Oligocene–Miocene age of aridity in the Atacama Desert revealed by exposure dating of erosion-sensitive landforms

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Authors

Tibor J. Dunai · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Gabriel A. González López · Universidad Católica del Norte

J. Juez-Larré · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Abstract

The age onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert, Chile, which is needed to validate geological and climatological concepts, has been heretofore uncertain. Measurement of cosmogenic

Topics & Keywords

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research earthquake and tectonic studies Geological and Geochemical Analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Geology

Volume 33, Issue 4, pp. 321-321

DOI: 10.1130/g21184.1

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