Soil Salinization Characteristics and Multi-factor Risk Assessment in an Arid Lakeshore Zone: A Case Study of Chaiwopu Lake, Xinjiang, China
Drylands are highly vulnerable to salt accumulation, particularly near shrinking inland water bodies where strong evaporation, shallow groundwater, and terrain interact. To quantify this process, 39 surface samples (0–20 cm) were collected from a 94.18 km² belt surrounding Chaiwopu Lake, and nine indicators—ESP, pH, sl...