Dead-ice

Dead ice is ice which, though part of a glacier or ice sheet, is no longer moving.[1] When this melts it does so in situ, leaving behind a hummocky terrain known as dead-ice moraine which is produced by the deposition of glacio-fluvial sediments and ablation till. Such features include kettle holes.[2][3] Landscapes forming Veiki moraines in northern Sweden and Canada have been attributed to the ablation of extensive bodies of till-covered dead ice.

References

"Dead ice". Cryosphere Glossary. National Snow & Ice Data Center. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, p. 133. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.
Bluemle, John P. "Buried Glaciers and Dead-Ice Moraine". North Dakota Notes. North Dakota Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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[1] "Dead ice". Cryosphere Glossary. National Snow & Ice Data Center. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[2] Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, p. 133. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.

[3] Bluemle, John P. "Buried Glaciers and Dead-Ice Moraine". North Dakota Notes. North Dakota Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 September 2021.