Kame terraces form along the depressions (or bosses) between the glacial ice and valley sides. These features are actually fillings or partial fillings which are deposited through stream action. These deposits are left as constructional terraces after the glacier melts; kame terraces often grade into outwash plains.
Kame terraces are mainly composed of water-laid sand and gravel, but silt and clay may be present. The material is usually poorly sorted and poorly to somewhat stratified. The top is usually even, but may be uneven and pitted with kettles. The face is usually uneven.
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Kame Terrace Leet, L. D., S. Judson, and M. E. Kauffman.
Physical Geology.
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewoods Cliff, New Jersey, 1982.
