Over time, rainfall wore away the rock into the uneven patterns that we see today. Limestone pavements are made up of large slabs of rock called clints, interspersed with cracks called grikes that ...

Law enforcement agencies in Cumberland County are investigating a series of incidents where large rocks have been placed on roads, damaging several cars. Law enforcement agencies in Cumberland ...

Limestone Pavements are bare limestone rock surfaces composed of slabs of rock (clints), separated by variable-width vertical cracks (grikes) . These grikes have developed by weathering and ...

Betsy Mensah, left, and Naomi Klionsky walk along the snowy limestone revetment rocks at Promontory Point, Jan. 14, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) In the alternative design study ...

A natural opening in the rock which is large enough to be entered by a person and extends to points where daylight does not penetrate. Underground rivers dissolve the limestone and carry it away ...