Open AccessLithoprobe, probing the earth
Author(s) -
Resources Canada
Publication year - 1986
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.4095/208404
Subject(s) - earth (classical element) , geography , earth observation , earth science , geology , engineering , mathematics , mathematical physics , satellite , aerospace engineering
Lithoprobe lets scientists study the Earth to an incredible depth of 40 kilometres below its surface. As a result we are gaining valuable new information about mineral resources, and the patterns which shaped, and are still shaping, the Earth. The video describesthis exciting new research and explains its economic and geological implications.