megaslumps

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...
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