Which mechanism primarily reduces lake water salinity in closed-basin lake systems over geological timescales?

💡 Explanation

When sediment containing clay deposit in a lake, ion adsorption occurs because clay minerals attract and bind positively charged ions, effectively removing salinity from water. Therefore preferential clay adsorption reduces lake salinity, rather than precipitation, outflow, or photosynthesis which either increase or don't effectively reduce salinity consistently.

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