China examine the Earth crust

China examine the Earth crust

Country China are doing the project development to technology pendeteksian Earth in China is able to immediately make mengksplorasi scaling for the planet, with the aim to develop a system to at least 2012, said the celebrated scientist, Dong Shuwen, Deputy Head of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and leader of the project "as SinoProbe be China's official news agency, Xinhua.

China is a source of mineral resources the second largest in the world and import more than 50 percent of the mineral resource requesting, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Earth Xu Shaoshi, Wednesday (22 / 4).


Many countries, including the United States and Russia, are working to ensure the Earth crust thickness.

Currently, two methods are used, digging holes in the Earth crust and the application of survey techniques, said Dong.

SinoProbe project in China will be the second approach it with greater attention given to the methods of research, said Dong.

Earth Sciences experts have dig a hole near the fracture lines in Wenchuan, the earthquake on May 12, in order to install the monitoring tool.

Scientists of Chinese Academy Geological Sciences Tingdong Li said the project will provide data seismologi a more precise and can increase China's ability to predict an earthquake and reduce the damage.

The head engineer of the Ministry of Land and Resources said Zhang Hongtao drilling the first hole has reached the depth of 500 meters, half of the planned depth of 1000 meters.

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