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 ...

Surface water and rain do not flow far on exposed limestone as they rapidly infiltrate into the rock and soil. Where a joint or intersection of joints has been greatly weathered or dissolved ...

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 ...