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Mark a fault scarp cutting an alluvial fan on the left-to-central smooth piedmont, approximately . Its narrow, aligned height break continues across surfaces that are smoother than the mountains; repeated downthrow on the basin side produces the scarp. Sketch a once-continuous gently sloping fan surface cut by a basin-facing step.
Mark triangular facets on the mountain front in the right-central part, near . These are roughly triangular planar mountain faces bounded laterally by incised valleys and below by the fault front. In a front view, draw repeated triangles separated by stream valleys. Triangular facets result from the interaction of normal faulting, uplift and erosion; neither they nor a sharp mountain front alone demonstrates a rupture in the particular historical event.

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