Les chutes High Falls et une géologie unique
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.78 mi
- Elevation gain
- 233 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 233 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,076 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 786 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 40 minutes
- Time
- one hour 31 minutes
- Coordinates
- 499
- Uploaded
- October 13, 2018
- Recorded
- October 2018
near Onaping Falls, Ontàrio (Canada)
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Very easy ballad, magnificent with the colors of autumn and above all which makes you travel through time, with a geological structure unique in the world.
Located near Onaping Falls, High Falls is in a mining region created by the impact of a giant meteorite called Sudbury 1.85 billion years ago. This mineralized impact structure is one of the most famous geological features in the world. A meteorite 10 km in diameter is said to have struck the Earth and the impact carved out a circular crater 6 km deep and 200 km in diameter.
After impact, the crater was partially filled with molten rock and explosion debris. Liquids rich in metals separated from the molten rock and sank to the bottom of the crater, forming the deposits of nickel, copper, platinum and other metals that made Sudbury famous.
For 1.85 billion years, the meteorite crater has eroded. There remains an oval-shaped structure 60 km long and 20 km wide and 10 km deep. The impact of the meteorite melted 27,000 km³ of rock. This liquid then cooled to form molten rock, notably norite.
https://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/sites/default/files/geotour_pdf_files/geotours_a.y._jackson_lookout_f.pdf
Located near Onaping Falls, High Falls is in a mining region created by the impact of a giant meteorite called Sudbury 1.85 billion years ago. This mineralized impact structure is one of the most famous geological features in the world. A meteorite 10 km in diameter is said to have struck the Earth and the impact carved out a circular crater 6 km deep and 200 km in diameter.
After impact, the crater was partially filled with molten rock and explosion debris. Liquids rich in metals separated from the molten rock and sank to the bottom of the crater, forming the deposits of nickel, copper, platinum and other metals that made Sudbury famous.
For 1.85 billion years, the meteorite crater has eroded. There remains an oval-shaped structure 60 km long and 20 km wide and 10 km deep. The impact of the meteorite melted 27,000 km³ of rock. This liquid then cooled to form molten rock, notably norite.
https://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/sites/default/files/geotour_pdf_files/geotours_a.y._jackson_lookout_f.pdf
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Impact de météorite ???
This was not caused by the impact of the meteorite that struck the Sudbury area, but rather the result of a dynamite explosion aimed at destroying "mounds" of rock that were preventing the passage of people. logs downstream over 100 years ago.
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Great photos!