Contrasting management and fates of two sister lakes: Great Salt Lake (USA) and Lake Urmia (Iran)
WA Wurtsbaugh, S Sima - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many saline lakes throughout the world are shrinking due to overexploitation of water in their
drainage basins. Among them are two of the world's largest saline lakes, the USA's Great …
drainage basins. Among them are two of the world's largest saline lakes, the USA's Great …
Salinization mechanism of lakes and controls on organic matter enrichment: From present to deep-time records
Saline lakes have developed worldwide throughout geological history and continue to
develop, is important for understanding deep-time climate evolution, lake evolution and …
develop, is important for understanding deep-time climate evolution, lake evolution and …
Numerical study of hydrodynamics and salinity transport processes in a hypersaline lake: A case study of Lake Urmia
Due to anthropogenic activities and climate change, Lake Urmia, one of the largest
hypersaline lakes, is exposed to desiccating condition. The increase in salinity in this lake to …
hypersaline lakes, is exposed to desiccating condition. The increase in salinity in this lake to …
Brine geochemical changes and salt crust evolution of Lake Urmia in Iran
M Alkhayer, MK Eghbal, N Hamzehpour - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Gradual desiccation of Lake Urmia (LU) in the northwest of Iran has led to
catastrophic water loss by 2022 promoting the salt crust (SC) deposition on the lake bed …
catastrophic water loss by 2022 promoting the salt crust (SC) deposition on the lake bed …
A review and uncertainty analysis of Lake Urmia's hypsometric relationships
Lake Urmia, once the second-largest saline lake worldwide, has almost dried. Several
studies have provided bathymetric maps for the lake using different data and techniques but …
studies have provided bathymetric maps for the lake using different data and techniques but …
Quantifying the massive depletion of heat storage capacity of Lake Urmia
S Sima, O Hoseinpour, AT Haghighi - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
The catastrophic drying of Lake Urmia, once the world's second-largest saline lake, has led
to the degradation of its vital ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation. This …
to the degradation of its vital ecosystem services, including microclimate regulation. This …
Coupled water and salt balance models for Lake Urmia: Salt precipitation and dissolution effects
Investigating the dynamic evolution of storage volume and salinity of Lake Urmia (LU), which
is crucial to present more reliable estimations of water balance components, needs to be …
is crucial to present more reliable estimations of water balance components, needs to be …
Influence of dyke-type causeway on Urmia Lake (NW Iran); insights from water physico-chemical parameters seasonal (2019) changes
Abstract The Urmia Lake in NW Iran, the world's second-largest hypersaline lake, has been
exposed to rapid water level fall in the last two decades due to water resources …
exposed to rapid water level fall in the last two decades due to water resources …
Sedimentary evolution and lake level fluctuations of Urmia Lake (north‐west Iran) over the past 50 000 years; insights from Artemia faecal pellet records
A 25 m long sediment core from hypersaline Urmia Lake (north‐west Iran) was studied for
the Late Quaternary depositional history and palaeoclimate variations using the abundance …
the Late Quaternary depositional history and palaeoclimate variations using the abundance …
Lake Urmia brine evolution from 2007 to 2019
R Lak, A Mohammadi, J Darvishi Khatooni - Lake Urmia: A Hypersaline …, 2022 - Springer
Lake Urmia is presently the second-largest hypersaline lake on Earth and is in NW Iran. The
lake experiences an extremely rapid water level fall of about 6 m in the last two decades due …
lake experiences an extremely rapid water level fall of about 6 m in the last two decades due …