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Encyclopedia: Kettle (landform)
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on kettle lake (geology),
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Photo by Daniel Kerr.Photo courtesy of the Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Government. Kettle Lakes in Glaciofluvial Outwash Complex The depressions, some containing lakes, were created by the melting of blocks of glacier ice. They became buried by glacial gravel deposited on the floor of a meltwater stream...
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Kettle Lake - kettles are depressions created by partially-buried glacial ice blocks as they melted. The depressions that filled with water became kettle...
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Beach: Wave-washed sediment along a coast, including sediment in the surf zone that is in constant motion. Bed: the bottom of a stream channel. Drift: Loose material such as gravel and sand, transported and deposited by glacial ice or meltwater.
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Figure 10af-6: Glacial erratic near Point Lake, Northwest Territories. Glacial erratics are large pieces of rock that have been transported away from their source areas by moving glacial If glacial drift is then placed around the ice, a depression on the surface called a kettle hole can be created when the ice melts .
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Kettle Lake. Natural Beauty · Explore Washington Natural Beauty · Forests · Lakes, Rivers & Waterfalls · Mountains & Volcanoes...
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kettle A shallow basin or bowl shaped depression formed when a large block of ice is buried in outwash or diamicton during ablation. Upon melting and dewatering of the sediment the hole left by the block may become a kettle-lake or a kettle-depression.
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