structural terrace

noun

A type of terrace formed by the differential erosion of flat layers of softer strata, revealing further layers of harder strata.

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Meanings

nounstructural terrace (plural structural terraces)

plural structural terraces

  1. geographyA type of terrace formed by the differential erosion of flat layers of softer strata, revealing further layers of harder strata.
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