Guidebook 18

Pennsylvanian Sharon Formation, Past and Present: Sedimentology, Hydrogeology, and Historical and Environmental Significance

edited by Annabelle M. Foos of the University of Akron
93 p., 58 figures, 13 plates, 15 tables, 2004
 
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Guidebook 18, Pennsylvanian Sharon Formation, Past and Present: Sedimentology, Hydrogeology, and Historical and Environmental Significance, focuses on the classic exposures of the Sharon Formation located at Gorge Metro Park in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and Virginia Kendall Ledges in Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. In the guidebook, authors, Annabelle M. Foos, Neil A. Wells and David A. Waugh of Kent State University, James E. Evans of Bowling Green State University, and Joseph T. Hannibal of Cleveland Museum of Natural History provide a comprehensive overview of previous studies and update our knowledge of the Sharon stratigraphic and depositional framework by reporting the results of their studies using sequence-stratigraphy and basin-analysis methods. This information, in conjunction with petrographic studies, advances our knowledge of ground-water flow through the sandstones of the Sharon. Later chapters provide an historical overview of the importance of the Sharon in the economic development of northeast Ohio and discuss the environmental issues associated with historic dams built to harness the power of water flowing over rapids and waterfalls created by resistant sandstone beds of the Sharon. In the last chapter, field-trip stops and outcrops visited are described. A detailed road log is provided and the geologic and cultural features of the Sharon are well illustrated by 58 figures and 13 plates. Fifteen tables summarize the data used to support the author's new findings.