The saline lake deposits involve information of environmental changes during various stages of its evolution and are an important research carrier for extreme arid climates. The geochronological study is very important for reconstructing the past climate changes, as recorded in the salt lake.At present, besides the dating based on the ¹⁴C, the OSL, the ESR and the paleomagnetism, the uranium-series dating is used widely in the chronology research of the salt lake deposit. With the advancement of the dating technology,the uranium-series dating has experienced several stages:The α spectrometry,the TIMS and the MC-ICP-MS, which have made some contributions to the geochronological study of the Quaternary and the salt lakes on the plateau. And various kinds of saline minerals, such as the carbonate, the halite and the gypsum, can be used as the uranium-series dating materials. With the progress of the mass spectrometry technology, the micro dating in saline minerals becomes possible. But the uranium-series dating on saline minerals remains a research issue. So in the future, the dating researches on saline minerals will be helpful for the applications of the uranium-series dating technology for the saline lake.

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