The main goal of this review is to understand better the
formation of Darhad dammed lakes and the processes of lacustrine
sedimentation in the basin. The paper considers solved and
unsolved problems of the geological history of the Darhad Basin,
which are important for the DDP-2010. It critically reviews the
data obtained during previous drilling campaigns and the published
ideas of early (1960e80-ties) and recent (1990e2000-ties)
investigators of Darhad, and presents new results of geological,
geomorphologic and geochronological studies, which have been
obtained in the frame of DDP-2010. In addition, we have