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  <dc:creator>D.J. Cedarstrom</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1961</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Frozen sediments were found to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;depth of 238 feet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the drilling of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;325-foot well&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Kotzebue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Alaska&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Between 79 and 86 feet, however, highly saline water was found&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;gravel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;lens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. The writer suggests that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;salt water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;originated by fractionation by freezing. Analyses of this water and of slightly saline water from below the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;permafrost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;are given.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1130/0016-7606(1961)72[1427:OOASLI]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Geological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Origin of a salt-water lens in permafrost at Kotzebue, Alaska</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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