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S07.02.026Description
The Blue Hen Falls near Boston, Summit County, Ohio. The falls is in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Spring Creek flows over the hard layer of Berea Sandstone that caps the waterfall, protecting softer layers of Bedford Shale below. This area has shale, siltstone and sandstone lithologies. Bedrock is from the Devonian Geologic Period. The image was an entry in the 1984 Ohio Geology Slide Contest.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Aerial view of waterfall flowing into sandstone pit. Blue Hen Falls at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.