Geothermal constraints on enrichment of boron and lithium in salt lakes: An example from a river-salt lake system on the northern slope of the eastern Kunlun Mountains, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-29

  Tan, Hongbing ^a   Chen, Jun ^b   Rao, Wenbo ^a   Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Zhou, Huifang ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron and lithium resources; Geothermal water; Qaidam Basin; River; Salt lake

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SALINE LAKE; SLOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84859808005     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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