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oversteepening

oversteepening

[¦ō·vər′stēp·ə·niŋ]
(geology)
The process by which an eroding alpine glacier steepens the sides of an inherited preglacial valley.
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This subsidence regime is directly related to the Neotethys Ocean rifts that created unstable platform tops through oversteepening.
Sedimentology of a middle Jurassic base-of-slope environment, Cutri Formation, Mallorca
However the lack of evidence for oversteepening of the paleoice surface does not support ice reduction.
Multidisciplinary investigations of alpine ice patches in southwest Yukon, Canada: paleoenvironmental and paleobiological investigations
On the higher dune ridge, niveo-aeolian deposition also extended the top of the dune, but the result was an oversteepening of the slip face.
Contemporary geomorphic processes and change on Lake Michigan coastal dunes: an example from Hoffmaster State Park, Michigan
Channel erosion involves the interaction of several physical processes: lateral hydraulic erosion of the bank, oversteepening, bank mass failure along a shear plane, deposition of toe material, and erosion of toe material to expose the new bank, completing the cycle.
Poster presentations 2002 Soil and Water Conservation Society
Measurements of sand accumulation around pins on the lee slope of the dune indicate that deposition is concentrated on the upper slip face during the fall and winter leading to oversteepening (37[degrees]) towards the crest.
Geology and Geomorphology of the Lake Michigan Coast. (Special Session)
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