ABSTRACT
A steep-sided mound or ridge of sand and gravel deposited by supraglacial or ice-marginal streams adjacent to the side or front of a valley glacier. Kames usually occur in groups in association with water-filled hollows (kettle holes). If mounds are dominant, the term kame-and-kettle topography applies (Figure K.1). If, however, kettle holes are dominant the term pitted outwash is used. The topography may be either chaotic or have some degree of linearity, related to the manner in which debris concentrations occur in the glacier. This type of topography is typical of receding glacier margins. An assemblage of mounds (kames) and small lakes (kettle holes) at Fersit near Loch Treig, Grampian Highlands, Scotland. This kame-and-kettle topography was formed during the recession of Younger Dryas glaciers centred on Ben Nevis, around 12,000 years ago. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315373157/95d5ad9e-a71d-4f11-a609-2c025b95638b/content/figk_1.jpg"/>
