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Canadian Imports: How Expanding Ice Sheets
Influenced Ohio’s Settlement, Economy, and Recreation
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Featuring:
Dr.
John
Szabo (Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, U. of
Akron)
Date: March 8, 2010
Time: Drinks start at 6:30 PM, discussion starts
around 7:00 PM
Location: Tasting Room, Great Lakes Brewing
Company (2701
Carroll
Ave,
Cleveland)
Have you ever wondered where those large boulders placed in people’s
yards as landscaping came from? Or, why there are so many
nurseries along some of the roads that parallel the Lake Erie shoreline
in northeastern Ohio? Why does the Cuyahoga River flow south, do
a 180 degree turn, and then flow northward to Cleveland?
These questions and many others can be answered by considering the
effects of Ice Age glaciers flowing from Canada into Ohio.
Glaciers influenced transportation routes, types of agriculture, and
settlement patterns. Glacial sediments were responsible for the
low home density in what is now the Cuyahoga Valley National
Park. Glaciers melted back from Ohio about 14,000 years ago and
will eventually return in the future as part of the natural climatic
cycle of the planet.
Come to March's Science Café Cleveland to learn why things are
as they are in your own backyard!
Check out these PDFs beforehand to
find out more . . .
Ice Age
in Ohio
History
of
Lake
Erie
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a
flyer
to
post
at
your
office!
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