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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2005
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.02
EISBN: 9781862394995
... fanhead trench that had an intersection point approximately 0.5–1 km below the present fan apex. Fig. 3. Holocene climate variation within the Salar de Atacama region. Grey zones indicate period of relatively higher rainfall (but, in most cases, still arid). Sources of information are indicated...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 January 2003
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2003) 73 (1): 91–104.
...Tim K. Lowenstein; Matthew C. Hein; Andrew L. Bobst; Teresa E. Jordan; Teh-Lung Ku; Shangde Luo Abstract Dated subsurface cores, 40 m, 100 m, and 200 m in length, from the Salar de Atacama, Chile, record changes in climate and tectonics over the past 325 ka. These cores were used to assess...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 March 2002
GSA Bulletin (2002) 114 (3): 349–366.
... rich in plant macrofossils are ubiquitous; they are produced by four different families of rock-dwelling rodents ( Betancourt et al., 2000) . Here, we present a midden record spanning the past 45 000 yr from the edge of the absolute desert in the Calama and Salar de Atacama basins in northern Chile...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 May 1993
GSA Bulletin (1993) 105 (5): 603–617.
...S. FLINT; P. TURNER; E. J. JOLLEY; A. J. HARTLEY Abstract The Salar de Atacama basin of northern Chile preserves stratigraphic evidence for the evolution of the Andean cycle. It has evolved from a non-arc-related rift, through back-arc and inter-arc stages, to a Neogene fore-arc basin. Accumulation...
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( A ) False colour Landsat images north of the <span class="search-highlight">Salar</span> <span class="search-highlight">de</span> <span class="search-highlight">Atacama</span> region with...
Published: 01 August 2018
Figure 5 ( A ) False colour Landsat images north of the Salar de Atacama region with Pastos Grande (PG) caldera in the centre filled and surrounded by a 2.89 Ma ignimbrite ( Kern et al 2016 ). Yellow colours: ignimbrites; dark brown, grey to black: young andesitic lavas and stratovolcanoes. Blue
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Figure 15. (A) Regional location map for <span class="search-highlight">Salar</span> <span class="search-highlight">de</span> <span class="search-highlight">Atacama</span> Basin in northern...
Published: 01 May 2005
Figure 15. (A) Regional location map for Salar de Atacama Basin in northern Chile; inset map shows location of regional map relative to South America. (B) to (G) Sequential cartoon cross sections X–Y illustrating the evolution of the Salar de Atacama Basin since the deformation that occurred
Series: GSA Memoirs
Published: 01 January 2015
DOI: 10.1130/2015.1212(04)
... with the distribution of mapped active fault scarps. The Salar de Atacama crust is seismically active at depths up to ~40 km. Thick lithosphere is present beneath the forearc, and the longitudinal axis of thickest lithosphere is deflected to the east at the latitude of the Salar de Atacama. To the east, the Puna...
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 1990
Journal of the Geological Society (1990) 147 (5): 769–784.
...E. J. JOLLEY; P. TURNER; G. D. WILLIAMS; A. J. HARTLEY; S. FLINT Abstract The Llano de la Paciencia is a thrust sheet top basin in which the sedimentological and topographic evolution can be linked to thrust tip propagation. It is an elongate gravel plain which borders the Salar de Atacama, a major...
Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 March 1969
GSA Bulletin (1969) 80 (3): 337–362.
...JOHN EDWARD GUEST Abstract During the Pliocene and upper Miocene periods, uplift of the Puna block was associated with extensive ignimbritic eruptions covering much of the Andes of northern Chile, southern Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. Part of this field to the north of the Salar de Atacama...
Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 November 2002
GSA Bulletin (2002) 114 (11): 1406–1421.
...T.E. Jordan; N. Muñoz; M. Hein; T. Lowenstein; L. Godfrey; J. Yu Abstract The Salar de Atacama in northern Chile accumulated halite during the Pliocene and Quaternary under conditions that alternated between a saline lake and a dry salt flat. Hidden beneath its uninterrupted flat surface...
