A preliminary study of chlorine isotopic composition of salt lakes in the Qaidam Basin

There are a variety of salt lakes in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, where the climate isvery dry. These lakes are all rich in saline mineral deposits and brine resources. They pro-vide a good condition for study of chlorine isotopic composition and of fractionation be-tween brine and saline mineral deposit. In this note, we preliminarily study the