Int'l Experts Share Insights from High-altitude Drilling Project in China's Xizang
Jul 18, 2024
Challenging but rewarding, international scientists highlighted the groundbreaking significance of the core drilling project in Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake in China's Xizang. (Xinhua)
The core drilling project in Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, achieved a drilling depth exceeding 400 meters. It is of great significance in the country's lake drilling and paleoclimate study, according to scientists.
Multinational researchers have successfully drilled 402.2 meters of lake core in Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Friday. The team have been carrying out a core drilling project in Nam Co since early June, providing data on climate and environmental changes on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau over the past million years.