Southerscales limestone pavement, North Yorkshire, UK

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lLmestone pavements are formed when advancing glaciers scrape away overburden, exposing horizontally-bedded limestone; subsequent glacial retreat leaves behind a flat, bare surface. Limestone is slightly soluble in water, so corrosive drainage along joints and cracks produce slabs called "clints" isolated by deep fissures called "grikes"

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Location: Southerscales, North Yorkshire, UK
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Keywords: carboniferous, clints, erosion, fissures, geology, geomorphology, grykes, habitat, history, karstic, landform, landscape, limestone, natural, north, pavement, slabs, sotherscales, southerscales, specialized, view, yorkshire