Sentence examples for kettle hole from inspiring English sources
noun
A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.
At another field site, Dr. Russell pointed out a "kettle hole" -- a pit formed when buried ice melts away.
At approximately 15,290 14,800 cal yr BP, a small pond formed in a kettle hole (profile BWI 2).
Deeper sediments recorded the degree to which OM is processed within the kettle hole related to the hydroperiod.
The profiles are situated in a shallow kettle hole within the undulated landscape of the Saalian glaciation.
Here, we present a set of paleotopographies for a closed kettle hole catchment in north-east Germany (4 ha), obtained through different reconstruction approaches.
The Hinterste Mühle sequence shows the development of a small kettle hole lake and its transformation to an overgrowing mire, including terrestrialization processes, during the Eemian Interglacial.
Kettle holes mostly undergo pronounced wet-dry cycles.
These changes indicate progressive dewatering of the kettle holes basin.
In each area the dimensions of 40 kettle holes were measured and three kettle holes were excavated to examine the soils developed inside them.
Kettle holes and ice-block obstacle marks from icebergs arrested during the flood are common.
The resultant landform comprises a series of kettle holes, discontinuous ridges and flat-topped hills.
