The loss from the upper layer of bottom sediments in the cores from boreholes BDP-96-1 and BDP-96-2 (drilled on Lake Baikal)

In 1996, boreholes BDP-96-1 and BDP-96 penetrated the bottom sediments of L ake Baikal. From the lithological and geochemical correlation of the sedime nts, the loss from the upper layer of sediments in the cores is estimated: 630 cm (BDP-96-1) and 19 cm (BDP-96-2). Correlation of these cores with the 120 cm long core from borehole GC-1, taken with a gravity corer during the drilling through the lake ice, permits compilation of a general continuous record of climatic changes in Central Asia for the last 5 Ma and preventio n of loss of Holocene sediments.