Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Geologic resources inventory report
Thornberry-Ehrlich TL. 2020. Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2020/2154. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) provides geologic map data and pertinent geologic information to support resource management and science-informed decision making in more than 270 natural resource parks throughout the National Park System. The GRI is one of 12 inventories funded by the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program. The Geologic Resources Division of the NPS Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate administers the GRI. This report synthesizes discussions from a scoping meeting held in 2009 and a follow-up conference call in 2018 (see Appendix A). Chapters of this report discuss the geologic setting, distinctive geologic features and processes within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, highlight geologic issues facing resource managers, describe the geologic history leading to the present-day landscape, and provide information about the previously completed GRI map data. Posters (separate IRMA reference, see below) illustrate these data. The park’s geologic features, processes, and management issues are outlined and described in this report. These include: fluvial features and processes, flooding, management of fluvial processes and flooding, glacial features, bedrock exposures, ancient sedimentary features, bedrock caves, groundwater availability, lacustrine features and wetlands, geologic hazards, abandoned mineral lands and disturbed lands, and paleontological resource inventory, monitoring, and protection.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Thornberry-Ehrlich, Trista
- Date of Issue
- 2020-07
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CUVA , GRD , GRI , HTLN , MWR , NRSS
- Keywords
- Abandoned Mineral Lands, Ancient Sedimentary Features, and Protection, Bedrock Caves, Bedrock Exposures, CUVA, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Disturbed Lands, Flooding, Fluvial Features and Processes, Geologic Features, Geologic Hazards, Geologic History, Geologic Processes, Geologic Resource Management Issues, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, Glacial Features, GRD, GRI, Groundwater Availability, Lacustrine Features and Wetlands, Management of Fluvial Processes and Flooding, Map Units, Monitoring, National Park Service, NPS, Ohio, Paleontological Resource Inventory, Resource Management
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Glacial Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Hillslope Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Coastal/Oceanographic Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Volcanic Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Seismic Activity , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology