Siberian treasures

1995/10/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Geologia

Siberia is the largest plain in the world. The economic axis of this extensive region of steppe, taiga and tundra is the exploitation of mineral resources, mainly gold, diamonds, tin, copper and aluminum. For their part, the geologists of the city of Reston, in the US, have launched themselves to Siberia in search of platinum, more specifically, to investigate what may be the origin of this noble metal. The debate on this subject is long ago.

Reston geologists consider that the Siberian platinum emerged in the core of the Earth or in some of its closest layers and want to confirm this hypothesis with a new regional study. If this were so, that is, if the origin of the platinum of Siberia were considered to be its nucleus, it would be open the way to know better the changes and wave movements that occurred in it. This would also allow for discussions on the origin of certain noble minerals.