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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

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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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