1. Zhang, P. X. Saline Lakes of Qaidam Basin (Publishing House of Science, 1987).
2. Zhang, H. et al. Halite fluid inclusions and the late Aptian sea surface temperatures of the Congo Basin, northern South Atlantic Ocean. Cretac. Res. 71, 85–95 (2017).
3. Chen, K. Z. & Bowler, J. M. Preliminary study on sedimentary characteristics and evolution of paleoclimate of Qarhan Salt Lake, Qaidam Basin. Sci. Sin. Ser. B 28, 1218–1232 (1985).
4. Lowenstein, T. K., Spencer, R. J. & Zhang, P. X. Origin of ancient potash evaporites: Clues from the modem nonmarine Qaidam Basin of western China. Science 245, 1090–1092 (1989).
5. Casas, E. et al. Carnallite mineralization in the nonmarine, Qaidam Basin, China; evidence for the early diagenetic origin of potashevaporates. J. Sediment. Res. 62, 881–898 (1992).