Manicouagan Reservoir

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1. 1Manicouagan Reservoir

   Welcome to the rugged, remote wilderness of central Quebec, approximately three hundred and fifty kilometers east of Quebec City. As you gaze out over this vast, seemingly endless expanse of water and deep boreal forest, you are…

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2. 2The Late Triassic Asteroid Impact

   To truly comprehend the sheer scale of the geological violence that created this basin, we must mentally travel back in time two hundred and fourteen million years. We are now in the Late Triassic period. …

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3. 3A Cataclysm of Shockwaves and Fire

   In the exact fraction of a second that the asteroid struck the bedrock, an amount of energy equivalent to the detonation of forty-four point four million megatons of TNT was instantaneously released. This mind-boggling explosion…

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4. 4The Mass Extinction Event

   For many decades, scientists studied the massive Manicouagan crater but struggled to find direct, indisputable evidence linking this specific impact to a global mass extinction, especially when compared to the famous…

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5. 5Modern Mining and Quantum Minerals

   As we look out toward the rugged, heavily forested hills surrounding the water, it is important to note that this landscape is so incredibly remote that it is generally only accessible by specialized helicopters, hydroplanes, and…

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6. 6Manicouagan Reservoir

   As our tour of the Manicouagan crater concludes, we must address the final, massive transformation of this landscape. For two hundred million years, the crater was simply a heavily eroded depression with two crescent-shaped lakes. …

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