"structural terrace" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: structural terraces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} structural terrace (plural structural terraces)
  1. (geomorphology) 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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