Ohio Rocks - Geology, Ice Age, Fossils, and Resources (Full)

Ohio was much different than it is today. Watch and learn what made it so as we explore Ohio's geology, ice age, and fossils.

[michaelmauerman]

Being from and living in Ohio this is very interesting

[ffjsb]

Ricks at a 10. We need him at about a 6...

[lloydwalter]

Having worked in gravel pits most of my working life, I have found mastodon tusks, and molars and bones.

[michaelmeyer]

Used to go to Nelson ledges as a kid am 65 now was fun

[packrat]

There's a park somewhere in the hills on the outskirts of Cincinnati with some trails in the surrounding hills and exposed outcroppings of rocks, many loaded with fossils. When I was walking around the park area I tripped on something and looked down and dug up one of those golf ball sized clams that are common in that area. Quite a find when you're a kid.

[TinaHyde]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this video! It’s everything I wanted to know about the geology of my hone state, all rolled up into one tidy video! I guess I shouldn’t everything, but there’s enough info in here to help me on my way to more Ohio geology knowledge! Thanks again from here in northeastern Ohio! 🙏

[gtgodbear]

A 250ft Sandstone bolder was dropped off in the middle of Lancaster. It was turned into a local park and you can climb to the top of Mt. Pleasant. The Local Natives called it Standing Stone. It has a great view of Lancaster & distant Columbus.

[ilovechrist]

My grandfather had a small lake built in north east Ohio on the farm in the 1960's and I would find seashell fossil imprints in the rocks along the shore.

[jeffcrist]

You could do shows like this for adults too.

[lukebrown]

They keep forgetting places like black hand gorge. The geology there is awesome. I been studying geology and collecting rocks and minerals for over 30 years.
Hocking hills is beautiful...I agree...but ohio has other great places too.
Right by ohio caverns is one of the most unique caverns called zane caverns. Near columbus there is olintangey caverns as well.
Middle bass island has perry's cave but also has the worlds largest celestite geode. This geode is called crystal cave.

[panzerfast]

I to love Hocking hills. Go there every year

[ralphhennen]

Great video … thanks. Fill in the blanks, needed: glacier reversal rivers, subterranean rivers (Teays, and whatever is under the Muskingum), the remnants of the xerotherm period(s) - Lynx Prairie and Lucie Braun’s grasses model, how the geology effected the ecology (dominant plants species across the various bedrocks), the desert plant species on the bluffs near Lynx, and the boulder anomaly outside of Otsego on Rt 83 which is outside the glacier boundaries, separation of the Hopwell and Adena mounds in the landscape/culture strata, Lake Erie salt mines - just to mention a few. Looking forward to your next installment.

[mikesnyder]

Very informative video! This is a major gap in my overall education so thanks for sharing with us. How about a video on the ancient Teays River that once flowed through the Buckeye State?

[j.t.]

Just east of Navarre along S.R. 212 before getting to Bolivar, there are some huge magnificent boulders which designate the end moraine of the last glacier.

[garyclark]

On my grandparents farm south of Camden Oh. after a heavy rain, there would be lots of "petrified cow horns" washed out where the driveway went up a hill side.

[SwarmingBee]

These are awesome facts I can use this for my school project, this is recommended for schools.

[chronicalyme]

Grew up in east Ohio and found all kinds of fossils in my backyard ❤

[BigMKatmn]

in cincinnati i remember as a kid almost all the rocks had the ancient sea floor fosils in them...loaded. the family bought some land about 40 miles south about halfway to lexington in ky and i was excited to check out their fosils in the creek beds...nothing lol. I always wondered where shoreline was.

[tylanbakardi]

I grew up in Hocking hills Ohio Ash cave Rock House Old Man's cave cedar falls and my favorite Tar hollow State Park I still live there and go almost every weekend. And not to mention they're the best roads to take your Miata Down or any other fun car.

[awizardalso]

There are some nice rock formations a few miles south of Beach City, Ohio. There are two falls down there coming from streams from ancient morraines formed by glaciers eons ago.