"Underground space" was discovered on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 1995. What exactly is in it? The area exceeds 3 Taiwan
What's under the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? There are mountains here, so the ground should be full of stones. However, in 1995, a multinational geological expedition team discovered that there was a huge space under a snow-capped mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau In other words, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is likely to be hollowed out, and there is another world under the mountains we think. If so, are these spaces a blessing or a curse for mankind? Do other places in the world have underground spaces like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? There may be underground space under the Qinghai-Tibet Plateauunder the plateau
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in people's minds is the towering snow-capped mountains, endless mountains, and oxygen-poor. surroundings. If you dig underground on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, what can you find? Is it Cordyceps? Or rich minerals? The answer is likely to be another space, possibly even larger than Taiwan. In 1995, China, together with geologists from France, Ireland and Canada, organized a plateau exploration. This time, the researchers focused their attention on the underground of the plateau. The Animaqing Mountain team has targeted a snow-capped mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Animaqing Mountain. This is a snow-capped mountain range that stretches for more than 200 kilometers and is between 4,000 and 5,000 meters above sea level. Generally speaking, the higher the altitude of the mountain, the heavier the mountain will be. Once the bearing strength of the mountain base is exceeded, the mountain will collapse. However, after some measurement and exploration, scientists were surprised to find that there was a space under the Animaqing Mountain. So, how did the expedition team know that there is space underground? Did they dig down to see it for themselves? How is it possible that there is an underground space under Animaqing Mountain? The detected underground space is 20 kilometers deep below Animaqing Mountain. The deepest human hole is only more than 10,000 meters. Scientists used an electromagnetic wave exploration method, which uses electromagnetic waves to penetrate non-metallic objects. The main component of rocks is silicate, and electromagnetic waves can penetrate. According to the returned signal, it was found that there was an abnormality in the electromagnetic wave, which showed that the resistance suddenly dropped at a position of 20 kilometers. The resistance of ordinary silicate rocks is about tens of thousands of ohms, but the signal shows that the resistance is only about a few ohms. It is initially estimated that the bottom area of this space is 100,000 to 150,000 square kilometers. What is the concept? The area of Taiwan Island is only about 36,000 square kilometers, which is directly three times that of Treasure Island. The discovery that the underground space is three times that of Taiwan shows that Animaqing Mountain is not solid, but hollow underneath. Isn’t it very dangerous, what if the mountain collapses that day? Regarding this speculation, scientists believe that the mountain is still very safe, because the thickness of the crust of Animaqing Mountain reaches 70 kilometers, and the space is located deep underground, so it does not affect it. The geologists who inspected it by analogy believed that in other parts of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are also underground spaces like Animaqing Mountain. Why do underground spaces appear in the underground of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? Are they man-made, or are they the work of nature? Below the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Birth of the Plateau
There are many mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and these mountains were not formed at the same time. Among them, the Himalayas are the youngest. It was formed by the last impact of the Indian subcontinent. Other mountain ranges were formed successively before the impact. Although India is an Asian country, the land is not native to the Eurasian continent. Its hometown is in the southern hemisphere. About 300 million years ago, a continent formed on the southern edge of the earth, known geologically as Gondwana. This ancient continent is the combination of today's Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica and India. The ancient continent of Gondwana was briefly connected to the northern Laurasia about 250 million years ago to form a supercontinent, the Pangea supercontinent. Later, this supercontinent disintegrated. Among them, the Indian subcontinent began to drift northward, getting closer and closer to the northern Laurasia, and the Laurasia was also split into North America and Eurasia. Different plates, when the Indian subcontinent was not completely close to the Eurasian continent, the ocean between the two sides began to bulge. That is to say, the predecessor of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was a sea called the Tethys Sea, also known as the ancient Mediterranean Sea. The disappearance of the Tethys Sea finally About 30 million years ago, the Indian subcontinent finally collided with the Eurasian continent, and its plate was inserted obliquely below the Eurasian plate, raising the originally created land. This process continues today, so the elevation of the Himalayas is increasing all the time. This land-building movement lasted for at least 60 million years, and it also led to different times for the uplift of each mountain range. This is like a child growing taller. Different children take different time to grow their body. Over time, there will be uneven heights. Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau The same is true for the mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Viewed from above, the mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau seem to be connected together. In fact, underground, they also have their own boundaries. According to the level of formation time, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is divided into 5 terranes, from north to south: Kunlun-Qaidam terrane, Hoh Xil-Bayan Har terrane, Qiangtang terrane, Lhasa terrane and Himalayan terrane body. Even within the same piece of land, there will be a time difference in formation, and such a time difference is likely to be the reason for the birth of the underground space. This is also after 1995, geologists believe that the hidden underground space under the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not as simple as the size of three Taiwan. So, what would be the significance of these underground spaces if they really existed? The terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet PlateauMeaning of underground space
This kind of underground space is not a cave in the traditional sense. They have been formed for a long time and are likely to exist creatures that have not been discovered by humans. In a sense, the area of these underground spaces can be regarded as my country's, which is equivalent to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau being a double-layered structure with two floors above and below. The upper floor is the ground, the lower floor is the underground space, maybe there is a "building within a building", and there is an underground space below the underground space. Although the earth's crust occupies only a small part of the earth, the resources it contains are also sufficient for human use. Going deep into the ground, the Soviet Union implemented the geocentric plan. Although it was forced to stop when it reached more than 12,000 meters, it provided endless treasures for the future. The Soviet Union's deep hole program has detected underground coal, oil, gold, and even uranium. These resources have been used in Russia since the Soviet era, and are still the main source of income for the fighting nation. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has the largest geothermal energy in my country. At the same time, many areas here have not been developed, and the land is almost intact. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was a vast ocean. During the land-building movement, oil was likely to be sealed under the plateau. The formation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Although humans are currently unable to visit these spaces in person, they will play a huge role in the future. Some people even speculate that the underground space of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an underground ocean, a remnant of the Tethys Sea. This statement is not created out of thin air. In the solar system, there is such a similar structure. The Tibetan Plateau may have an ocean underground ocean
Jupiter, the largest galaxy in the solar system, has two peculiar moons, Europa and Ganymede. These two satellites are both smaller than the earth, and they contain no less water than the earth at all, especially Ganymede, whose water content can directly throw the earth several streets. On the one hand, their water is covered with a thick layer of ice, at least 100 kilometers thick, and on the other hand, there is a 100-kilometer-deep ocean below the ice layer, and beneath the ocean is a similar silicate rock. If we think of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as an "ice layer" covering the ocean, then the existence of an underground ocean beneath the plateau seems reasonable. Jupiter and Europa also often have fountains on Europa and Ganymede, with a height of more than 20 kilometers, which indicates that there is energy release in the ocean under the cold ice layer. How does the energy of the ocean come from, that is, of course, the volcanoes under the sea. Coincidentally, in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the most common energy source is geothermal energy, which is the place where geothermal energy is most used in my country. This heat comes from the asthenosphere under the earth's crust. They heat the rock and transfer the heat to the near ground. By pouring water, the earth helps the earth to help boil water and convert heat energy into other energy. It stands to reason that the crust of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should be the thickest place on earth. How could it come into contact with the asthenosphere so quickly? Could the plateau geothermal be that the asthenosphere heats the subsurface ocean on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which further transmits thermal energy?