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  <dc:contributor>W.V. Swarzenski</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>N.J. Lusczynski</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1960</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and chloride concentration of a sizable&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;salt water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, moving slowly landsyard from the south-shore bays of Long Island and the Atlantic Ocean were defined by recent test drilling&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the Cedarhurst-Woodmere area of southwestern Nassau County, Long Island, N. Most of the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the lower part of a permeable artesian aquifer; the lowermost part of the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;clay deposits underlying the permeable aquifer. The upper limit of the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;this area was found at depths increasing progressively&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;a landward direction. It was 318 feet below sea level at a well&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cedarhurst and 541 feet below sea level at a well&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Woodmere. The lower limit of the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was determined at depths between 578 and 630 feet below sea level&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the Cedarhurst-Woodmere area. The salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is more than 300 feet thick at a well&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cedarhurst, and it thins out to zero&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the vicinity of a pumping center about 1- miles northeast of the Cedarhurst well. Chloride concentration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the Cedarhurst-Woodmere area ranged from about 40 to 16,000 ppm (parts per million). Isochlors define a zone of diffusion about a mile wide&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the Cedarhurst-Woodmere area. They indicate a thickness of diffused water ranging from a few tens to more than 150 feet vertically. Electrical-log data show that the upper boundary of the salt-water&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;moved upward 21 feet between 1952 and 1958 at a site&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Woodmere about half a mile southwest of the pumping center. ' From this information it is inferred that between 1952 and 1958 the leading edge of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;saltwater&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;front moved landward about 2,000 feet toward the pumping center.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.2113/gsecongeo.55.8.1739</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Society of Economic Geologists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Position of the salt-water body in the magothy(?) formation in the Cedarhurst-Woodmere area of southwestern Nassau county, Long Island, N.Y.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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