Table 1 Mean brine composition of saline and hypersaline lakes in selected geographic areas of the northern Great Plains (ionic concentrations in mmol/l; TDS in ppt); modified from [63].
Geographic Area | Ca | Mg | Na | K | HCO3 | CO3 | Cl | SO4 | TDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Prairies | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 3 |
Central Saskatchewan | 19 | 149 | 193 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 251 | 22 |
SW Saskatchewan/SE Alberta | 12 | 93 | 1088 | 4 | 96 | 36 | 29 | 1073 | 80 |
West-central Saskatchewan and east-central Alberta | 3 | 144 | 1362 | 10 | 268 | 44 | 107 | 1125 | 102 |