Pleistocene Glaciation in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

• 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

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.