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Actes Du Premier Colloque Du Patrimoine Géologique Du Québec MB 2004-05 ACTES DU PREMIER COLLOQUE DU PATRIMOINE GEOLOGIQUE DU QUEBEC Actes du premier colloque du Patrimoine géologique du Québec Montréal, 8 et 9 septembre 2000 — Biodôme de Montréal MB 2004-05 Édité par G. Prichonnet et M. A. Bouchard Québec Actes du premier colloque du Patrimoine géologique du Québec Montréal, 8 et 9 septembre 2000 — Biodôme de Montréal MB 2004-05 Édité par G. Prichonnet et M. A. Bouchard COMMANDITAIRES Comité canadien sur les Météorites Musée Redpath et les Impacts rfP McGill PLANETARIUM BI0D 0M E DE MONTREAL DE MONTRÉAL Musée minéralogique FA Parc national I~ et minier de Thetford Mines _ de Miguasha itil ue do da Club de minéralogie Peliontoloqle de Montréal et de 4 l'Ëvalutlon Ressources naturelles, Faune et Parcs El El Québec 1811 2 DOCUMENT PUBLIÉ PAR « GÉOLOGIE QUÉBEC » Directeur Alain Simard Chef du service géologique de Québec Pierre Verpaelst Éditeurs Gilbert Prichonnet et Michel A. Bouchard Supervision technique Charlotte Grenier Document accepté pour publication le 2004-05-31 NOTE Ce document est une reproduction fidèle des manuscrits soumis par les auteurs sauf pour une édition sommaire et une mise en page destinées à assurer une qualité convenable de reproduction. Dépôt légal — Bibliothèque nationale du Québec © Gouvernement du Québec, 2004 3 TABLE DES MATIÈRES PRÉFACE Jean-Louis Caty 7 NOTE DES ÉDITEURS Gilbert Prichonnet et Michel A. Bouchard 9 PARTIE I BILAN PROVISOIRE DU COMITÉ QUÉBÉCOIS SUR LES GÉOSITES DU QUÉBEC APPROCHE FRANÇAISE SUR LA CONSERVATION DU MILIEU NATUREL GÉOLOGIQUE 11 PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE QUÉBÉCOIS : LES GÉOSITES DU QUÉBEC Groupe de travail sur le patrimoine géologique québécois 13 LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE EN FRANCE : UN PEU D'HISTOIRE ET SITUATION D'AUJOURD'HUI Max Jonin 29 UNE ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE POUR LA PROTECTION DU PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE Jacqueline Lorenz 33 PARTIE II LA GÉODIVERSITÉ ET LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE 37 LA GÉODIVERSITÉ ET LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE DU QUÉBEC Roch Gaudreau 39 LE ROCHER PERCÉ Jacques Béland 41 LES ROCHES, UN PATRIMOINE NATUREL À PRÉSERVER ET MIEUX CONNAÎTRE; L'EXEMPLE DE LA RÉSERVE FAUNIQUE DE PAPINEAU-LABELLE, OUTAOUAIS-LAURENTIDES Louise Corriveau, Robert-André Daigneault et Pierrette Tremblay 43 MISE EN VALEUR DU PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE ET MINIER DES APPALACHES Serge Gaudard 51 LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE DE L'ABITIBI, VESTIGE DE NOS PREMIERS VOLCANS Michel Jébrak, Robert Marquis et Réal Daigneault 57 LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE DE LA CÔTE-NORD : POUR QUI ET POURQUOI? Serge Perreault 63 MISE EN VALEUR DE QUELQUES SITES GÉOLOGIQUES DANS LA RÉGION MONTRÉALAISE Gilbert Prichonnet 71 LES CAVERNES : UN PATRIMOINE GRAVÉ PAR LE TEMPS Jacques Schroeder 77 4 PARTIE III LES FOSSILES DU QUÉBEC 85 LES CHITINOZOAIRES : CE QU'ILS NOUS RÉVÈLENT SUR L'HISTOIRE GÉOLOGIQUE, LA PALÉOGÉOGRAPHIE ET LE POTENTIEL EN HYDROCARBURES DU QUÉBEC Aicha Achab, Esther Asselin, Azzedine Soufiane et Rudolf Bertrand 87 LE PARC DE MIGUASHA EN GASPÉSIE : UN SITE NATUREL DU PATRIMOINE MONDIAL DE L'UNESCO AU CŒUR DE L'HISTOIRE DES POISSONS FOSSILES DU QUÉBEC Richard Cloutier, Sylvain Desbiens et Marius Arsenault 95 LES PALÉONTOLOGUES AMATEURS AU QUÉBEC : ÉTAT DE LA SITUATION