Ice Contact Soil Deposits
This hummocky topography is reflective of the nonintegrated drainage
that results from the chaotic deposition associated with rapid melting
of an ice sheet. The associated depoits were formed in contact with the
ice as shown by the cross section and plan view illustration (Sowers, 1978)
The largest hill in the center of the photograph is a kame. The light gray
tones, internal drainage, other associated ice contact forms, such as an
esker, all indicate that these soils are coarse grained sands and gravels
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