Perennial stream discharge in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile during the latest Pleistocene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 19724-19729

  Nester, Peter L ^a   Gayó, Eugenia ^b,c   Latorre, Claudio ^b,c   Jordan, Teresa E ^a   Blanco, Nicolás ^d  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Fluvial terraces; Hyperaridity; Late Quaternary; Riparian ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; BARK; CHILE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOSSIL; HYDROLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TIME; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WOOD;

CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS;

EID: 38049180879     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705373104     Document Type: Review

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