pitted outwash

pitted outwash
   Outwash deposits with surficial pits or kettles, produced by the partial or complete burial of glacial ice by outwash and the subsequent thaw of the ice and collapse of the surficial materials.
   Compare: pitted outwash plain.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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