Find the blue line labeled “Glacial Margin” which goes from the northeast to the southwest of the state. This line represents the farthest advance of the glaciers which occupied Ohio during the last ice age (apprximately 20,000 years ago). Generally, are the rocks exposed north of the Glacial Margin are younger or older than the rocks exposed south of the glacial margin?

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Find the blue line labeled “Glacial Margin” which goes from the northeast to the southwest of the state. This line represents the farthest advance of the glaciers which occupied Ohio during the last ice age (apprximately 20,000 years ago). Generally, are the rocks exposed north of the Glacial Margin are younger or older than the rocks exposed south of the glacial margin?

STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHIO
ASHTABULA
WWLLIAMS
FULTON
LUCAS
LAKE GEAUGAT
OTTAWA
WOOD
HENRY
TRUMBULL
CUYAHOGA
SANDUSKY
DEFIANCE
ERIE
LORAIN
PORTAGE
PAULDING
HURON
MEDINA
SUMMIT
SENECA
PUTNAM
HANCOCK
MAHONING
VAN WERT
YANDOT
CRAWFORD
RICHLAND ASHLAND WAYNE
ALLEN
STARK
COLUMBIANA
HARDIN
Glacial
Margin
MERCER
CARROLL
AUGLAIZE
NARION
HOLMES
МОBROW
TUSCARAWAS
LOGAN
KNOX
SHELBY
UNION
JEFFERSON
ACOSHOCTON
HARRISON
DELAWARE
DARKE
CHAMPAIGN
LICKING
MIAMI
GUERNSEY
MUSKINGUM
BELMONT
FRANKLIN
MADISON
CLARK
PREBLE
FAIRFIELD
PERRY
MONTGOMERY
NOBLE
MO
GREENE
PICKAWAY
MORGAN
FAYETTE
WARREN
HOCKING
WASFLINGTON
BUTLER
CLINTON
ROSS
ATHENS
HIGHLAND
VINTON
Key
Quaternary
(cross section only)
HAMILTON
CLERMONT
PIKE
MEIGS
|JACKSON
Permian-Pennsylvanian
Serpent Mound
Impact Structure
BROWN
ADAMS
GALLIA
Pennsylvanian
SCIOTO
Mississippian
Serpent Mound
Impact Structure
Devonian
LAWRENCE
Silurian
Ordovician
ADAMS
Ordovician-Cambrian
(cross section only)
HIGHLAND
10
20
30
40 miles
Neoproterozoic
(cross section only)
10 20 30 40 50 kilometers
Mesoproterozoic
(cross section only)
Fault
1 mi
BELLEFONTAINE
Glacial Margin
А
MICHIGAN BASIN
OUTLIER
APPALACHIAN BASIN
A'
GRANITE-RHYOLITE
PROVINCE
EAST CONTINENT RIFT BASIN
GRENVILLE PROVINCE
Recommended citation: Ohio Division of Geological Survey, 2006, Bedrock geologic map of Ohio: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Map BG-1, generalized page-size version with text, 2 p., scale 1:2,000,000.
PIKE
Bend in
section
Transcribed Image Text:STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHIO ASHTABULA WWLLIAMS FULTON LUCAS LAKE GEAUGAT OTTAWA WOOD HENRY TRUMBULL CUYAHOGA SANDUSKY DEFIANCE ERIE LORAIN PORTAGE PAULDING HURON MEDINA SUMMIT SENECA PUTNAM HANCOCK MAHONING VAN WERT YANDOT CRAWFORD RICHLAND ASHLAND WAYNE ALLEN STARK COLUMBIANA HARDIN Glacial Margin MERCER CARROLL AUGLAIZE NARION HOLMES МОBROW TUSCARAWAS LOGAN KNOX SHELBY UNION JEFFERSON ACOSHOCTON HARRISON DELAWARE DARKE CHAMPAIGN LICKING MIAMI GUERNSEY MUSKINGUM BELMONT FRANKLIN MADISON CLARK PREBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONTGOMERY NOBLE MO GREENE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE WARREN HOCKING WASFLINGTON BUTLER CLINTON ROSS ATHENS HIGHLAND VINTON Key Quaternary (cross section only) HAMILTON CLERMONT PIKE MEIGS |JACKSON Permian-Pennsylvanian Serpent Mound Impact Structure BROWN ADAMS GALLIA Pennsylvanian SCIOTO Mississippian Serpent Mound Impact Structure Devonian LAWRENCE Silurian Ordovician ADAMS Ordovician-Cambrian (cross section only) HIGHLAND 10 20 30 40 miles Neoproterozoic (cross section only) 10 20 30 40 50 kilometers Mesoproterozoic (cross section only) Fault 1 mi BELLEFONTAINE Glacial Margin А MICHIGAN BASIN OUTLIER APPALACHIAN BASIN A' GRANITE-RHYOLITE PROVINCE EAST CONTINENT RIFT BASIN GRENVILLE PROVINCE Recommended citation: Ohio Division of Geological Survey, 2006, Bedrock geologic map of Ohio: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Map BG-1, generalized page-size version with text, 2 p., scale 1:2,000,000. PIKE Bend in section
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