RIPPLE-MARKS IN OHIO LIMESTONES 1 



CHARLES S. PROSSER 

 Ohio State University 



Introduction 



Ordovician Ripple- Marks 

 Elk Run 

 Cherry Fork 

 Trebers Run 

 Review of Previous Work 



Silurian Ripple -Marks 

 Beasleys Fork 

 Lick Fork 

 Sproull Glen 

 Lawshe Quarry 

 Elk Run 

 Sharpsville 

 Near Peebles 

 Near Locust Grove 

 Leesburg 

 Monroe Formation 



Devontan Ripple-Marks 

 Sandusky 



INTRODUCTION 



Dr. Edward M. Kindle, in a "Note on a Ripple-Marked 

 Limestone"' in the Devonian of northern Manitoba, published in 

 191 2, stated that: " the occurrence of ripple-marks on sandstone is a 



common phenomenon to every geologist The literature 



on ripple-marks relates almost entirely to these familiar sand or 

 sandstone ripples. The occurrence of ripple-marks on limestone 

 seems to be a phenomenon of such relative infrequency that it 

 appears desirable to record an example which has come under the 

 writer's notice.'' 2 In a later paper Dr. Kindle has described ripple- 



1 Published by permission of the State Geologist of Ohio. 

 3 Ottawa Xaturalist.XXXI (December, 1912), 1 (reprint). 



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