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Black Hand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County, Ohio, 1981

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Dataset Reference Date
2016-02-24
Info Date
1981-04-17

Summary

An outcrop of Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation at the Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County, Ohio. The Black Hand Sandstone is characterized by thick to massive beds of cross-bedded sandstone that form prominent cliffs. The Black Hand Sandstone bedrock unit was named for the large, dark, hand-shaped American Indian petroglyph carved into the cliff wall at the location of this nature preserve. The petroglyph was destroyed in 1828 during the construction of the towpath for the Ohio and Erie Canal. Bedrock in this area is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen during stop 5 of the Ohio Sedimentology Group's field trip in April 1981. Jim Collinson is pictured [...]

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Material Request Instructions

For more information, please contact Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Address: 2045 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-265-6576, E-mail: geo.survey@dnr.state.oh.us, Web: www.ohiogeology.com.

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  • ReSciColl Archive

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NGGDPP
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Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
Reference File
Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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  • S25.05.024.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Black Hand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County, Ohio, 1981

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