Investigations on sediment profiles from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania)

However, only a few studies exist concerning the potential of Lake Ohrid sediments for long-term palaeoenvironmental reconstructions within the scope of future potential deep-drilling campaigns. Therefore, as a first step, a transect of short surface sediment cores was investigated for chronology, physical properties, grain size, and biogeochemistry.

The results were compared with information derived from a shallow hydro-acoustic seismic survey. The investigations indicate a rather uniform and bioturbated sedimentation in the central part of the lake basin with mean sedimentation rates of ca. 0.5-1 mm/year. The sediment composition is dominated by authigenetic carbonates.