Kettle Holes
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- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 8 (54) , 485-486
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143000027064
Abstract
An alternative origin and significance for kettle holes is considered. Kettles among some kame tracts may be due not to melt of buried ice but rather represent the location of ice pillars or roof pendants among stratified subglacial deposits.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Early Discoverers XIX: Early Description and Explanation of Kettle Holes Charles Whittlesey (1808–1886)Journal of Glaciology, 1964
- The Stability of Ice-Dammed Lakes and other Water-Filled Holes in GlaciersJournal of Glaciology, 1954