From: From freshwater inflows to salt lakes and salt deposits in the Qaidam Basin, W China
 | QD1 | QD2 | QD3 | QD4 | QD5 | QD6 | QD12 | QD13 | QD17 | QD18 | QD19 | QD22 | QD23 | QD29 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temp (°C) | 16.1 | 26.4 |  | 21.3 | 15.5 | 31.5 | 21.1 | 27.2 | 29 | 21 |  | 21.5 | 18.4 | 17.5 |
pH | 8.96 | 7.08 | 6.32 | 6.42 | 7.41 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.28 | 7.31 | 6.81 | 5.63 | 8.36 | 7.88 |
Density (g/ml) | 1.0272 | 1.1086 | 1.2108 | 1.2068 | 1.2480 | 1.3167 | Â | 1.2147 | 1.1098 | 1.2176 | 1.2025 | 1.2912 | 1.1030 | 1.1255 |
Ca | 72.5 | 3638 | 4179 | 6211 | 172 | 66,580 | 145 | 211 | 298 | 412 | 1577 | 151 | 354 | 177 |
Mg | 1958 | 1617 | 696 | 2170 | 11,570 | 16,070 | 29,090 | 25,130 | 2173 | 9912 | 36,380 | 73,320 | 2249 | 8109 |
Na | 8313 | 95,810 | 96,210 | 93,760 | 83,980 | 9792 | 58,880 | 51,680 | 51,020 | 84,940 | 36,840 | 4686 | 41,700 | 57,920 |
K | 461 | 690 | 969 | 626 | 2929 | 19,170 | 4003 | 3460 | 1419 | 3976 | 3571 | 5532 | 623 | 2753 |
Sr | 20.84 | 82.4 | 115.3 | 132.3 | 15.97 | 4611 | 3.47 | 3.06 | 8.34 | 21.5 | 36.4 | 8.21 | 6.8 | 9.63 |
Li | 1.07 | 10.05 | 19.22 | 13.42 | 11.8 | 1055 | 22.03 | 23.9 | 54.3 | 80.58 | 71.79 | 178.3 | 5.57 | 67.33 |
HCO3 | 6.102 | 1220.4 | 9153 | 9153 | 9153 | 6.102 | 12,204 | 12,204 | 6102 | 4271.4 | 3051 | 6.102 | 6.102 | 6.102 |
SO4 | 11,895 | 1414 | 1224 | 1053 | 37,237 | 73 | 40,465 | 47,440 | 6076 | 13,276 | 2710 | 5787 | 22,559 | 15,621 |
Cl | 10,398 | 157,086 | 154,144 | 155,407 | 132,375 | 220,944 | 141,302 | 112,846 | 78,535 | 152,221 | 168,879 | 225,620 | 55,356 | 103,954 |
F | 9.79 | Â | Â | Â | 9.19 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 13.1 |
Br | 4.39 | 69.2 | 65.4 | 145 | 18.3 | 244 | 30.7 | 25.7 | 4.96 | 8.36 | 17 | 24.6 | 16.1 | 44.2 |
J | Â | 23.8 | 23.7 | 40.7 | Â | 33.7 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
NO3 | Â | 11.6 | Â | Â | 103 | Â | Â | Â | 6.76 | 22.7 | 36.9 | 50.2 | Â | Â |
SiO2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 10.3 | Â | Â | Â | 6.6 | Â | Â | Â | 1.3 | 8.7 |
HBO2 | 101 | 1125 | 1388 | 2139 | 851 | 12,788 | 432 | 327 | 312 | 519 | 396 | 692 | 781 | 1500 |
TDS | 33,241 | 262,797 | 268,187 | 270,850 | 278,436 | 351,367 | 286,577 | 253,351 | 146,016 | 269,661 | 253,566 | 316,055 | 123,658 | 190,183 |
Cl/Br (mass) | 2369 | 2270 | 2357 | 1072 | 7234 | 906 | 4603 | 4391 | 15,834 | 18,208 | 9934 | 9172 | 3438 | 2352 |
Na/Cl (mol) | 1.23 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.98 | 0.07 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 1.16 | 0.86 |
Ca/SO4 (mol) | 0.0146 | 6.1658 | 8.1822 | 14.1355 | 0.0111 | 2186 | 0.0086 | 0.0107 | 0.1175 | 0.0744 | 1.3946 | 0.0625 | 0.0376 | 0.0272 |
log mSiO2 |  |  |  |  | − 3.77 |  |  |  | − 3.96 |  |  |  | − 4.66 | − 3.84 |