Meaning of megaslump | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very large (geological) slump.
2. A particularly significant (long, severe, etc) slump (period of poor performance).

Examples

“[...] slumping event, such as the Lavaca "Megaslump" event of south Texas, this effect may have caused uplift of several to a few tens of meters of footwall areas within about 100 km from the slump. Larger downslope movements such as[…]”

“Colin K. Ballantyne. Figure 8.11 (a) Large retrogressive thaw slump (megaslump) along the Selawik River, northwest [...] slumps, and the scar produced by retrogressive slumping as a thermocirque or thermoerosional cirque, but these[…]”

“... slumps in northern Yakutia, Siberia. [...] megaslump, Yana Uplands. The headwall is ~50 m high; people for scale.”

“... slumps, contortions, and tensions of all kinds. And for many kids, the teenage years are a permanent megaslump. Now go to a mall or church or anyplace you can observe families. Watch parents and children walking together and you will[…]”

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