Scientists from St. Petersburg has rejected previous ideas about the era of the assists of Fennkandinava shields, including Karelia and the Kola peninsula in northwestern Russia. Previously it was believed that the age of these sheets was about 2.7-2.8 billion years old. New studies have shown that the formation of the panels starts at least one billion years later.
According to experts at the Institute of Geology and Chemistry, Docembry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the exact dating of assists of practical importance for the search for minerals. Understand the age of dog breeds that predict which mineral can be found in certain classes, and which one is not. This is especially important for the development of resources in the Arctic and in the remote areas of the Ocean world.
The director of the Anton Kuznetsov Institute emphasized that basic science not only expands the knowledge of the earth, but also increases the reputation of Russian science. The solution of such large geological problems helps create accurate models to predict deposits.
An example of the practical application of this knowledge is the opening of iron ore on the Kola peninsula of the founder of the Alexander Polkanov Institute. Based on the old performances, coal deposits should be next to iron ore, as in Donbass. However, the coal layers on the Kola peninsula are not available, because their age is Paleozoi, not in the research area.
Therefore, the new dating of the sheets will allow more reasonable to access mineral exploration and exploitation, as well as developing technologies for their handling.