In a closed-basin desert lake, which process limits the maximum salt concentration?

💡 Explanation

As water evaporates in a closed basin lake, mineral salts concentrate until the solubility limit of specific minerals is reached; then precipitation occurs because the solution is supersaturated with respect to those ions. Therefore mineral precipitation limits total salt concentration, rather than stratification, inflow or sulfate reduction, which might influence it but do not directly limit the *maximum* possible salt concentration.

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