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 …

Porphyry deposits arguably represent the most economically important class of nonferrous
metallic mineral resources. These magmatic-hydrothermal deposits are characterized by …

The west slope of the central Andes exhibits a pronounced rainshadow effect. Precipitation
between 15 and 27 S is dominated by summer convective activity from Amazonia, and data …

Southern South America (SSA) has today a high diversity of climates, environments, biomes,
and biotas, as a result of the complex interaction through time of plants and animals with the …

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

We quantitatively analyse the spatial pattern of deformation partitioning and of temporal
accumulation of deformation in the Central Andes (15–26° S) with the aim of identifying …

Isotopic studies indicate that natural perchlorate is produced on Earth in arid environments
by the oxidation of chlorine species through pathways involving ozone or its photochemical …

Put together by a team of scientists, engineers, regulators, and lawyers, the Chromium (VI)
Handbook consolidates the latest literature on this topic. The broad scope of this book fills …

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 …