Reconstructing the Late Glacial Environmental History of Brown's
Lake Bog by Clint Bailey My Senior Independent Study, beginning
in the fall of 2002, is an attempt to reconstruct the
environmental history of Brown's Lake Bog, an area 20 miles
south of Wooster, Ohio. Research for this project began in the
summer of 2002 as part of the Keck Ohio research experience for
undergraduate Geology students. Figure 1. Working at Brown's
Lake Bog Figures 2 and 3. Driving the coring apparatus into the
ground and extracting the sediment Figure 4. One meter of
sediment ready for analysis |Peat is a fiberous organic
substance made of vegetation in various states of decomposition.
Interval: 3 to 9.2m |Gyttja is a dark organic material similar
to peat, but less fiberous and more compact. Interval: 9.2 to
9.8m |Silt is a medium brown to grey fine grain sediment, silt
is refered to as mottled when it shows certain textures of
discoloration. Interval: 9.8 to 12.3m |Diamicton is composed of
silt, sand, and larger pebbles. Diamict