S23.02.012

Name/Title

S23.02.012

Description

Outcrop of Plum Brook Shale in Groton Township of Erie County, Ohio. This is a photograph of a railroad pit taken near the intersection of the Norfolk Southern Railroad and State Route 4. Unit lithology is shale and argillaceous limestone. Bedrock is from the Devonian Geologic Period. Photograph was taken by Ralph J. Bernhagen in 1966. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Looking up at slanted shale outcrop. Intersection of the Norfolk Southern Railroad and State Route 4 in Erie County, Ohio.