From October, 11th to November, 8th, eight scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have successfully finished the assignments named "China's salt lake resource dynamics investigation".
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| Scientists with the Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recording data during field study in Tibet (Image by CAS) |
Targeting at China’s salt lakes larger than one square kilometers, the assignment, through outdoor investigation, spot observation and remote monitoring, maps the number, area and distribution of salt lakes and assesses the salt lake reserves, resource density, resource matching, salt lake-related industrial development, miscellaneous resource self-supply, mineral deposit, transport condition, resource consumption, etc. It is aimed to provide basic data for various researches in climate, environment and salt accumulation in the future.
The investigation in Qinghai Province had completed in 2012 and that in Tibet Autonomous Region began in October, 2013. Head by the leading scientist Ma Haizhou, wading across 12,000 kilometers, the team has carried out a thorough investigation and finished the sampling for the following laboratory analysis. (China Tibet Online)
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