From: From freshwater inflows to salt lakes and salt deposits in the Qaidam Basin, W China
 | QD9 | QD10 | QD11 | QD15 | QD20 | QD21 | QD24 | QD25 | QD26 | QD27 | QD28 | QD30 | QD31 | QD32 | QD33 | QD34 |
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Temp (°C) | 12.5 | 17.2 | 12 |  |  |  |  | 12.4 | 71.8 | 67 | 22 | 18 | 9.5 |  |  |  |
pH | 8.34 | 9.34 | 8.12 | 8.22 | 8.24 | 8.25 | 8.08 | 8.26 | 7.79 | 7.91 | 8.35 | 8.43 | 8.55 | 8.36 | 8.51 | 7.79 |
Ca | 46.70 | 14.70 | 36.80 | 39.30 | 46.70 | 44.40 | 47.50 | 37.60 | 25.80 | 26.00 | 49.70 | 118.00 | 36.50 | 62.40 | 36.80 | 231.00 |
Mg | 44.00 | 66.50 | 498.00 | 18.67 | 27.90 | 18.95 | 19.04 | 11.41 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 8.68 | 314.90 | 8.37 | 45.40 | 48.90 | 189.00 |
Na | 117.00 | 231.00 | 1007.00 | 112.00 | 48.00 | 37.00 | 750.00 | 31.30 | 337.00 | 330.00 | 158.00 | 776.00 | 23.20 | 646.00 | 72.30 | 921.00 |
K | 5.47 | 7.97 | 17.40 | 11.80 | 3.07 | 4.67 | 4.51 | 1.64 | 13.50 | 13.70 | 7.43 | 50.70 | 1.25 | 8.64 | 5.97 | 15.40 |
Sr | 0.69 | 0.45 | 3.61 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.49 | 2.34 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.46 | 2.16 | 0.24 | 4.29 | 1.00 | 7.44 |
Li | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 3.23 | 3.12 | 1.21 | 3.47 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
HCO3 | 336.2 | 297.8 | 945.8 | 186.1 | 246.5 | 201.4 | 256.3 | 116.6 | 206.9 | 207.5 | 170.9 | 396.6 | 123.9 | 215.2 | 213.4 | 211.7 |
SO4 | 119.0 | 209.0 | 639.0 | 81.0 | 54.3 | 45.6 | 191.0 | 32.6 | 191.0 | 190.0 | 117.0 | 448.0 | 28.1 | 435.0 | 152.0 | 1191.0 |
Cl | 129.0 | 269.0 | 2055.0 | 163.0 | 65.5 | 52.1 | 1003.0 | 61.9 | 348.0 | 341.0 | 175.0 | 1813.0 | 44.8 | 815.0 | 88.4 | 1517.0 |
F | 1.47 | 1.69 | 0.78 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 1.20 | 0.31 | 8.88 | 8.93 | 4.51 | 8.69 | 0.32 | 2.69 | 0.77 | 3.30 |
Br | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.68 | 0.05 | Â | Â | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.26 | 2.33 | Â | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
NO3 | 0.56 | 0.10 | Â | 3.99 | 3.70 | 3.10 | 6.56 | 2.61 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3.68 | Â | Â | Â |
SiO2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 83.76 | 85.01 | 39.76 | Â | Â | 8.19 | 11.57 | 10.57 |
HBO2 | 1.34 | 2.55 | Â | 5.69 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 5.99 | 2.41 | 165 | 165 | 68.8 | 127 | 2.63 | 10.4 | 2.24 | 3.06 |
TDS | 802 | 1101 | 5205 | 623 | 498 | 409 | 2288 | 299 | 1540 | 1519 | 871 | 4061 | 273 | 2254 | 634 | 4301 |
Cl/Br (mass) | 2580 | 5380 | 3022 | 3260 | Â | Â | 2180 | 1548 | 590 | 559 | 673 | 778 | Â | 2629 | 2947 | 10,836 |
Na/Cl (mol) | 1.32 | 0.76 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 0.78 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 1.39 | 0.66 | 0.80 | 1.22 | 1.26 | 0.94 | Â |
Ca/SO4 (mol) | 0.94 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 1.16 | 2.06 | 2.33 | 0.60 | 2.76 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 1.02 | 0.63 | 3.11 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.47 |
log mSiO2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | − 2.947 | − 2.952 | − 3.279 |  |  |  |  |  |