Browsing by Subject "Atacama desert"
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(BMC, 2022)Background: The Atacama salt flat is located in northern Chile, at 2300 m above sea level, and has a high concentration of lithium, being one of the main extraction sites in the world. The effect of lithium on microorganism ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Soil microorganisms that inhabit extreme environments have unique metabolic capacities and/or physical structures that allow them to survive in oligotrophic conditions. The bioprospecting of unknown bacteria in the context ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)This paper has been written following the results and reflections of the previously published paper (Viguier et al., 2018) detailing a multidisciplinary assessment of the groundwater resources in the northern part of the ...
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(Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, 2020)A critical aspect of predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations is the lack of available soil information; where information on soil characteristics is available, it is usually focused on regions of high agricultural ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)© 2018 Elsevier LtdThe halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly oldest deserts on ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)The Pacific Ocean that flanks the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is one of the richest biomass producers around the world. Thus, it is considered a key factor for the subsistence of prehistoric societies ...
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(Universidad de Tarapaca, 2017)© 2017, Universidad de Tarapaca. All rights reserved. The Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) is a raptor species distributed throughout Chile. In Atacama Desert it feeds particularly lizards and on a littleproportion ...
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(Universidad de Tarapaca, 2019)This paper presents an analysis of the construction of imaginaries of Port of Lamar in Cobija, currently located in the Antofagasta region, from its creation in 1825 until the years before the War of the Pacific. The Port ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-04)In this work, we use taphonomic and technological analyses as a basis for study of the spatial and temporal variability of six lithic assemblages from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (12,600 -11,000 cal BP), recovered ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2022)In this study we aim at refining our understanding of the floristic connectivity of the loma- and precordillera floras of southern Peru and northern Chile and the parameters determining vegetation cover in this region. We ...