2019

SD8964 : Limestone pavement above Watlowes

taken 5 years ago, near to Malham, North Yorkshire, England

Limestone pavement above Watlowes
Limestone pavement above Watlowes
Viewed from the nearby road. See SD8964 : Limestone Pavement above Ing Scar for a closer view of the pavement.
Limestone Pavement

Limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks.
Conditions for limestone pavements are created when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally-bedded limestone, with subsequent glacial retreat leaving behind a flat, bare surface. Limestone is slightly soluble in water and especially in acid rain, so corrosive drainage along joints and cracks in the limestone can produce slabs called "clints" isolated by deep fissures called "grikes" or "grykes". If the grykes are fairly straight and the clints are uniform in size, the resemblance to man-made paving stones is striking, but often they are less regular.


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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 25 September, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 29 September, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 893 644 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:4.5734N 2:9.8738W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 890 644
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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