A depression formed in drift or till (commonly found in moraines) as a result of large blocks of ice trapped in the drift melting after the glacier has retreated, allowing the overlying drift to settle and form a depression.
(1) (Geology) A depression left in a mass of Glacial Drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice. (2) A pothole.
A steep-sided, bowl-shaped depression commonly without surface drainage; usually formed by a large detached block of stagnant ice that had been partially or wholly buried in the drift.
A depression formed in glacial deposits when a buried block of ice, left behind by a retreating glacier, melts.
usually a small lake formed from buried ice blocks.
A closed depression in a deposit of glacial drift formed where a block of ice was buried or partly buried and then melted.
Forms when an isolated block of ice persists in a ground moraine, and outwash plain, or valley floor after a glacier retreats; as the block melts, it leaves behind a steep-sided hole that is filled with water.
a depression in glacial drift, formed by the melting of a detached block of stagnant ice that was buried in the drift.
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
a circular depression, often filled by a lake, that is produced when a large block of ice is detached from a glacier and is subsequently surrounded by till
a depression formed when a block of ice in front of a retreating glacier gets buried by outwash and later melts
a geological feature, a depression or an erosion of special kind
a peculiar geological formation left over from the most recent ice age
a sharp depression, and a moraine is a hill or ridge composed mostly of mixed loose rocks
A depression that forms in an outwash plain or other glacial deposit by the melting of an in-situ block of glacier ice that was separated from the retreating glacier-margin and subsequently buried by glacier sedimentation. As the buried ice melts, the depression enlarges.
A surface depression, formed by large, detached blocks of melting ice that were buried with sand and gravel. As the ice melted, the other material collapsed, leaving a crater-like depression. Some kettles are more than 100 feet deep. Kettles can be found in many areas along the Trail.
Bowl-shaped depression, often containing a lake, formed by the melting of a large block of ice that was left behind by a retreating glacier.
Depression caused by collapse of sediment due to the melting of buried blocks of ice.
A small hollow or depression formed in glacial deposits when outwash was deposited around a residual block of ice that later melted.
hole formed from melting buried ice blocks in glacial deposits.
A steep-sided hollow without surface drainage, usually created by the melting of a block of ice buried in glacial drift.
A shallow, bowl-shaped depression formed when a large block of glacial ice breaks away from the main glacier and is buried beneath glacial till, then melts. If the depression fills with water, it is known as a kettle lake.
or kettle hole: a depression in the surface of a ground moraine, caused by the melting of a block of subsurface ice after the moraine had formed. [AHDOS
A kettle (or kettle hole) is a small, often round landform depression formed as a result of glacial movement. It is formed when a large piece of ice breaks away from the edge of a retreating glacier, and becomes partially buried under sediment deposited by the glacier. After it melts, this fragment leaves a small depression in the landscape.