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The Pluvial Lake Palomas - Samalayuca Dunes System, Miguel Dominguez Acosta
The Pluvial Lake Palomas - Samalayuca Dunes System, Miguel Dominguez Acosta
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A lacustro-aeolian system formed by the Pluvial Lake Palomas (PLP), the Samalayuca Dunes (SMD) and a connecting aeolian corridor is found in the central Chihuahuan Desert of North America approximately 50 km upwind (SW) of the binational Paso del Norte metroplex. The system is described by its three individual components. They comprise one of the largest paleo-lacustrine (Pleistocene) environments in the Chihuahuan Desert (PLP), one of the largest and least-studied sand seas of North America (SMD), and a newly described and geomorphically heterogeneous aeolian corridor connecting the two.
The Chihuahuan Desert has been a major and underappreciated dust production region …