knob and kettle
oxford
views updated May 08 2018knob and kettle (sag and swell topography) The landscape sometimes found on a recent terminal
moraine complex and consisting of a hummocky mound (the ‘knob’) alternating with a depression (the ‘kettle’). The ‘kettle’ results from the melting of a block of ice enclosed in the
drift.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY
knob and kettle
oxford
views updated May 18 2018knob and kettle(sag and swell topography) The landscape sometimes found on a recent terminal
moraine complex, consisting of a hummocky mound (the ‘knob’) alternating with a depression (the ‘kettle’). The ‘kettle’ results from the melting of a block of ice enclosed in the
drift.
A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY