1. RESEARCH GROUP 

Formation and evolution of salt deposits

2. BRIEF INTRODUCTION 

Engaged in salt lake evolution, ancient potash mineralization process and mechanism. The scientific research team led by Prof. Haizhou Ma has been engaged in the research of potash deposits in China's large salt-forming basins such as the Tarim Basin, the Qaidam Basin, the Lanping-Simao Basin, and the Wanxiang Basin in Laos. Many innovative scientific research achievements have been made in the ore-forming theory of potash deposits and prospecting techniques.  

3. RESEARCH GRANTS

1. The basic special project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, “Investigation on the Change of Salt Lake Resources in China”.

2. Consultation project of China Academy of Engineering “Study on comprehensive development and utilization of Qinghai salt lake resources and sustainable development”.

3. National 973 Project “The Potassium Conditions, Mechanism and Late Evolution of the Cenozoic Residual Basin in Lanping-Simao”

4. Qinghai Provincial Science and Technology Department Science and Technology Basic Condition Platform Project “China Mars Analogous Area (Selection Area) and Mars Environment Comprehensive Information Data Platform construction".

5. Qinghai Provincial Science and Technology Department Applied Foundation Project “Formation and Evolution of Oilfield Water and Enrichment Mechanism of Lithium Potassium and Uranium in Nanyishan Oil and Gas Field Structure in Qaidam Basin”

6. Qinghai Provincial Science and Technology Department Applied Foundation Project “Swirl-Flotation-Roasting method for the preparation of potassium sulphate from low-grade polyhalite ore.

7. The “Western Light” project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences “Uranium migration and enriched redox zoning in the submerged zone of the Gashure salt lake”.

8. The “Light of the West” project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences “Study on the evaporation process of CaCl2 type Li, B and K salt lakes and the enrichment of Li elements in the Qinghai.

4. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

1. Tan Hongbing, Ma Haizhou, Wei Haizhen, et al. Chlorine, sulfur and oxygen isotopic constraints on ancient evaporite deposit in the western Tarim Basin, China, Geochemical Journal, 2006,40:569-577. (SCI)

2.Tan Hongbing, Ma Haizhou, Xiao Yingkai, et al. Characteristics of chlorine isotope distribution and analysis on sylvinite deposit formation based on ancient salt rock in the western Tarim Basin, Science in China Ser.D Earth Sciences, 2005, 48(11):1913-1920. (SCI)

3.Tan Hongbing, Ma Haizhou, Zhang Xiying, et al. Typical geochemistry elements in loess deposit in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its paleoclimatic implication. Acta Geologica Sinica, 2006, 80(1):110-117. (SCI)

4. Huai De Cheng, Qing Yu Hai, Hai Zhou Ma, Xi Ying Zhang, Qi Liang Tang, Qi Shun Fan, Yong Shou Li, Wei Liang Miao, Implications for the origin of secondary sylvite from a simulation of carnallite dissolution, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2016, 165: 189-198.（SCI）

5. WeiLiang Miao, Qishun Fan, Haicheng Wei, XiYing Zhang, Haizhou Ma, Clay mineralogical and geochemical constraints on late Pleistocene weathering processes of the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2016, 127: 267-280. （SCI）

6. Huaide Cheng, Haizhou Ma, Qingyu Hai, Zhihong Zhang, Liming Xu, Guangfen Ran. Model for the decomposition of carnallite in aqueous solution, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2015, 139: 36-42. （SCI）

7. Han Jibin, Jiang Hongchen, Xu Jianxin, et al., 2018. Hydraulic connection affects uranium distribution in the Gas Hure salt lake, Qaidam Basin, China [J]. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 25(5):4881-4895. (SCI)

5. AWARDS / RECOGNITION 

Third prize for scientific and technological progress in Qinghai Province (1995)

Government subsidies (Since 2006)

Excellent teacher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)

Wang Kuancheng Outstanding Contribution Award for Western Scholars, CAS (2008)