Abstract The ca. 300 Ma Fengcheng Formation in the Junggar Basin of NW China is
reported to develop a rare alkaline lake (soda lake) in this study, based on an expanded …

High-pH alkaline lakes are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth and prime
targets in the search for life on Mars; however, a robust proxy for such settings does not yet …

Organic and inorganic stable isotopes of lacustrine carbonate sediments are commonly
used in reconstructions of ancient terrestrial ecosystems and environments. Microbial activity …

The variation in paleosalinity and paleoredox affect the production and preservation of
organic matter. The study of ancient salinity and redox conditions of source rocks is of great …

Microbial carbonates formed stromatolitic, thrombolitic, dendrolitic and maceriate (mazelike)
fabrics in shallow marine Cambrian–Early Ordovician carbonates encircling Laurentia …

Two recent events have put Great Salt Lake (GSL) in northern Utah at the forefront of
microbialite research. First, massive oil accumulations were discovered in the mid-2000s in …

Most source‐to‐sink studies typically focus on the dynamics of clastic sediments and
consider erosion, transport and deposition of sediment particles as the sole contributors …

Lacustrine dolomite nucleation commonly occurs in modern and Neogene evaporitic
alkaline lakes. As a result, ancient lacustrine microcrystalline dolomite has been …

Saline lakes are sensitive to climatic changes, however, it is challenging to reconstruct
paleoclimate based on terrestrial evaporite records using conventional elemental and …

Great Salt Lake hosts an ecosystem that is critical to migratory birds and international
aquaculture, yet it is currently threatened by falling lake elevation and high lakewater salinity …