New Discovery of Lop Nur Salt Basin Structure and Its Significance for Potash Deposit Exploration

• 责任者：Meng Guixiang (Institute of Mineral Resources ; Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences ; Beijing 100037 ; China) ; Yan Jianyong
• 刊名：Mineral Deposits
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：29(4)
• 关键词：盐湖 ; salt lakes ; 钾盐矿床 ; potash deposit ; 罗布泊 ; Lop Nor
• 页码：p.609-615
• 图表：4 illus., 18 refs.
• 分类号：1002
• issnNo：ISSN0258-7106
• isbnNo：CN11-1965/P

Gravity exploration method was employed in the study of the Lop Nur salt lake basin structure and the exploration of potash resources.  Based on processing and inversion of gravity data, the authors have found that northern depressions of the Lop Nur salt lake are composed of two local sub-depressions arrayed from south to north. On the basis of new discovery of the Lop Nur salt lake basin, the authors delineated several long-term targets for potash deposit exploration and determined drill hole locations in search for deep potash resources.  The combination of exploration methods in prospecting for deep concealed potash resources is also put forward in this paper.