Noble gases in the sediments of Lake Van - solute transport and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

The dissolved concentrations of atmospheric noble gases in the pore waters of the ICDP PaleoVan cores are used to geochemically reconstruct salinity on the time scale of 0-55 ka BP. Higher salinities in the pore water at a depth of about 20 m suggest a significantly lower lake level of Lake Van in the past.