Uranium in saline lakes of Northwestern Mongolia

Uranium in saline lakes of Northwestern Mongolia

Analysis of major- and trace-element compositions of water in hypersaline soda closed basin lakes of Northwestern Mongolia and Chuya basin (Gorny Altai) shows high enrichment in 238 U (up to 1 mg/l). Proceeding from new data, uranium accumulation in water has been attributed to (i) location of the l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Doklady earth sciences 2011-03, Vol.437 (1), p.352-356
Hauptverfasser: Isupov, V. P., Vladimirov, A. G., Lyakhov, N. Z., Shvartsev, S. L., Ariunbileg, S., Kolpakova, M. N., Shatskaya, S. S., Chupakhina, L. E., Kuibida, L. V., Moroz, E. N.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anions
Basins
Bicarbonates
Carbonates
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Freshwater
Geochemistry
Lakes
Rocks
Saline
Salt lakes
Structural basins
Trace elements
Uranium
Water
Water, Underground
Watersheds
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Zusammenfassung:Analysis of major- and trace-element compositions of water in hypersaline soda closed basin lakes of Northwestern Mongolia and Chuya basin (Gorny Altai) shows high enrichment in 238 U (up to 1 mg/l). Proceeding from new data, uranium accumulation in water has been attributed to (i) location of the lakes and their watersheds in potential provinces of U-bearing rocks and (ii) uranium complexing with carbonate in presence of carbonate (bicarbonate) anions. Among the explored hypersaline soda lakes of the area, the greatest uranium resources are stored in Lake Hyargas Nuur (about 6000 ton).
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X11030032