Pleistocene Glaciation in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Hollingworth, S. E., Guest, J. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1967
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019985
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000019985
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Summary: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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