An Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Part I: General Overviews; Saline Lakes and Lake Districts; Evolution of Cenozoic Lake Basins and Formation of Saline Lakes; Hydrochemistry and Mineral Associations of Saline Lakes; Classification of Saline Lakes and Types of Mineral Deposit; Tectonogeochemistry and Regional Geochemistry; Material Sources and Model of Salt Formation of Saline Lakes; Shoreline Deposits and Palaeoclimatic Analysis; Part II: Study of Halophilic Organisms; Discovery and Study of Halobacteria and Halophilic Algae in the Zabuye Caka; Biomineralization of Boron and Other Halotolerant Organisms. Part III: Division of Minerogenic Zones, Prediction of Resource Potential and Prospects of Development of Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Division of Minerogenic Zones and Prediction of Resource Potential; Prospects of Development of Resources of Saline Lakes and Their Environmental Protection; Appendix 1: Rules for Translating Geographic Names Related to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Appendix 2: List of Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Appendix 3: Index of the Place Names. Appendix 4: Plates and Explanation of Plates; Appendix 5: Map of Hydrochemical Zones of Lakes on Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau.