The largest tectonic relief breaking the Earth's surface (13 km vertically) is at the subduction
margin of the Andes, which generates routinely megathrust earthquakes (Mw> 8.5) and …

Early Mars climate research has well-defined goals (MEPAG 2018). Achieving these goals
requires geologists and climate modelers to coordinate. Coordination is easier if results are …

It has been 10 years since publication of the first edition ofSoils of the Past. In that time the
subject of paleopedology hasgrown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that
these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be …

Sediments link hillslopes to river channels. The size of sediments entering channels is a key
control on river morphodynamics across a range of scales, from channel response to human …

The landscape of the hyperarid Atacama Desert in northern Chile records extremely slow
change on Earth's surface. Disputed ages for the onset of hyperaridity range from the late …

Paleoclimate records from the Atacama Desert are rare and mostly discontinuous, mainly
recording runoff from the Precordillera to the east, rather than local precipitation. Until now …

In March 2015 unusual ocean and atmospheric conditions produced many years' worth of
rainfall in a~ 48 h period over northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one of Earth's driest regions …

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 …