Kame delta

A kame delta (or ice-contact delta, morainic delta[1]) is a glacial landform formed by a stream of melt water flowing through or around a glacier and depositing material, known as kame (stratified sequence of sediments) deposits. Upon entering a proglacial lake at the end (terminus) of a glacier, the river/stream deposit these sediments. This landform can be observed after the glacier has melted and the delta's asymmetrical triangular shape is visible. Once the glacier melts, the edges of the delta may subside as ice under it melts.[2] Glacial till is deposited on the lateral sides of the delta, as the glacier melts.

  1. ^ Herbert Bucksch (1997). Dictionary Geotechnical Engineering/ Wörterbuch GeoTechnik: Vol 1. p. 688. ISBN 978-3-662-03325-8.
  2. ^ "CMECS: Glacial (Kame) Delta". www.cmecscatalog.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2015-12-17.