Lithium Isotope Evidence for the Source of Potassium-Rich Brine Solutes in the Jiangling Depression of Central China.

The article looks at a study which is conducted for high-precision lithium isotope geochemical measurements on the newly discovered brines from drilled holes to reveal the relationship between high concentration of lithium in the potassium-rich brines and basalts. It mentions lithium was separated from water samples by drying water samples and lithium isotope analysis was performed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).