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SUBMITTER: Ritter B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141514 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ritter Benedikt B Stuart Finlay M FM Binnie Steven A SA Gerdes Axel A Wennrich Volker V Dunai Tibor J TJ
Scientific reports 20180917 1
Dating of extensive alluvial fan surfaces and fluvial features in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile, using cosmogenic nuclides provides unrivalled insights about the onset and variability of aridity. The predominantly hyperarid conditions help to preserve the traces of episodic climatic and/or slow tectonic change. Utilizing single clast exposure dating with cosmogenic <sup>10</sup>Be and <sup>21</sup>Ne, we determine the termination of episodes of enhanced fluvial erosion and depo ...[more]