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megaslump

megaslump noun: a very large (geological) slump.

Noun

megaslump (plural megaslumps)

  1. A very large (geological) slump.
    • [...] 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[…]2003, Claudio Bartolini, Richard T. Buffler, Jon Frederic Blickwede, The Circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbon Habitats, Basin Formation, and Plate Tectonics, AAPG Memoir 79, AAPG...
    • 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[…]2018 January 16, Colin K. Ballantyne, Periglacial Geomorphology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 133
  2. A particularly significant (long, severe, etc) slump (period of poor performance).
    • ... 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[…]2009 October 21, Michael J. Gelb, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, Dell, →ISBN

Forms of megaslump

pluralmegaslumps

Origin of megaslump

From mega- + slump.

Questions about megaslump

What does megaslump mean?
Megaslump means a very large (geological) slump.
What part of speech is megaslump?
Megaslump is a noun.
What is the plural of megaslump?
The plural of megaslump is megaslumps.

Words near megaslump in the dictionary

  1. megaship
  2. megaships
  3. megashort
  4. megasiemens
  5. megasigmoid
  6. megaslump
  7. megaslumps
  8. megaslut
  9. megasmash
  10. megasmashes
  11. megasocieties

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