Chemical Sedimentary Sequence of Lop Nur Salt Lake in Xinjiang and Its Controlling Factors

• 责任者：Liu Chenglin (Institute of Mineral Resources ; CAGS ; Beijing 100037 ; China) ; Ma Lichun
• 刊名：Mineral Deposits
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：29(4)
• 关键词：盐类矿床 ; salt deposit ; 化学沉积作用 ; chemical sedimentation ; 塔里木盆地 ; Tarim Basin
• 页码：p.625-630
• 图表：5 illus., 1 table, 17 refs.
• 分类号：1002
• issnNo：ISSN0258-7106
• isbnNo：CN11-1965/P

Located in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, Lop Nur Lake is one of the largest playa lakes in the world. The chemical sequence of Lop Nur salt lake is remarkably different from many non-marine and marine chemical sedimentary sequences except for that of Tertiary paleo-salt lake in Jianghan Basin, Hubei Province, which shows some similarity with the sedimentary sequence of Lop Nur salt lake. Therefore, the coupling of continuous drying and supply variation might have been responsible for the formation of the special and complex chemical sedimentary sequence in Lop Nur salt lake.