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Figure 20 | Saline Systems

Figure 20

From: Saline systems of the Great Plains of western Canada: an overview of the limnogeology and paleolimnology

Figure 20

Rock-Eval analysis of salt lake sediments. Plot of Hydrogen Index (HI) versus Oxygen Index (OI) values for sediment from saline lakes of the northern Great Plains [modified from [10, 59, 117, 178]. Red = Redberry Lake offshore sediment; FF = Freefight Lake offshore sediment, Elk = Elk Lake (Minnesota [232]) offshore sediment; Lm = Little Manitou Lake offshore sediment; Dm = Deadmoose Lake offshore sediment; Wald = Waldsea Lake offshore sediment; Man = Lake Manitou offshore sediment; green shaded area = samples from playa lakes; Minnesota and the Dakotas [232]; orange shaded area = samples from pedogenic zones in Lake Manitoba [233].

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