Talk:Escarpment

Beastledge

Article says this is an alternate word for escarpment. Maybe get a cite for this? 'beastledge' doesn't appear in any books (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=escarpment%2Cbeastledge%2Cbeast+ledge), wiktionary or dictionary.com. Or like a google search. It's a cool word though. Abewinter (talk) 05:36, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cut from dip

The following was recently cut from dip, which is a disambiguation page. Someone may want either to integrate this material into this article or somewhere that it more belongs. Not a topic I know enough about to mess with. Anyway, if someone finds homes for these, make a note so that no one else wastes time on a task you already completed. -- Jmabel | Talk 08:37, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stratigraphic dip is defined as the maximum angle from the horizontal in the plane of a stratigraphic unit. The direction in which the dip should be measured is known as the dip-direction. If the surface of the unit is not accessible (for instance, only a cross-section of the unit is visible, as in a cliff-face), only the apparent dip can be measured.
In the field, the dip-direction is commonly identified using either a clinometer, or by pouring water on the surface of the rock(if it is accessible) and observing the direction of flow. For any inclined surface, there will also be two directions of zero-dip. The direction that is anti-clockwise of the dip-direction is known as the strike.

See article Strike and dip. Vsmith 19:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC) in case you were wondering, africa is home to the most largest escarpment which is named shecca escarpment located in Nigeria along the niger river —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.106.36.98 (talk) 21:54, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citation added

Hi, I added a citation for the third paragraph. Is there anywhere else that needs citations?

MrsDucky (talk) 09:18, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]