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Satellite imagery of the <span class="search-highlight">Salars</span> <span class="search-highlight">de</span> <span class="search-highlight">Atacama</span> (A), Olaroz (B), and Hombre Muer...
Published: 01 November 2011
Fig. 5 Satellite imagery of the Salars de Atacama (A), Olaroz (B), and Hombre Muerto (C) showing their main surface zones and mean brine density contours for the upper 30 to 40 m of the host aquifer. Inset plot shows relationship between total dissolved solids concentration and density
Series: Reviews in Economic Geology
Published: 01 January 2016
DOI: 10.5382/Rev.18.14
EISBN: 9781629490922
... concentration is 1,400 mg/L for the brine in Salar de Atacama, Chile. Average seawater contains 0.2 mg/L Li. Effects of geochemistry, climate, and hydrogeology on evolution of the Li brine resource Our conceptual model for Li brines is shown in Figure 2 . The model seeks to account for the sources, sinks...
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Series: GSA Special Papers
Published: 01 January 1991
DOI: 10.1130/SPE265-p179
... The Precordillera of the Cordón de Lila/Sierra Almeida area south of the Salar de Atacama (25°S68°W) was the center of continuous magmatic activity from Early Ordovician to Early Permian time. Various plutonic units form a basement that is overlain by Paleozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary...
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Figure 1. Morphotectonic subdivisions of Central Andes. AFZ—<span class="search-highlight">Atacama</span> fault z...
Published: 01 April 2000
Figure 1. Morphotectonic subdivisions of Central Andes. AFZ—Atacama fault zone, AWFFS—Argomedo–West Fissure fault system, SA—Salar de Atacama, FDT—Frontal Domeyko thrust, Anto.—Antofagasta, M.P.—Mejillones Peninsula, P.A.D.—Preandean depression.
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Figure 1. Digital elevation model (DEM) of the Andes Mountains and flanking...
Published: 01 November 2002
Figure 1. Digital elevation model (DEM) of the Andes Mountains and flanking lowlands, high-resolution DEM of Salar de Atacama in the Andean forearc, and drainage basin map. (A) Shaded elevation model of northern Chile, northwest Argentina, southern Peru, and southwest Bolivia, constructed from
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A)  Photograph of the Rio San Pedro saline mudflat, <span class="search-highlight">Atacama</span> basin. Backpack...
Published: 01 January 2003
subaerial halite crust from the subaerial halite nucleus of the Salar de Atacama. Relief of crust varies from 0.5 to 1 m.
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Evaporation relations for the <span class="search-highlight">salars</span> (modified from  Houston, 2006 ). A) sh...
Published: 01 November 2011
for the marginal zones of salars. C) shows a satellite image (bands 5, 4, 7 as RGB) of the Salar de Atacama, processed to reveal the main evaporating zone around the eastern margin.
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Topographic map of western South America (approximately 10° to 34° S), and ...
Published: 01 January 2003
Figure 1 Topographic map of western South America (approximately 10° to 34° S), and the location of Salar de Atacama. Higher elevations are shown in progressively lighter gray tones. The topographic base is the 1-km DEM of the Defense Mapping Agency. Note the deflection of the Andes Mountains
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Digital elevation map of the central Andes showing the location of the Corq...
Published: 07 December 2021
Fig. 1. Digital elevation map of the central Andes showing the location of the Corque Syncline ( Fig. 1b ) and the study area ( Fig. 2 ) relative to the tectonomorphic elements described in the text. CC, Coastal Cordillera; LV, Longitudinal Valley; SA, Salar de Atacama.
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Photographs of modern subaerial halite crust from the subaerial halite nucl...
Published: 01 January 2003
Figure 4 Photographs of modern subaerial halite crust from the subaerial halite nucleus of the Salar de Atacama, showing A) efflorescent halite crystals and dissolution vugs, and B) pinnacles, ridges, and bowl-shaped depressions.