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slumping, vbl. n.2 Geomorphol.|ˈslʌmpɪŋ|
[f. slump v.2 + -ing1.]
The fall of soil, sediment, or the like in a slump (slump n.2 3 b).
1907R. D. Salisbury Physiography vi. 106 Slumping is very common on slopes composed of unconsolidated material, such as clay or accumulations of loose rock. 1944A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 148 Similar conditions favour landslides on a bigger scale, wherever slumping (Fig. 63) or sliding (Fig. 64) can occur on the sides of undercut slopes, precipices, and cliffs. 1979Geogr. Mag. July 668/3 Many sub-circular pans on the Essex marshes may be formed by the blocking-off by slumping and vegetation overgrowth of the large number of creek heads which appear rounded in outline. |