Recharge processes limit the resource elements of Qarhan Salt Lake in western China and analogues in the evaporite basins

• Published in: Journal of oceanology and limnology Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 1226 - 1242
• Main Authors: Song, Hualing, Fan, Qishun, Li, Qingkuan, Chen, Tianyuan, Yang, Haotian, Han, Chunmei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science Press 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China%Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources,Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xining 810008,China; Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources,Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xining 810008,China; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes,Xining 810008,China
• Subjects: Basins; Brines; China; Differential distribution; Distribution patterns; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Evaporites; Fluvial deposits; Geothermal springs; Hot springs; Isotopes; Lithium; Mountains; Oceanography; Recharge; Resource exploration; rivers; Rubidium; Salt lakes; Spatial distribution; spring; Strontium; China; K-Sr-Li-B elements; differential distribution; Qarhan Salt Lake (QSL); analogue; recharge process; Qarhan Salt Lake(QSL)

The Qarhan Salt Lake (QSL) in western China is K-Sr-Li-B-Br-Rb multi-resource coexisting Quaternary brine deposits. Significant research efforts have been directed to the origin of K-Li resources and evolutionary history of the QSL. However, the study on the different sources, recharge processes, an...