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 …
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 …
[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 …
[HTML][HTML] Water-dispersible colloids distribution along an alluvial fan transect in hyper-arid Atacama Desert
As located in one of the oldest and driest deserts on Earth, soils in the Atacama Desert are
greatly affected by atmospheric dust deposited on soil surface and the related fate of water …
greatly affected by atmospheric dust deposited on soil surface and the related fate of water …
Late Pleistocene alluvial fan evolution along the coastal Atacama Desert (N Chile)
Due to their sensitivity to both tectonic activity and climatic variations, coastal alluvial fans
(CAF) along the western flank of the Coastal Cordillera in the Atacama Desert (northern …
(CAF) along the western flank of the Coastal Cordillera in the Atacama Desert (northern …
[HTML][HTML] Geophysical and geological exploration of the Aurus clay pan as an archive of the long-term climatic and environmental history of the Namib Desert
H Nienhaus, P Yogeshwar, W Mörbe, B Tezkan… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts on Earth. Whilst the history of the
desert during the last glacial-interglacial cycle is relatively well understood, information on …
desert during the last glacial-interglacial cycle is relatively well understood, information on …
[HTML][HTML] Climate variability in a 3.8 Ma old sedimentary record from the hyperarid Atacama Desert
FL Arens, J Feige, A Airo, C Sager, L Hecht… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The hyperarid Atacama Desert is one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth,
rendering it a valuable climate archive. However, unraveling its past climate is particularly …
rendering it a valuable climate archive. However, unraveling its past climate is particularly …
[HTML][HTML] Whitepaper: Earth–Evolution at the dry limit
At the land surface, the availability of water controls the evolution of life as well as the
morphological development. It is currently hardly known how far both evolutionary …
morphological development. It is currently hardly known how far both evolutionary …
Synoptic-to-Regional-Scale Analysis of Rainfall in the Atacama Desert (18°–26° S) Using a Long-Term Simulation with WRF
In this study, reanalysis data and a long-term simulation with the regional climate model
WRF (1982–2017; 10 km resolution) is used to analyze synoptic and regional processes …
WRF (1982–2017; 10 km resolution) is used to analyze synoptic and regional processes …