{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"GC-155","name":"Scar","parent":"GC-011","scope":"Geoform: A scar can be either a gouge or deformation of the bottom, or an area where the surface of the substrate, vegetation, or other colonizing organisms have been removed by abrasion or impact. These may be temporary or permanent features."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"GC-011","name":"Geologic","parent":"GC-C052","scope":"Geoform Origin: Geologic geoforms are formed by the abiotic processes of uplift, erosion, volcanism, deposition, fluid seepage, and material movement. ..."},{"code":"GC-C052","name":"Geoform (levels 1 and 2 subcomponents)","parent":"GC-C005","scope":null},{"code":"GC-C005","name":"Geoform","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"GC-156","name":"Iceberg Scour Scar\/Furrow","parent":"GC-155","scope":"Geoform Type: A scar formed by an iceberg dragging across the substrate. These can occur in shallow water and extend for long distances."},{"code":"GC-157","name":"Slump Scar","parent":"GC-155","scope":"Geoform Type: A scar formed by the removal of surface sediment as a result of mass wasting. These scars have the appearance of fresh, unweathered, or colonized sediment."}],"rt":[]}