Forskare skapar global karta över fyndigheter av sällsynta jordartsmetaller

26 maj 2026

Rapporterad av AI

Forskare har utvecklat en världskarta som visar var sällsynta jordartsmetaller sannolikt kan finnas. Arbetet kopplar dessa värdefulla metaller till specifika geologiska särdrag djupt under jordens yta.

Ett internationellt team lett av University of Cambridge har tagit fram en prediktiv karta över fyndigheter av sällsynta jordartsmetaller. Studien kombinerar data från cirka 9 000 stenprover med seismiska bilder av planetens inre. Den visar att de relevanta magmatiska bergarterna främst bildas längs de branta kanterna av jordens tjockaste och äldsta kontinentala litosfär.

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Scientists reveal three discoveries in nuclear process creating gold

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Nuclear physicists at the University of Tennessee have made three key findings about the rapid neutron-capture process that forms heavy elements like gold in stellar events. Their research, conducted at CERN's ISOLDE facility, clarifies how unstable atomic nuclei decay. The results, published in Physical Review Letters, could refine models of element formation in the universe.

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Forskare skapar global karta över fyndigheter av sällsynta jordartsmetaller

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