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Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2023
Fisher et al. combine sediment geochemistry and climate modelling to reveal long-term synchrony between erosion rates and orbitally-driven climate oscillations in the tectonically-active southern Central Andes.
G. Burch Fisher, Lisa V. Luna, William H. Amidon, Douglas W. Burbank, Bas de Boer, Lennert B. Stap, Bodo Bookhagen, Vincent Godard, Michael E. Oskin, Ricardo N. Alonso, Erik Tuenter, Lucas J. Lourens   +11 more
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Deciphering the Late Paleozoic–Cenozoic Tectonic History of the Inner Central Andes Forearc: An Update From the Salar de Punta Negra Basin of Northern Chile

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
We integrated new and existing geological, geochronological, thermochronological, and two-dimensional (2D) seismic data from the Salar de Punta Negra Basin to define the Late Paleozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the inner Andean forearc of northern ...
Fernando Martínez, Mauricio Parra, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Cristopher López, Patiño Ana, Belén Muñoz, Francisca Robledo, Edward R. Sobel, Johannes Glodny   +8 more
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Interdecadal variability of the austral summer precipitation over the Central Andes

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
The impacts of the interdecadal variability of the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans on precipitation over the Central Andes during the austral summer (December-January-February, DJF) are investigated for the 1921–2010 period based on monthly gridded ...
Juan Sulca, Mathias Vuille, Bo Dong
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First record of Platyrrhinus albericoi Velazco, 2005 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the eastern slope of the Central Andes of Colombia [PDF]

Check List, 2018
We report the first record of the bat Platyrrhinus albericoi Velazco, 2005 on the eastern slope of the Colombian Central Andes. Currently there are records of this species on the western slope of the Central Andes, eastern slope of the western Andes, and
Leidy A. Ramírez-Fráncel, Leidy V. García-Herrera, Gladys Reinoso Florez   +2 more
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The South America Low-Level Jet: form, variability and large-scale forcings

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023
Northerly low-level jets (LLJ) along the eastern Andes are important conduits of moisture transport and play central roles in modulating precipitation in South America.
Charles Jones, Ye Mu, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Qinghua Ding   +3 more
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Spatial distribution of active and inactive rock glaciers and protalus ramparts in a sector of the Central Andes of Argentina

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2020
Rock glaciers and protalus ramparts are two of the main morphological features of the Central Andes in the Province of San Juan, Argentina. This sector of the Andes has one of the highest densities of occurrence of rock glaciers in the world.
C.D. Villarroel, A.P. Forte
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1000 years of population, warfare, and climate change in pre-Columbian societies of the Central Andes.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Different Andean societies underwent processes of expansion and collapse during propitious or adverse climate conditions, resource boost or depletion along with population variations.
Mauricio Lima, Eugenia M Gayó, Andone Gurruchaga, Sergio A Estay, Calogero M Santoro   +4 more
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Range-wide phylogenomics of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) reveals deep north-south divergence in northern Peru [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) inhabits myriad habitats throughout the Americas and shows complex patterns of individual and geographic morphological variation.
Emily N. Ostrow, Lucas H. DeCicco, Robert G. Moyle   +2 more
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Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae, Atelopus eusebianus (Rivero & Granados-Díaz, 1993): Distribution extension  for Valle del Cauca, Colombia [PDF]

Check List, 2014
The critically endangered harlequin frog Atelopus eusebianus is known from a few locations in the Cauca Department, on the western slope of the Central Andes.
Oscar Córdoba, Victoria Botero, Fernando Herrera   +2 more
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Biodiversidad bacteriana en aguas de balnearios mineromedicinales de Ecuador y Venezuela

FIGEMPA, 2023
Las aguas mineromedicinales en Ecuador y Venezuela se utilizan desde hace siglos como medicamentos por la población de estos países. Sin embargo, la biodiversidad bacteriana es poco conocida.
Félix Daniel Andueza-Leal, Judith Araque-Rangel, Marco González Escudero, Diana Sacoto, Andrés León-Leal, Sandra Flores, Sandra Escobar-Arrieta, Gerardo Medina-Ramírez   +7 more
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