0237 - Chinese Scientists Obtain Encouraging Results In Comprehensive Surve...Back

Chinese Scientists Obtain Encouraging Results In Comprehensive Survey Of Chinghai-Tibet Plateau. Geophysicists on the Chinghai-Tibet Plateau expedition reported that Tibet has very intense hydrothermal activity. There are geothermal indications in almost every county in Tibet, offering a rare sample of the types of geothermal indications in the world. In four years, the expedition covered more than 330 places in geothermal surveying. Photo shows a geyser in Ngamring County. The biggest geyser in China, it sends, up a column of hot water and steam with a deafening roar, then throws its hot spray down on the ground.