A flat, exposed expanse of limestone bedrock, its surface broken into a mosaic of flat blocks called clints separated by deep fissures called grikes, produced where the dissolution of the rock along natural joints has widened them into an open, grid-like pattern. Limestone pavements are a distinctive surface expression of karst landscapes in temperate regions, notably across parts of Ireland and northern England.
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Shaped By: Glaciation, Article textQuote, Shaped By: Glaciation, Article text
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.
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