ET LEUR AVENIR Albert Cornu 103 LES VERTÉBRÉS DU QUATERNAIRE DU QUÉBEC : UN RÉSUMÉ QUATERNARY VERTEBRATES OF QUÉBEC: A SUMMARY Charles R. Harington 107 PRECAMBRIAN FOSSILS IN QUÉBEC Hans J. Hofmann 109 SURVOL DES LOCALITÉS FOSSILIFÈRES ÉVIDENTES DU CAMBRIEN AU DÉVONIEN DU QUÉBEC Pierre J. Lespérance 115 ÎLE D'ANTICOSTI : PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE MONDIAL ET HYPOSTRATOTYPE DE LA LIMITE ORDOVICIEN-SILURIEN Allen A. Petryk 117 PARTIE IV LES MINÉRAUX DU QUÉBEC 123 LA MINÉRALOGIE COMME LOISIR SCIENTIFIQUE André Bérard 125 LE MONT SAINT-HILAIRE : UNE MONTÉRÉGIENNE PAS COMME LES AUTRES Isabelle Legeai 127 LA RICHESSE ET LA DIVERSITÉ MINÉRALOGIQUE DU QUÉBEC Robert F. Martin 133 QUI NOMME LES MINÉRAUX DÉCOUVERTS AU QUÉBEC? UN APERÇU DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET AMATEURE D'ICI Jeanne Paquette 135 THE FAME AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MONT SAINT-HILAIRE AS A MINERAL LOCALITY Lâszlô Horvath 137 5 PARTIE V LES MÉTÉORITES DU QUÉBEC 143 LES COLLECTIONS DE MÉTÉORITES AU QUÉBEC André Bordeleau et Pierre Lacombe 145 LES MÉTÉORITES DU QUÉBEC ET D'AILLEURS Pierre Lacombe 149 PARTIE VI POUR EN SAVOIR PLUS SUR LES SCIENCES DE LA TERRE ET LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE. DES PROJETS À VENIR 155 THE REDPATH MUSEUM Graham Bell 157 LE MUSÉE DE GÉOLOGIE RENÉ-BUREAU DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL André Lévesque 161 COMPTE-RENDU D'UNE ÉTUDE SUR LES PRODUITS TOURISTIQUES DE TYPE ACTIVITÉS SPORTIVES DE PLEINE NATURE BASÉS SUR LA MISE EN VALEUR DU PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE Philippe Letourneur 163 LES GÉOPANORAMAS : UN OUTIL DE SENSIBILISATION AU PATRIMOINE NATUREL ET GÉOLOGIQUE DU QUÉBEC Pascale Côté, Gilbert Prichonnet, Aïcha Achab, Pierre Bédard, Marie Larocque et Yves Michaud 169 EXCURSION SUR LA PIERRE DE TAILLE ET ORNEMENTALE DE LA RUE SHERBROOKE OUEST ET DU SQUARE DORCHESTER Robert Ledoux, Henri-Louis Jacob et Dinu Bumbaru 171 ANNEXE I COORDONNÉES DES DÉPARTEMENTS DES SCIENCES DE LA TERRE, DE GÉOLOGIE ET DE GÉNIE MINIER DES UNIVERSITÉS AU QUÉBEC 172 ANNEXE II COORDONNÉES DE LA DIRECTION DE GÉOLOGIE QUÉBEC ET DE SES BUREAUX RÉGIONAUX 173 ANNEXE HI COORDONNÉES DES ORGANISMES OEUVRANT À LA PROMOTION DE LA GÉOLOGIE AU QUÉBEC 174 ANNEXE IV AUTRES ADRESSES POUR EN SAVOIR PLUS SUR LE PATRIMOINE GÉOLOGIQUE DANS QUELQUES PAYS ET AILLEURS AU CANADA 176 6 7 « Le patrimoine géologique, c'est la Mémoire de la Terre, inscrite dans les profondeurs de son sol et sur sa surface, dans les paysages, les roches, les minéraux, les fossiles... » (Déclaration des droits de la Terre, à Digne, France, 1993) PRÉFACE Les premiers pas vers la protection du patrimoine géologique ont été accomplis lors du premier colloque sur le patrimoine géologique québécois, organisé par l'Association professionnelle des géologues et des géophysiciens du Québec (APGGQ) qui s'est tenu à Montréal en septembre 2000. À cette occasion, la communauté géoscientifique a mis en évidence la richesse que constitue ce patrimoine comme l'importance de le protéger. Le présent document rassemble la plupart des conférences ou affiches présentées lors de ce colloque. Le ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs a, depuis, participé activement à l'élaboration d'une politique de protection des sites géologiques exceptionnels dans le cadre de la Stratégie québécoise sur les aires protégées du gouvernement du Québec. Aujourd'hui, le Ministère est fier de s'associer à la publication des Actes du premier colloque de même qu'au deuxième