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Comment on "Major hydrological regime change along the semiarid western coast of South America during the early Holocene" by Ortega et al., Quaternary Research 78(3), pp. 513–527.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Antonio Maldonado*
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Universidad de La Serena & Universidad Católica del Norte, Av. Raúl Bitràn s/n, La Serena, Chile
Stella Maris Moreiras*
Affiliation:
CONICET — IANIGLA (CCT Mendoza), Av Ruiz Leal s/n. Parque Gral San Martin, Mendoza, Argentina
*
Corresponding author. Email address:amaldonado@ceaza.cl.
Corresponding author. Email address:moreiras@mendoza-conicet.gob.ar.

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