Roadside Geology of Ohio - Table of Contents
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I. Preface |
vii
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II. Introduction to Ohio's Geology
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1
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A) A Geologic Calendar |
1
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B) Plate Tectonics and Ohio's Origins |
2
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C) Ohio's Basement
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4
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D) Paleozoic Time
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5
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| North American Mountain-Building Events
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5
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| The Ordovician World
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7
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| The Silurian World
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7
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| The Devonian World
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8
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| The Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian Worlds
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9
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| The Missing Record
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11
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| Arches and Sedimentary Basins
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11
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E) The Pleistocene Ice Age
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12
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| Glacial Erosion and Deposition
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14
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| Windblown Sediments
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16
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F) Record in the Rocks
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17
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G) Common Ohio Fossils
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19
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H) Rocks as Resources
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22
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| Sand and Gravel
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24
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| Ohio's Common Minerals
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24
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I) Other Notable Geologic Features
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27
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| Groundwater and Karst
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27
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| Rivers and Streams
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29
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| Flooding Rivers and Flash Floods
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30
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| Slides and Slumps
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31
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III. Western Ohio-The Till Plains
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35
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A) Ordovician Formations
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35
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B) Silurian Formations
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40
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C) Devonian Formations
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45
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D) The Pleistocene Ice Age
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48
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E) The Great Black Swamp
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50
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F) Lima-Indiana Oil and Gas Field
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52
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G) The Stone Industry
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53
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Road Guides
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I-70/U.S. 40: Buckeye Lake-Indiana Line
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54
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I-71: Columbus-Cincinnati
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58
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I-75: Toledo-Cincinnati
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63
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I-80/90 and U.S. 20: Toledo-Indiana Line
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78
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U.S. 23: Toledo-Chillicothe
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83
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U.S. 24: Toledo-Indiana Line
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99
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U.S. 30/U.S. 224: Crestline and Willard-Indiana Line
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104
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U.S. 50: Chillicothe-Indiana Line
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110
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U.S. 68: Findlay-Aberdeen
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120
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U.S. 127: Michigan Line-Cincinnati
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136
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Ohio 32: Peebles-Cincinnati
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143
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IV. Ohio Uplands-The Allegheny Plateau
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149
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A) Devonian and Mississippian Formations
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150
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B) Pennsylvanian Formations
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153
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C) Coal Formation
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158
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D) Permian Formations
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158
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E) Coal Mining
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160
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F) The Clay Industry
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162
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G) The Pleistocene Ice Age
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163
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H) The Teays Drainage
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164
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Road Guides
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I-70/U.S. 40: Bridgeport-Buckeye Lake
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166
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I-71: Cleveland-Columbus
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185
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I-77: Cleveland-Marietta
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198
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I-80/U.S. 422: Pennsylvania Line-Cleveland
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217
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U.S. 23: Chillicothe-Portsmouth
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227
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U.S. 30 and U.S. 224/I-76: East Liverpool and the Pennsylvania Line-Crestline and Willard
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231
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U.S. 33: Columbus-Pomeroy
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249
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U.S. 50: Coolville-Chillicothe
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273
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PU.S. 250: Sandusky-The Ohio River
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277
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Ohio 11: Ashtabula-East Liverpool
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285
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Ohio 32: Albany-Peebles
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297
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V. Lakeshore Ohio
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304
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A) History of Lake Erie
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304
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B) Lake Erie Basins
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308
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C) Shoreline Dynamics
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308
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Road guides
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|
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I-90/U.S. 20 (Including I-80 between Elyria and Toledo): Pennsylvania Line-Toledo
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313
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VI. The Ohio Valley-A Product of the Ice Age
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342
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A) History of the Ohio River
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343
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B) Notable Floods
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346
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U.S. 52: Sybene-Indiana Line
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348
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Ohio 7: East Liverpool-Chesapeake
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363
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VII. Glossary
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380
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VIII. Additional Reading
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387
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IX. Index
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390
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