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| A section of the Burren - click to enlarge Photo: www.wikipedia.org |
I was reading a magazine about people who traveled to China, the part was all of those steep sided mountains that look like fangs are. So I read a little bit online about them and learned that they are "Karst Formations". That means that the bedrock is soluble, limestone for example, the rock dissolves over time and leave the hard rock. Think Grand Canyon, it's that type of erosion.
In Ireland the karst is not shaped like those in China or other places; it's flat rolling hills and barren. It's amazing just in the photos.
You'll notice the cracks in the surface the longer vertical cracks are called Grikes and the short horizontal cracks are Glints, so the surface may look like paving stones.
For more information go to www.wikipedia.org or www.google.com and search for The Burren or Karst Formations.
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| Grikes and clints, and wildflowers - click to enlarge Photo: www.wikipedia.org |
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| A fence on The Burren, made from stone of course - click to enlarge Photo: www.wikipedia.org |
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