Interpreting noble-gas concentrations as proxies for salinity and temperature in the world's largest soda lake (Lake Van, Turkey)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-107

  Tomonaga, Yama ^a   Blättler, Rafael ^a   Brennwald, Matthias S ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Noble gas solubility; Palaeoclimate; PaleoVan; Pore water; Soda lake

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POREWATER; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN;

LAKE VAN; TURKEY;

EID: 84867396520     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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