Team members prepare for the expedition in the center of the Co Ngoin Lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A research team of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau completed a scientific survey on Sunday at the plateau lake Co Ngoin Lake, which is at an altitude of 4,500 meters in Xainza County, in Tibet Autonomous Region. The team collected research samples such as lakebed long core and lake sediments through the lake drilling platforms and gravity drill samplers. The samples can date back as far as 40,000 years.
Team members carry the scientific research samples collected on the shore of the Co Ngoin Lake in Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Team members simply handle the scientific research samples collected on the shore of the Co Ngoin Lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
