Definition
A chaotically arranged or apparently disorganized assemblage of morainic mounds and ridges forming hummocky topography.
Description
Ice margin hummocks on Earth 1–50 m high, 10–300 m wide, with slopes 1–25° (Payne and Farmer 2003 and references therein). They consist of chaotic hummocks and enclosed kettle hollows and are sometimes underlain by till (Boone and Eyles 2001). In valley situations, the hummocks and ridges may correlate across valley forming crescentic or arcuate loops (Figs. 1 and 2).
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Balfour, J.P. (2014). Moraine-Mound Complexes. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_191-1
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