The provenance and persistence of the perennial Río Loa in the Atacama Desert: links between crustal processes and surface hydrology
The Río Loa is a perennial river that crosses the Atacama Desert. A basin-wide survey enables for the first time, the hydrologic regime origin, persistence and processes to be identified. Perennial baseflow in the Ríos Loa and Salado largely originates from intra-arc aquifers which are poorly known....
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1310088/full |