Browsing by Author "Latorre, Claudio"
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Nester, Peter L.; Gayo, Eugenia; Latorre, Claudio; Jordán, Teresa E.; Blanco, Nicolás (NATL ACAD SCIENCES, 2007-12-11)A large fraction of the vital groundwater in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile is likely composed of "fossil" or "ancient" reserves that receive little or no recharge in today's hyperarid climate. Here, we present ...
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Maldonado, Antonio; Betancourt, Julio L.; Latorre, Claudio; Villagrán Moraga, Carolina (JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, 2005-07)Precipitation in northern Chile is controlled by two great wind belts-the southern westerlies over the southern Atacama and points south (>24 degrees S) and the tropical easterlies over the northern and central Atacama ...
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Quade, Jay; Rech, Jason A.; Latorre, Claudio; Betancourt, Julio L.; Gleeson, Erin; Arroyo, Mary T. K. (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2007-08-01)We evaluate the impact of exceptionally sparse plant cover (0-20%) and rainfall (2-114 mm/yr) on the stable carbon and oxygen composition of soil carbonate along elevation transects in what is among the driest places on ...
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Behrensmeyer, Anna K.; Quade, Jay; Cerling, Thure E.; Kappelman, John; Khan, Imran A.; Copeland, Peter; Roe, Lois; Hicks, Jason; Stubblefield, Phoebe; Willis, Brian J.; Latorre, Claudio (GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, 2007-11)This study uses stable isotope variation within individual Mio-Pliocene paleosols to investigate subkilometer-scale phytogeography of late Miocene vegetation change in southeast Asia between ca. 8.1 and 5 Ma, a time interval ...