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1 sty 2014 · Definition. A series of lakes that are formed in the low depression of a U-shaped valley. Paternoster lakes are erosional landforms formed by scouring a valley bed that contains rocks of varying resistance.
1 sty 2014 · After retreat of the glaciers, the basins are filled by lakes (strings of such lakes are called “paternoster” lakes (see entry Paternoster Lakes)). The lakes ultimately trap sediment and become meadows, but until they are filled they ensure that the only sediment transported by the river out of the mountains originates below the lowest step ...
22 lut 2018 · Paternoster lakes occur in a series down a formerly glaciated valley in small basins scooped out by the glacier as it retreated. The name suggests a similarity to beads on a rosary, and the lakes are often connected to one another by streams that run between them and down the valley.
1 sty 2024 · Main processes include scouring in glaciated valleys (e.g., cirque lakes, tarns, paternoster lakes), damming by morainal deposits, depressions created by ice blocks in the outwash of morainal debris (kettle lakes), or melting and freezing processes (cryogenic lakes).
28 gru 2023 · Paternoster is Latin for “Our Father”, as the lakes resemble rosary beads. Paternoster lakes are found in alpine glaciated regions. Kettles: These are depressions or potholes found in an outwash plain, beyond the terminal moraine.
A paternoster lake is one of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system. The name comes from the word Paternoster, anothe...
