锅穴

他要找到一个刚流干的冰川锅穴

he needs to find a moulin that has recently run dry .

艾伦想在冰川锅穴深处安装一个传感器

Alun wants to place a sensor deep into the moulin

锅穴一定是第四纪冰川的标志吗？

Are all potholes markers of Quaternary glaciations ?

这些瀑布叫做冰川锅穴冰河学家艾伦·哈伯德

Alun Hubbard is a glaciologist ,

当这些冰块融化后，产生的水填满了地面上的低洼处，形成了所谓的锅穴湖。

When these chunks melted , they left behind water-filled depressions in the ground called kettlehole ponds .

坚固的岩石床由于旋涡中盘旋的卵石和巨砾形成很多锅穴。

Potholes are developed in the solid rock of the bed by pebbles and boulders swirling around in eddy currents .

位于昆士兰的斯普林菲尔德大道北部尽头处的奥克兰湖就是一个锅穴湖。

Oakland Lake , near the north end of Springfield Boulevard in Queens , is one of these kettlehole ponds .

大家都知道，该团队将在冰川锅穴上游工作——人掉入这个沉洞后就会被卷入水中，坠入冰盖底层。

Everyone knew the team would be working just upriver from the moulin - the sinkhole that would sweep anyone who fell into it deep into the ice sheet .

科学家们连续三天三夜对河水进行测量，每分钟多达43万加仑的水从冰层中涌出，流入冰川锅穴。

For three days and three nights , the scientists continued to measure the river , as up to 430000 gallons of water a minute poured off the ice and into the moulin .