Name/Title
S25.04.004Description
Outcrop of the Portsmouth Shale on the weathered and heavily gullied exposure of the shale-rich Cuyahoga Formation along United States Highway 23, north of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. The contact with the overlying sandstone-rich and cliff-forming Logan Formation is present near the top of the hill out of view. Bedrock at this location is from the Devonian and Mississippian Geologic Periods. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1979.
REVIEW
Audrey Blakeman and Frank Fugitt are conducting background work on this area to standardize the nomenclature 2015/2016.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Side view of shale outcrop in the woods. Along US 23 and north of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio.