Evidence for Possible Late Paleozoic Alleghenian Deformation Structures in the Devonian Rocks of Erie County, Ohio, USA

• Published in: The Ohio Journal of Science
• Main Authors: Fakhari, Mohammad D., Jones, D. Mark, Baranoski, Mark T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2022
• Subjects: folding in Ohio; Berea Sandstone; overturned strata; Bedford; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/OJS/article/view/8325

Partially exposed bedrock beneath Pleistocene glacial till in Erie County (north-central Ohio) displays unusual structural deformation in the Devonian Berea Sandstone, Bedford Shale, and Ohio Shale. These folded and faulted units are exposed in creeks as anticlines and synclines. Past studies of thi...