colloque sur le patrimoine géologique québécois qui aura lieu à Québec le 26 novembre 2004. J'espère que ce document, de même que les actions qui suivront, sauront inspirer non seulement la communauté géoscientifique mais aussi le public en général quant à l'importance de l'aspect géologique du patrimoine naturel du Québec. Le sous-ministre associé aux Mines Jean-Louis Caty 8 9 NOTE DES ÉDITEURS Le premier colloque sur le Patrimoine Géologique du Québec s'est tenu au Biodôme de Montréal, les 8 et 9 septembre 2000. Son importance, bien que soulignée par plusieurs articles de la presse, va bien au-delà de l'événement lui-même, relativement modeste : une centaine de participants, une dizaine d'organismes partenaires et une quinzaine de présentations — sans oublier une matinée de visite guidée sur les « vieilles pierres » du centre de Montréal. En effet, ce colloque a fait prendre conscience de la nécessité de s'intéresser à une richesse quelque peu négligée, celle d'un passé considéré comme indestructible tellement il est présent partout dans le pays. Peut-on mettre en danger les immensités rocheuses vieilles de plusieurs milliards d'années? Est-il possible de détruire nos paysages que la Nature a façonnés durant des milliers d'années? Bien sûr, la Terre et les paysages survivront à l'espèce humaine. Mais l'expérience montre que des héritages naturels peuvent être mis en danger, tout autant que des oeuvres humaines plus fragiles par définition! L'ouvrage qui est présenté ici concrétisera cette prise de conscience et servira d'assises à un deuxième colloque qui montrera certainement, en automne 2004, l'importance scientifique et économique de la valorisation de cette richesse naturelle que nous possédons, afin d'en faire un élément supplémentaire et de plein droit de notre culture scientifique. Richesse, il faut le dire, qui représente parfois des témoins exceptionnels de l'évolution de la planète. Ces Actes du premier Colloque sur le Patrimoine Géologique du Québec s'inscrivent donc dans une démarche de rattrapage, si l'on se compare à certains vieux pays d'Europe, et aussi d'avant-garde par rapport à d'autres régions de notre continent et du reste du Canada. Ils rassemblent les présentations du colloque, orales et par affiches, et quelques contributions sollicitées par les éditeurs. La partie I du volume permettra au lecteur de mesurer le chemin à parcourir et le progrès accompli en matière de protection du Patrimoine Géologique du Québec. Il y trouvera deux présentations par des invités français : ceux-ci évoquent, avec une approche historique, les rôles de diverses organisations de leur pays oeuvrant à la protection et la valorisation de ce bien qui représente le passé géologique; ils annoncent et proposent de nouveaux défis. De plus, la présentation d'un document de réflexion, préparé par le Groupe de travail sur le patrimoine géologique québécois, résume l'état d'avancement des efforts accomplis depuis le colloque : le texte, soumis au jugement de tous les partenaires actuels et futurs, donne une solide orientation et propose un bon cadre à toute action qui sera entreprise pour protéger les Géosites du Québec. La partie II des actes contient huit documents. Elle réunit les cinq présentations de la session 1 du Colloque, sous le titre « La géodiversité et le patrimoine géologique », et trois articles sollicités postérieurement. Elle conduit le lecteur de l'Abitibi minière à la Gaspésie, en passant par la Côte-Nord, les Laurentides et la région de Montréal.
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