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Sapping is a type of erosion where the ground seems to have collapsed into wide valleys. Steep-sided U-shaped valleys of fairly uniform width with box-like, "theater-shaped" headwalls are characteristic of sapping. <ref>Kocher, R. and J. Piper. 1986. Morphology of Large Valleys on Hawaii: Evidence for Groundwater Sapping and Comparisons with Martian Valleys. Journal of Geophysical Research. volume = 91. Issue = B13|pages = 175–192.</ref> Sapping is caused by water in the ground moving laterally until it eventually seeps out and creates its ampitheater-like shape. <ref Rosenberry , D. Ground-water Sapping and the Generation of Natural Ampitheaters. University of Colorado websit </ref> | Sapping is a type of erosion where the ground seems to have collapsed into wide valleys. Steep-sided U-shaped valleys of fairly uniform width with box-like, "theater-shaped" headwalls are characteristic of sapping. <ref>Kocher, R. and J. Piper. 1986. Morphology of Large Valleys on Hawaii: Evidence for Groundwater Sapping and Comparisons with Martian Valleys. Journal of Geophysical Research. volume = 91. Issue = B13|pages = 175–192.</ref> Sapping is caused by water in the ground moving laterally until it eventually seeps out and creates its ampitheater-like shape. <ref Rosenberry , D. Ground-water Sapping and the Generation of Natural Ampitheaters. University of Colorado websit </ref> | ||
| − | Valleys made by sapping occur throughout the world including in England, Colorado, Hawai’i, New Zealand, and other places. | + | Valleys made by sapping occur throughout the world including in England, Colorado, Hawai’i, New Zealand, and other places. |
[[File:Canyonlands NP18.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The two canyons at center-left in this photo from Canyonlands National Park in Utah have the ''theater-shaped'' heads typical of valley features shaped by groundwater sapping.]] | [[File:Canyonlands NP18.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The two canyons at center-left in this photo from Canyonlands National Park in Utah have the ''theater-shaped'' heads typical of valley features shaped by groundwater sapping.]] | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 13 August 2021
Sapping is a type of erosion where the ground seems to have collapsed into wide valleys. Steep-sided U-shaped valleys of fairly uniform width with box-like, "theater-shaped" headwalls are characteristic of sapping. [1] Sapping is caused by water in the ground moving laterally until it eventually seeps out and creates its ampitheater-like shape. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
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References
- ↑ Kocher, R. and J. Piper. 1986. Morphology of Large Valleys on Hawaii: Evidence for Groundwater Sapping and Comparisons with Martian Valleys. Journal of Geophysical Research. volume = 91. Issue = B13|pages = 175–192.
