The Atacama Desert, known as one of the driest places on Earth, presents a unique environment for studying hydrology and geology ... research in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes ...
Abstract: The late Miocene Cordillera Blanca Batholith lies directly over thick (50 km) crust, inboard of the older Cretaceous Coastal Batholith. Its peraluminous ‘S’ type mineralogy and its position ...