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Geomorphic process rates in the central Atacama Desert, Chile: Insights from cosmogenic nuclides and implications for the onset of hyperaridity

Christa Placzek, Darryl E. Granger, Ari Matmon, Jay Quade and Uri Ryb
American Journal of Science December 2014, 314 (10) 1462-1512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2014.03
Christa Placzek
* Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD4811, Australia;
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Darryl E. Granger
** Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement (PRIME) lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Ari Matmon
*** Ari Matmon, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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§ Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA
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vol. 314 no. 10 1462-1512
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https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2014.03

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American Journal of Science
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0002-9599
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1945-452X
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  • Published online January 12, 2015.

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  1. Christa Placzek*,
  2. Darryl E. Granger**,
  3. Ari Matmon***,
  4. Jay Quade§ and
  5. Uri Ryb§§
  1. * Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD4811, Australia; christa.placzek{at}jcu.edu.au
  2. ** Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement (PRIME) lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
  3. *** Ari Matmon, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
  4. § Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA
  1. ↵§§ Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Christa Placzek, Darryl E. Granger, Ari Matmon, Jay Quade, Uri Ryb
American Journal of Science Dec 2014, 314 (10) 1462-1512; DOI: 10.2475/10.2014.03

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Geomorphic process rates in the central Atacama Desert, Chile: Insights from cosmogenic nuclides and implications for the onset of hyperaridity
Christa Placzek, Darryl E. Granger, Ari Matmon, Jay Quade, Uri Ryb
American Journal of Science Dec 2014, 314 (10) 1462-1512; DOI: 10.2475/10.2014.03
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