Can Deep Groundwater Influx be Detected from the Geochemistry of Thermokarst Lakes in Arctic Alaska?
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1 Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, USA 3 Water and Environmental Research Center, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA 4 Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA 5 Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA
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