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S25.05.014Description
An outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation that forms the Cantwell Cliffs park area at Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio. The rock surface pictured here shows prominent crossbedding and some honeycomb weathering. Joints in the Black Hand Sandstone are abundantly evident at the Cantwell Cliffs Park especially along the face of the rock shelter at the valley head. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1973.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sandstone outcrop in the woods. Cantwell Cliffs area at Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio.