Determining Provenance of Glacial Material in Southwestern Ohio
During the last glacial maximum, ice moved south from Canada to cover much of the northern United States. This included the northern and western portions of Ohio. As the ice migrated it picked up Canadian bedrock which it transported and then left in Ohio when the ice retreated. The goal of this pro...
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ftcedarvilleuniv:oai:digitalcommons.cedarville.edu:research_scholarship_symposium-1241 2023-05-15T16:22:20+02:00 Determining Provenance of Glacial Material in Southwestern Ohio Krob, Jorian 2015-04-01T18:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/research_scholarship_symposium/2015/poster_presentations/27 https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=research_scholarship_symposium unknown DigitalCommons@Cedarville https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/research_scholarship_symposium/2015/poster_presentations/27 https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=research_scholarship_symposium http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) Provenance glacial till glacier Canada southwestern Ohio Earth Sciences Glaciology Stratigraphy text 2015 ftcedarvilleuniv 2021-12-18T18:11:29Z During the last glacial maximum, ice moved south from Canada to cover much of the northern United States. This included the northern and western portions of Ohio. As the ice migrated it picked up Canadian bedrock which it transported and then left in Ohio when the ice retreated. The goal of this project was to determine the provenance (the source of origin) of the glacial material that is located in Greene, Clark, Montgomery, Logan, and Champaign Counties in Ohio. To determine where in southern Canada the material in these counties came from, this project included literature review into the glacial history of both Ohio and southeastern Canada and review on the stratigraphy of southeastern Canada. Pebble, cobble, and boulder sized fragments were evaluated from two surface mines, one kame (glacial deposit), several glacial erratics, and multiple drilled cores from around the five counties. Multiple criteria such as size, roundness, fossils, foliations, and basic composition were used to categorize the rocks. Combining the stratigraphy of southeastern Canada found though the literature review and the sample analysis results, a map showing the source of the glacial material, direction of ice flow, and material destination has been created in Google Earth and PowerPoint. The types of rocks found in the samples appear to have originated from southern Ontario and Quebec, specifically from the Sudbury County area in southern Ontario as well as Ottawa County in Ontario and Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais County in Quebec. These areas have the closest exposed bedrock to Ohio that are of similar material to what was found during sample analysis. When compared with the direction of the ice flow, the results are consistent with the flow direction. Text glacier* Cedarville University: DigitalCommons@Cedarville Canada Greene ENVELOPE(168.233,168.233,-72.100,-72.100) |
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During the last glacial maximum, ice moved south from Canada to cover much of the northern United States. This included the northern and western portions of Ohio. As the ice migrated it picked up Canadian bedrock which it transported and then left in Ohio when the ice retreated. The goal of this project was to determine the provenance (the source of origin) of the glacial material that is located in Greene, Clark, Montgomery, Logan, and Champaign Counties in Ohio. To determine where in southern Canada the material in these counties came from, this project included literature review into the glacial history of both Ohio and southeastern Canada and review on the stratigraphy of southeastern Canada. Pebble, cobble, and boulder sized fragments were evaluated from two surface mines, one kame (glacial deposit), several glacial erratics, and multiple drilled cores from around the five counties. Multiple criteria such as size, roundness, fossils, foliations, and basic composition were used to categorize the rocks. Combining the stratigraphy of southeastern Canada found though the literature review and the sample analysis results, a map showing the source of the glacial material, direction of ice flow, and material destination has been created in Google Earth and PowerPoint. The types of rocks found in the samples appear to have originated from southern Ontario and Quebec, specifically from the Sudbury County area in southern Ontario as well as Ottawa County in Ontario and Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais County in Quebec. These areas have the closest exposed bedrock to Ohio that are of similar material to what was found during sample analysis. When compared with the direction of the ice flow, the results are consistent with the flow direction. |
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