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Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert , arid region, c.600 mi (970 km) long, N Chile, extending south from the border of Peru. The desert itself, c.2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, is a series of dry salt basins flanked on the W by the Pacific coastal range, averaging c.2,500 ft (760 m) high, and on the E by the Andes. T... Read more
Loa
Loa , longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is not navigable but affords some water supply and hydroelectric power for copper and nitrate-mining communities in its vicinity. ... Read more
Diego de Almagro
Diego de Almagro , c.1475-1538, Spanish conquistador, a leader in the conquest of Peru. A partner of Francisco Pizarro , he took part in the first (1524) and second (1526-28) expeditions and in the bloody subjugation of the Incas after 1532. He aided (1534) Benalcázar in thwarting Pedro de... Read more
Antofagasta
Antofagasta , city (1992 pop. 226,749), capital of Antofagasta region, N Chile, a port on the Pacific Ocean. Antofagasta was founded by Chileans in 1870 to exploit nitrates in the Atacama Desert, then under Bolivian administration. Its occupation by Chilean troops in 1879 sparked the War of the Paci... Read more
Pedro de Valdivia
Pedro de Valdivia , c.1500-1554, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Chile. One of Francisco Pizarro's best officers in the conquest of Peru, educated, energetic, somewhat less cruel and avaricious than his fellow conquerors, Valdivia obtained permission from Pizarro to subdue Chile. In Jan., 1540, h... Read more
European Southern Observatory
European Southern Observatory (ESO), an intergovernmental organization for astronomical research with headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany. The ESO began in 1962 as a consortium among Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, and Swede... Read more
Andes
Andes , mountain system, more than 5,000 mi (8,000 km) long, W South America. The ranges run generally parallel to the Pacific coast and extend from Tierra del Fuego northward, across the equator, as the backbone of the entire continent. The Falkland Islands are a continuation of the Andes, and ev... Read more
mummy
mummy dead human or animal body preserved by embalming or by unusual natural conditions. As a rule mummies are from ancient times. The word is of Arabic derivation and refers primarily to the burials found in Egypt, where the practice of mummification was perfected over the centuries to an extrem... Read more
Bolivia
Bolivia , officially Republic of Bolivia, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,858,000), 424,162 sq mi (1,098,581 sq km), W South America. One of the two inland countries of South America, Bolivia is shut in from the Pacific in the W by Chile and Peru; in the E and N it borders on Brazil, in the SE on Paragua... Read more
Chile
Chile , officially Republic of Chile, republic (2005 est. pop. 15,981,000), 292,256 sq mi (756,945 sq km), S South America, west of the continental divide of the Andes Mts. Chile is bordered by Peru on the north, Bolivia on the northeast, Argentina on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west and ... Read more

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Atacama Desert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Atacama Desert , arid region, c.600 mi (970...to frequent and severe earthquakes. The Atacama has been a source of great nitrate and...mining boom. Although the southern half of Atacama belonged to Bolivia, the companies exploiting...
War of the Pacific
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the right to exploit nitrate deposits in Atacama, a province of Bolivia. In reprisal...the end of 1879, Chile had not only won Atacama and the Peruvian province of Tarapac...agreed upon until 1904. Chile acquired Atacama, Bolivia's only coastal territory...
Copiapó
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...oacute; , city (1990 est. pop. 79,268), capital of Atacama region, N central Chile, on the Copiapó River. An industrial city at the southern edge of the Atacama Desert, Copiapó has industries that ship and process...
Chile
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...the entire width of the country, stretch from the Puna de Atacama in the north, a high plateau with peaks averaging 4,600...up to 1,200 m (4,000 ft) high, begins below the arid Atacama Desert of the north and ends at Puerto Montt in the south...
deserts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...located on the west coast of South America and southern Africa (Atacama, Namib) owe their hyperarid climates to the influence of...high-relief deserts of the tectonically active areas of the Atacama, the Basin and Range Province of western North America, a
Isaiah Bowman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and 1913). He published two scholarly works about these trips: The Andes of Southern Peru (1916) and Desert Trails of Atacama (1924). His first book, Forest Physiography (1911), shows that he already had a deep knowledge of physical geography...
Arica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1992 pop. 170,064), N Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, just south of the Peruvian border and at the northern limit of the Atacama Desert. Peru ceded Arica to Chile after the War of the Pacific (see Pacific, War of the ). With the settlement of the Tacna...
low-latitude tropospheric circulation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...evidenced by subtropical highs, intense subsidence, clear skies and deserts (e.g. Namib, Karoo, Kalahari, Sahara, Atacama). Diurnal temperatures range by up to 50 °C, because of intense solar radiation by day and loss of terrestrial...
Pedro de Valdivia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...conquerors, Valdivia obtained permission from Pizarro to subdue Chile. In Jan., 1540, he began his march south through the Atacama Desert, following the route used by his unfortunate predecessor, Diego de Almagro . Although Santiago was founded in 1541...
Iquique
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...est. pop. 148,500), capital of Iquique prov., N Chile. A port on the Pacific, it exports nitrates and ore from the Atacama Desert. The city, founded in the 16th cent., was taken (1879) from Peru by Chile during the War of the Pacific (see...

