LAC DE COURVAL STRUCTURE

LAC DE COURVAL STRUCTURE

by: Charles O’Dale

  • Type: Simple
  • Location: N 48° 50.1’ W 78° 59.8’
  • Diameter: ~1.6 Km
  • Age: ?
Lac de Courval, Quebec, Canada
Lac de Courval west (looking east). Note the meander of the La Sarra Riveraround the north of the possible crater.

An article by Beals et al in the 1964 Journal of the RASC article (below) proposed that Lac de Courval may be the result of a cosmic impact. This report was published before any geological studies were performed at the site in order to find impact features.

A later magnetic survey to find impact related geology was NEGATIVE. I have not found any reports describing the surveys performed at this site.In conclusion, a remote possibility exists that this structure is impact related.

References

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Beals, C. S., Ferguson, G. M., & Landau, A., [Scientists Report II.] A Search for Analogies Between Lunar and Terrestrial Topography on Photographs of the Canadian Shield, Part II,Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 50, p.257-258

Brent Dalrymple, Radiometric Dating Does Work! Reports of the National Center for Science Education