Deep hydrothermal and shallow groundwater borne lithium and boron loadings to a mega brine lake in Qinghai Tibet Plateau based on multi-tracer models

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 598; p. 126313
• Main Authors: Kong, Fancui, Yang, Yingkui, Luo, Xin, Sha, Zhanjiang, Wang, Jianping, Ma, Yujun, Ling, Zhiyong, He, Bingyi, Liu, Wanping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.07.2021
• Subjects: barite; basins; bass; boron; China; Co-precipitation; coprecipitation; Da Qaidam Lake; evaporation; evolution; groundwater; hydrogeochemistry; Hydrothermal groundwater; Lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD); lithium; Lithium and boron resource; mineralization; radium; Radium isotopes; salt lakes; water budget; China; Lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD); Hydrothermal groundwater; Da Qaidam Lake; Radium isotopes; Co-precipitation; Lithium and boron resource

•Multi-tracer models are applicable to constrain the solute mass balance & water budget in the mega-brine lakes.•Hydrothermal groundwater discharge delivers disproportionate Li and B loadings to the brine lake.•Ra-226 is dominated by co-precipitation in the lake, with a coefficient of 4.72 to 6....