Interconnected cracks forming a series of small blocks resembling a crocodile's skin or chicken-wire, normally caused by excessive deflection of the surface over unstable/weak subgrade or lower courses of the pavement
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}