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inface Geomorphol.|ˈɪnfeɪs|
Also in-face.
[See quot. 1896.]
The steep scarp-face of a cuesta.
1896W. M. Davis in Science 15 May 732/2 The surrounding rims of harder stratified rocks offer interesting examples of outer slope and inface, with inner subsequent valleys, all in concentric circular arrangement. [Note] The invention of this excellent term, the abbreviation of ‘inward facing escarpment’, should be credited to Mr. L. C. Glenn, of Darlington, S.C. 1939A. K. Lobeck Geomorphol. xiii. 451 Each cuesta has a steep inface and a gentle back slope, down the dip of the beds. 1954W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. v. 133 One of the common regional expressions of gently or moderately dipping rock is the cuesta. This has an abrupt escarpment or in⁓face on the up-dip side and a more gentle backslope or dip slope extending in the direction of the regional dip. |