Ohio's bedrock reveals a rich story of the ancient landscapes and animals, massive meat-eating reptiles, footlong clams and lumbering mammoths. Roadside Geology of Ohio helps you discover it all.
- 25 road guides—complete with 172 photographs and 59 maps and figures—lead you from one corner of the state to the other
- Road guides take you from the flat till plains of the west to the hilly eastern Allegheny Plateau, and from the Ohio River valley to the Lake Erie shoreline
- Clear writing explains how caverns and disappearing streams form in karst, and why mud cracks, ripple marks and cross-bedding layers are entombed in sedimentary rock
- Also details how grooves up to 10 ft. deep were gouged into the limestone of Kelleys Island
- Learn how Ohio's present landscape was shaped by fluctuating seas full of marine life, widespread floodplains and rivers choked with sediment, and mile-thick ice sheets
- Explore the human side of Ohio's geologic tale, learning about how Native Americans fashioned razor-sharp flint spear points and how oil, gas and coal fueled economic booms
- Discover how sandstone and limestone built communities and thriving economies
Made in USA.
View all Mountain Press Midwest Travel Guidebooks| Best Use | Travel |
|---|---|
| State / Province | Ohio |
| Format | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Author(s) | Mark Camp |
| Publisher | Mountain Press |
| Number of Pages | 416 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780878425242 |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |