منابع مشابه
Early to Middle Miocene climate in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile
a Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley 94720, USA b School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA c Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile d Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley 94709, USA e Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Californ...
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In the Atacama Desert, the narrow littoral plain and the adjacent mountain range have a unique climate. This area is locally called the “coastal desert with abundant cloudiness”, and extends from the coastline up to an elevation of 1000 m. The climate is designated as being BWn according to Köppen's Climate Classification as adapted for Chile. In the original classification the acronym (Bn) is ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1881
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/025009a0