Determining Provenance of Glacial Material in Southwestern Ohio

• Main Author: Krob, Jorian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@Cedarville 2015
• Subjects: Provenance; glacial till; glacier; Canada; southwestern Ohio; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Stratigraphy; Greene; glacier*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/research_scholarship_symposium/2015/poster_presentations/27; https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=research_scholarship_symposium

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...