TABLE 1.

Chemical parameters of soda lake brines from the Kulunda Steppe, southeastern Siberia, Russia, measured in 2005

Lake no.	Lake name	Salinity (g/liter)	pH	Alkalinity (M)		SRR (μmol/dm3 day−1)	Depth (cm)	SO42− concn (mM)
				CO32−	HCO3−
1KL	Lake Tanatar III	93	10.08	0.84	0.18	NDb	ND	ND
2KL	Lake Tanatar II	250	9.78	2.06	0.77	ND	ND	ND
3KL	Lake Tanatar I (east)	475 (520)a	10.65 (11.05)a	5.0 (4.0)a	0	12.7 (100)c	wd	6.7-8.5
	113 (93)	0-3
	44 (78)	3-6
	12.6 (27)	6-10
4KL	Lake Tanatar I (south)	350	10.0	5.0	0.2	ND	ND	ND
5KL	Lake Tanatar V	50	10.1	0.42	0.12	ND	ND	ND
6KL	Lake Tanatar VI	55	10.1	0.52	0.06	ND	ND	ND
9KL	Elongated Lake	320	9.15	0.32	0.14	ND	ND	ND
10KL	Top Karagay	58	9.7	0.14	0.1	ND	ND	ND
11KL	Anonymous	55	9.76	0.32	0.16	ND	ND	ND
16KL	Stamp Lake	380	9.27	0.38	0.18	ND	ND	ND
18KL	Cock Lake	59 (74)	10.1 (10.13)	0.66 (0.31)	0.14 (0.13)a	61 (13)	w	6.7-8.5
	326 (14)	0-4
	3.7 (3)	4-12
10KL-05	Karacul Lake	30	9.76	0.05	0.04	ND	ND	ND
18KL-05	Picturesque Lake	405	9.95	1.3	0.7	2.8 (0)	w	278-584
	47 (43)	0-2
	423 (0)	2-6
	12 (0)	6-18
22KL-05	Anonymous 2	360	9.46	0.7	0.7	ND	ND	ND
23KL-05	Narrow Lake	110	9.61	0.23	0.26	1.1 (63)	w	235-278
	62 (22)	0-2
	162 (0)	2-17
	52 (5)	17-32
25KL-05	Bitter Lake 1	120	10.3	0.65	0.49	2.6 (0)	w	0.6-2.5
	14.7 (19)	0-1
	2.6 (11)	1-9
	6 (10)	9-20

^aValues in parentheses are values for water near the bottom.

^bND, not determined.

^cValues in parentheses are values for the acid-resistant fraction, as a percentage of the total (sulfur plus pyrite).

^dw, water near the bottom.