The stratigraphic record of changing hyperaridity in the Atacama desert over the last 10Ma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-38

  Sáez, Alberto ^a   Cabrera, Lluís ^a   Garcés, Miguel ^a   Bogaard, Paul van den ^b   Jensen, Arturo ^c   Gimeno, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic and Patagonian glaciations; Humboldt Current; Hyperaridity; Late Neogene; South American Summer Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC AND PATAGONIAN GLACIATIONS; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; HYPERARIDITY; LATE NEOGENE; SUMMER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPOSITION; GLACIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MONSOON; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STRATIGRAPHY; SUMMER;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 84867132227     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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