Century scale rainfall in the absolute Atacama Desert: Landscape response and implications for past and future rainfall
Abstract The Atacama Desert contains the driest regions on Earth, with significant rain
occurring only a few times per century, based on sparse historical records. However, the …
occurring only a few times per century, based on sparse historical records. However, the …
Dust and aerosols in the Atacama Desert
F Arenas-Díaz, B Fuentes, M Reyers, S Fiedler… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atacama Desert is one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth. The extreme
scarcity of rainfall and hence very limited runoff, paired with endorheism, allow sediments …
scarcity of rainfall and hence very limited runoff, paired with endorheism, allow sediments …
Water mining and extractivism of the Salar de Atacama, Chile
I Garcés, G Álvarez - WIT Transactions on Ecology and the …, 2020 - books.google.com
The sustainability of the lithium industry in Chile is being threatened by the series of
environmental and social impacts occurring in the Salar de Atacama. This study is based on …
environmental and social impacts occurring in the Salar de Atacama. This study is based on …
[HTML][HTML] Exploring Sentinel-1 backscatter time series over the Atacama Desert (Chile) for seasonal dynamics of surface soil moisture
Recent research indicates an inverse relation between Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
signal and near-surface soil moisture (SM) over very dry sediments, arid to hyper-arid soils …
signal and near-surface soil moisture (SM) over very dry sediments, arid to hyper-arid soils …
Impact of CaSO4-rich soil on Miocene surface preservation and Quaternary sinuous to meandering channel forms in the hyperarid Atacama Desert
Abstract The Atacama Desert is the driest and oldest desert on Earth. Despite the
abundance evidence for long-term landscape stability, there are subtle signs of localised …
abundance evidence for long-term landscape stability, there are subtle signs of localised …
Hyperarid soil microbial community response to simulated rainfall
C Demergasso, JW Neilson, C Tebes-Cayo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The exceptionally long and protracted aridity in the Atacama Desert (AD), Chile, provides an
extreme, terrestrial ecosystem that is ideal for studying microbial community dynamics under …
extreme, terrestrial ecosystem that is ideal for studying microbial community dynamics under …
Neogene hyperaridity in Arabia drove the directions of mammalian dispersal between Africa and Eurasia
M Böhme, N Spassov, MR Majidifard… - … earth & environment, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …
Sulfate sources, biologic cycling, and mobility in Atacama Desert soils revealed by isotope signatures
A set of 55 surface samples from Atacama Desert gypsisols was collected along four altitude
transects and analyzed for∆ 17 O SO4, δ 18 O SO4, δ 34 S SO4, and 87 Sr/86 Sr in order to …
transects and analyzed for∆ 17 O SO4, δ 18 O SO4, δ 34 S SO4, and 87 Sr/86 Sr in order to …
Fog controls biological cycling of soil phosphorus in the Coastal Cordillera of the Atacama Desert
Soils in hyper‐arid climates, such as the Chilean Atacama Desert, show indications of past
and present forms of life despite extreme water limitations. We hypothesize that fog plays a …
and present forms of life despite extreme water limitations. We hypothesize that fog plays a …
[HTML][HTML] Late Pleistocene to modern precipitation changes at the Paranal clay pan, central Atacama Desert
Abstract The Atacama Desert in Chile is known to be one of the driest deserts on Earth, with
dominating hyperaridity at least since the Miocene. During recent times, however, especially …
dominating hyperaridity at least since the Miocene. During recent times, however, especially …