Mineral and Geochemical Composition of Lake Sediments

Dear Colleague,

Lake-bottom sediments are excellent geological archives, where temporal and spatial climate and environmental changes have been recorded. Lakes and their sediments record integrated regional and local climate and environmental signals with a resolution from thousands and hundreds of years to a year. Geochemical and mineralogical proxies from lake sediment records provide information about natural and anthropogenic, biotic, and abiotic processes occurring in the catchment and in the lake itself. In recent years, interest in palaeolimnological studies has grown significantly, which is primarily due to the problem of global climate change, especially in high latitudes. This Special Issue of the Minerals will be focused on new results in the geological, mineralogical, and geochemical studies of sediments from lakes of different geological genesis and different morphometric characteristics, located in various climate zones and landscapes. We invite colleagues who are professionally engaged in the study of lake-bottom sediments, their lithological, geochemical, and mineralogical structure, the investigation of diagenetic, post-sedimentation processes, to participate in the preparation of this Special Issue of Minerals “Mineral and Geochemical Composition of Lake Sediments”.

Prof. Dr. Dmitry Subetto
Guest Editor

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