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Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Atacama Large Millimeter Array ( ALMA ) An aperture-synthesis array for millimetre...at an altitude of 5000 m on the Chajnantor plateau of the Atacama desert in northern Chile. When complete, around the end of 2012, ALMA...
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Atacama Pathfinder Experiment ( APEX ) A 12‐m antenna for submillimetre astronomy...2 and 1.5 mm and began operation in 2005. APEX is a forerunner of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array at the same site.
Chile
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...boundaries with Bolivia and Argentina. In the north is the arid Atacama Desert, while in the centre the climate is mild and conducive...1818). The discovery of rich copper deposits in the northern Atacama desert had a dramatic impact on economic life, with a railway...
Nitrates
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...nitrates have been produced industrially. Nitrates are present naturally in sewage and in some mineral deposits. Chile's Atacama Desert is the world's leading supplier of the mineralized form. Approximately 86 percent of the nitrate produced in the...
spectroscopy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...hydrogen line, and recombination lines in ionized gas. The next generation of radio astronomical instruments, such as the Atacama Large Millimeter Array , the Square Kilometre Array , and the Low Frequency Array , will pursue radio spectroscopy with much...
ALMA
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ALMA Abbr. for Atacama Large Millimeter Array .
Bolivia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...xF3;n BOLÍVAR . A short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation was formed (1825–39). Control of the Atacama coast region, where rich guano nitrate deposits were found, was challenged by Chile in 1842 and finally lost in 1884 in the...
Bowman, Isaiah
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Geographical Society. The results of these journeys are described in The Andes of Southern Peru (1916), Desert Trails of Atacama (1924), and several papers. After Bowman became director of the American Geographical Society in 1915, he encouraged other...
Penck Walther
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments flanking the Calchaqui mountains, Sierra de Famatina, and Sierra de Fiambala in the Puna de Atacama led him, like his father, to posit temporal patterns of uplift much more varied than the pattern of rapid uplift followed...
submillimetre astronomy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...instrumental techniques developed to investigate it have more in common with radio astronomy than infrared astronomy. Major submillimetre telescopes include the 15-m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array .

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LA NATURALEZA DE LA EXPANSIÓN ALDEANA DURANTE EL FORMATIVO TARDÍO EN LA CUENCA DE ATACAMA/THE NATURE OF VILLAGE EXPANSION DURING THE LATE FORMATIVE PERIOD IN THE ATACAMA BASIN
Magazine article from: Chungara; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...piemontanos de la cuenca del Salar de Atacama comenz antes de los 700 aos a.C. de...sociopoltica de los oasis de San Pedro de Atacama. El registro de siete asentamientos formativos...los extremos peritricos de la cuenca de Atacama, asociados a quebradas estrechas esencialmente...
Atacama Rover Helps NASA Learn to Search for Life on Mars.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service; 9/27/2004; 700+ words ; ...next four weeks in northern Chile's Atacama Desert. They are studying the scarce...funded researchers are studying the Atacama Desert, described as the most arid region...co-investigator on the "Life in the Atacama" project. Scientists from Ames, Carnegie...
Atacama Appoints Tim Miller as President and CEO.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 11/10/2009; 700+ words ; ...COLUMBIA, Nov 10, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Atacama Minerals Corp. ("Atacama" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:AAM) is...like to thank Mr. Posey for his contribution to Atacama. His dedication and loyalty to the Company has...
Amber Fund Limited Purchases 12,300,000 Common Shares of Atacama Minerals Corp.
Business Wire; 4/28/2005; 428 words ; ...placement 12,300,000 common shares of Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AAM) ("Atacama"), a Vancouver based company which holds...Aguas Blancas mineral project located in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile. The 12,300...
Atacama Minerals Corp. Against the Global Market.
M2 Presswire; 6/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...June 2007-www.streetinvesting.com: Atacama Minerals Corp. Against the Global Market...and corporate news pulled the curtain on Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: AAM) which...unpredictable risks, our contender of the day is Atacama Minerals Corp. ("Atacama" or the...
Atacama Granted Drill Permits for Salvador Potash Project in Brazil.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 10/20/2009; 700+ words ; ...Oct 20, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AAM) ("Atacama" or "the Company") is pleased to announce...says Edward Posey, President and CEO of Atacama Minerals Corp. "In the past months geological...
Streetinvesting.com begins review on Atacama Minerals Corp.
M2 Presswire; 10/18/2005; 700+ words ; ...Streetinvesting.com begins review on Atacama Minerals Corp.(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...close eye on the financial dealings of Atacama Minerals Corp (TSX-V:AAM) as this...com for a free membership subscription. Atacama Minerals is an industrial minerals mining...
150 million years of climatic stability: evidence from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid...Jurassic. The present-day location of the Atacama within the dry subtropical climate belt...to destabilize the climate within the Atacama. Comparison with other long-lived deserts...
Atacama Announces CDN$35 Million Financing; Edward F. Posey Appointed President
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 4/20/2005; 700+ words ; ...BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - April 20, 2005) - Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AAM) - (All amounts in Canadian Dollars) Atacama Minerals Corp. (the "Company" or "Atacama") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to sell...
Atacama Minerals gains full ownership of Chilean iodine mine
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 4/1/2005; ; 453 words ; Atacama Minerals and ACF Mineras have struck a deal for the former...Blancas iodine project in northern Chile. The move will give Atacama Minerals complete ownership of Atacama Minerals Chile, the mine and related assets. Atacama Minerals...