Limestone pavement

Detail of the large limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales between Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.
Limestone pavement above Malham Cove
Limestone pavement on Zgornja Komna, Julian Alps

A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement.[1] The term is mainly used in the UK and Ireland, where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks.[2] Similar landforms in other parts of the world are known as alvars.

  1. ^ Introduction - Limestone Pavement Conservation Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-06-29
  2. ^ Anon. "Geology and geomorphology". Limestone Pavement Conservation. UK and Ireland Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.