Pit pond

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Term: Pit pond
Definition: A depression in an outwash plain by the melting of a block of ice floated to its depositional site by meltwater and subsequently buried by sediment. As it melts, a depression in the surface of the outwash plain develops.

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.04.08
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