Aerogeophysical survey provides promising prospects of economic development in Afghanistan

Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 06:20 in Earth & Climate

Analysing nearly 20 terabytes of data collected from 220 mission flight-hours covering more than half of Afghanistan, Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Geological Survey investigators reveal several potential major oil and gas sedimentary basins, mineral-rich regions, and hydrologic resources for agriculture and economic development as recently reported by Department of Defence...

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