China starts digging the deepest hole in the world
China begins digging the deepest hole in the world (Source: @pexels)
Aerial photos taken yesterday, Wednesday, showed a project to dig the deepest huge hole of more than 10,000 meters for scientific exploration in China... so what's the story? Get to know her in the following context.
Further exploration of the depths of the earth
Exploring the depths of the Earth (Source: @pexels)
According to thedailybeast.com, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Chinese scientists embark on their own real-life journey by drilling the world's deepest mega-hole to the center of the Earth.
The project, which began in the Xinjiang region on Tuesday, will cut through 10 layers of continental strata to access materials dating back to about 145 million years ago from the Cretaceous period. It comes after President Xi Jinping urged scientists in 2021 to further explore the depths of the Earth, which could "identify mineral and energy resources and help assess the risks of environmental disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions," Bloomberg reported.
Reasons for digging the deepest hole in the world
According to thedailybeast.com, there are many reasons why China undertook this gigantic project, including:
- Photographing landscapes within the layers of the earth
Monitoring climate change
Study the distribution of life in the different layers of the earth
Studying and understanding rock layers and how they are formed in a detailed scientific way
- The project can provide us with more information that organizes data about the Earth, its composition, history, and evolution.
Studying geological changes in the layers of the earth, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and climate change.
The information and data can be used to plan and study ancient life forms.
• Not the first hole
The deepest huge hole in the Earth's crust (Source: pexels)
According to Bloomberg, the Chinese state is aiming for the deepest massive hole in the Earth's crust to reach 10,000 meters, or 32,808 feet. The drilling will take place in the Tarim Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang region.
While the crater is impressively deep, it is still less deep than Russia's Kola Superdeep Borehole, which is more than 12,000 meters deep and took about 20 years to drill.
(Kola deep well in Russian Кольская сверхглубокая скважина, a scientific project conducted in the Soviet Union to explore the earth's crust, where the giant Kola Superdeep Borehole was drilled on Kola Island in Russia. The hole is the deepest exploration well in the world, and the Russian project faced many difficulties during The project including:
- High temperatures near the center of the Earth, which reach 180 ° C at the bottoms of the crater.
- The occurrence of fracture, which causes a change in drilling directions
- The strength of rocks at depth.
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