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 …

The history of the southern central Andes, including the world's second largest plateau and
adjacent intermontane basins and ranges of the Eastern Cordillera and the northern Sierras …

Northern Chile is characterized by a succession of north–south-trending ranges and basins
occupied by numerous saline lakes and salt crusts, collectively called salars. Fossil salt …

Lacustrine carbonates accumulate in all climates and in any tectonic situation. Their
depositional patterns are assessed through a database involving literature representing …

Abstract The Atacama Desert forms one of the major hyperarid deserts of the world. Previous
studies suggest that desertification commenced at 14 Ma during global climate desiccation …

The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid to
semiarid climate from the late Jurassic (150 Ma) to the present day. Palaeomagnetic data …

Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

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 …

Supergene leaching, oxidation, and chalcocite enrichment in porphyry and related Cu
deposits take place in the weathering environment to depths of several hundred meters. The …

Sedimentological data indicate that a semi-arid/arid climate prevailed across the Central
Andes from 15 Ma to 4 Ma. Between 4 and 3 Ma a switch to hyperaridity occurred along the …