sackung

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noun

A large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.

OriginGerman Sackung →
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Meanings

nounsackung (plural sackungs or sackungen)

plural sackungs · plural sackungen

  1. geographyA large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.

    1985, G. Holmes and J. J. Jarvis, “Large-scale toppling within a sackung type deformation at Ben Attow, Scotland”, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, volume 18, number 3 (August 1985), pages 287–289.

Origin

  1. GermanSackung
  2. GermanSackung
  3. Englishsackung

Borrowed from German Sackung.

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sackung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sackung

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“sackung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sackung. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sackung,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sackung.

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