Browsing Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 91, Issue 1 (March, 1991) by Issue Date

Field Guide to Joint Patterns and Geomorphological Features of Northern Ohio

Dean, Stuart L.; Kulander, Byron R.; Forsyth, Jane L.; Tipton, Ronald M. ( 1991-03 )

Bedrock in northern and northwestern Ohio consists of Middle Paleozoic carbonates and shales and is pervasively jointed. The regional joint pattern and chronology, established by the characteristics of joint traces, ...

Field Guide to Berea Sandstone Outcrops in the Black River Valley at Elyria, Ohio: Slumps, Slides, Mud Diapirs, and Associated Fracturing in Mississippian Delta Deposits

Wells, Neil A.; Coogan, Alan H.; Majoras, Judy J. ( 1991-03 )

Synsedimentary slumps of Berea Sandstone and diapirs of Cleveland and Bedford Shales are seen in complex delta-front facies at Elyria, Lorain County, OH. Analysis of orientations of fractures, bedding, and crossbeds helps ...

Middle Devonian (Givetian) Silica Formation of Northwest Ohio - Description and Road Log

Camp, Mark J.; Hatfield, Craig Bond ( 1991-03 )

Middle Devonian marine strata are examined in this field trip to the former Medusa South-South Quarry (now the property of the France Stone Company) at the famous Silica locality of Lucas County in northwest Ohio. The ...

The Middle Run Formation: A Subsurface Stratigraphic Unit in Southwestern Ohio

Shrake, Douglas L. ( 1991-03 )

The Middle Run Formation, a recently described and named sedimentary unit, was encountered below the Mount Simon Sandstone (Upper Cambrian) in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Geological Survey ...

Lithostratigraphy of the Grant Lake Limestone and Grant Lake Formation (Upper Ordovician) in Southwestern Ohio

Schumacher, Gregory A.; Swinford, E. Mac; Shrake, Douglas L. ( 1991-03 )

The Grant Lake Limestone, including, in ascending order, the Bellevue, the Corryville, and the Straight Creek Members, and the Grant Lake Formation, including, in ascending order, the Bellevue, the Corryville, and the Mount ...

Historical Development and Problems Within the Pennsylvanian Nomenclature of Ohio

Larsen, Glenn E. ( 1991-03 )

An analysis of the historical development of the Pennsylvanian stratigraphic nomenclature, as used in Ohio, has helped define and clarify problems inherent in Ohio's stratigraphic nomenclature. Resolution of such problems ...

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Lithofacies and Mineralogy of the Late Wisconsinan Navarre Till in Stark and Wayne Counties, Ohio

Storck, Richard J.; Szabo, John P. ( 1991-03 )

The Navarre Till deposited by ice of the Killbuck lobe in Stark and Wayne counties is the oldest till of late Wisconsinan age in northeastern Ohio. The type section of the Navarre Till is located near the margin of glaciation ...

A Field Guide: The Kelleys Island Glacial Grooves, Subglacial Erosion Features on the Marblehead Peninsula, Carbonate Petrology, and Associated Paleontology

Snow, R. Scott; Lowell, Thomas V.; Rupp, Robin Frank ( 1991-03 )

This field trip provides an opportunity to reevaluate the processes responsible for some subglacial bedrock erosion features in northern Ohio. Beginning in the 1830s, quarrying operations on Kelleys Island, OH, have uncovered ...