Grandview Heights / Marble Cliff Historical Society

The Geology of Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff

Gently sloping alluvial fan at the mouth of a ravine near Grandview.

Several such fans on the Scioto flood plain can be seen looking north

as you drive along Dublin Road. The ravines furnished the waste now

laid in the fans. (Scroll down for more images). The photos are from

the USGS book "Geology of the Columbus Quadrangle", by Stauffer,

Hubbard and Bownocker, published in 1911 by authority of the

Legislature of Ohio.

Columbus limestone near Grandview

A section of bedrock along a line drawn through Columbus from west to east. Click on the

image for a closeup of the region near Grandview.

Rock terrace near Marble Cliff, looking nearly north across terrace top to drift bluffs

beyond.