the colossal scarp of the unnamed peak through one of whose gorges we had crept. The Metal Monster On each side of us uprose gradually converging and perpendicular scarps along whose base huddled a sparse foliage. The Metal Monster Under them a mile wide section of the living scarp split away; dropped like an avalanche. The Metal Monster |
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