Rain infiltration and crust formation in the extreme arid zone of the Atacama Desert, Chile

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 616-622

  Davis, Wanda L ^a,b,c   de Pater, Imke ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Experimental rainwater infiltration; Hyperarid; Mars analogue; Soil crust; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ARID SOILS; ARID ZONES; ATACAMA DESERT; ATACAMA DESERT , CHILE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CORE REGION; CRUST FORMATIONS; FREE WATER; HYPERARID; LIFE ON MARS; LIQUID WATER; PORE SPACE; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN INFILTRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOIL CRUSTS; SOIL HUMIDITY; SOIL SURFACES; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

EID: 76349085416     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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