Pleistocene Glaciation in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

1967/01/01 by S. E. Hollingworth, J. E. Guest · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Landslides and related hazards #Geological formations and processes #Outwash plain #Pleistocene #Glacial period #Geology #Desert (philosophy) #Geomorphology #Paleontology #Physical geography #Geography

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0022143000019985

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Abstract

Morainic deposits associated with boulder spreads and outwash sands in the High Andes of the Atacama Desert are described and provide evidence of a Pleistocene glaciation. Widespread, locally folded gravel sheets of a similar age may provide a datum for correlating movements resulting in the uplift of the Andes.

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