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Graeme
> > They've got them in Greenland :
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> > http://aquarticles.com/articles/travel/Pedersen_Arctic_Lakes.html
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> > Quoted from above article :
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> > "Saline lakes
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> > The area around Kangerlussuaq is well known for the oligosaline lakes
> formed by a negative precipitation/evaporation balance. The lakes are
often
> easily recognized by the fossil shorelines with characteristic vegetation
> (e.g the cruciferous Braya linearis Rouy) and a water conductivity between
> 2000-4000 µS cm 1. The lakes are permanently stratified (meromictic) due
to
> a strong chemo-thermocline and the lake bottom in the deep areas is
covered
> by purple sulfur bacteria well adapted to anoxic conditions of the bottom
> water."
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> > Looks an interesting spot to visit. Greenland is fairly high up on my
> "places I'd like visit" list already, though more for geological than
> biological reasons.
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> > cheers, John in Sweden.
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