tree-tip pit

tree-tip pit
   The small pit or depression resulting from an area vacated by the root plate (ball) resulting from tree-tip ("tree-throw"). Such pits are commonly adjacent to small mounds composed of the displaced material. Subsequent infilling commonly results in a heterogeneous soil matrix that may or may not include a stone line that lines the depression.
   Compare: tree-tip mound.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • tree-tip —    The process of uprooting and tipping over of trees by strong winds, commonly resulting in a small depression from which the root ball is displaced and an adjacent mound from the sediments subsequently sloughed from the root ball. Most… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • tree-tip mound —    The small mound of debris sloughed from the root plate (root ball) of a tipped over tree.    Sometimes called a cradle knoll (not recommended). Local soil horizons are commonly obliterated and result in heterogeneous strata.    Compare: tree… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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