Saline Water and Brine Geochemistry
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 61
Special Issue Editors
Interests: salt lake; brine geochemistry; lithium and potash resource exploration; paleoclimate and quaternary geology
Interests: salt lake; evaporite rock; saline water; brine resouce; water-rock interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Saline water and brines are distributed broadly in salt lakes, sedimentary basins, and other places in the continents worldwide, containing plenty of critical metals and chemical materials, such as Li, K, B, Br, I, etc., which are important natural resources for the sustainable development of human industry and agriculture. The formation of saline water and brines is constrained by many factors, including dry climates, water sources, background geochemistry, and tectonic as well as even volcano and magma activities. In order to explore and exploit brine resources effectively, it is significant to carry out deeper research on the distribution regularity and forming mechanisms of saline water and brine on the continents worldwide, which also offer up-to-date knowledge of brine resources to local governments and communities for their economic and social development. The themes of this Special Issue include, and are not limited to, salt lakes, brackish water lakes, underground saline water, basinal deep brine, oilfield water, resources of brine, etc.
Prof. Dr. Chenglin Liu
Dr. Hua Zhang
Prof. Dr. Qishun Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- salt lake
- saline water
- brine
- oilfield water
- aquatic geochemistry
- brine K and Li resources
