Active fault topography

Japanese: 活断層地形 - かつだんそうちけい
Active fault topography

...is a type of landform in which faults are expressed in some form on the earth's surface. These include fault-textured landforms, in which selective erosion along a fault is manifested in the relief, and fault-displacement landforms or active fault landforms, in which the displacement of the earth's surface due to fault movement is manifested in the relief.
[Fault texture topography]
Along the fault, a certain width of fracture zone has developed due to the fault movement, and this area is less resistant to erosion than the surrounding areas.

*Some of the terms that refer to "active fault topography" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…断層がなんらかの形態で地表に表現されている地形をいう。これには,断層に沿う選択的な浸食作用が起伏に現れた断層組織地形と,断層運動による地表面の食違いが起伏に現れた断層変位地形ないし活断層地形がある。
[断層組織地形]
 断層沿いには断層運動に伴ってある幅をもった破砕帯が発達しており,この部分は周辺に比べて浸食に対する抵抗性が弱い。…

※「活断層地形」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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