Formation mechanisms of Mars-like soils in southern Peru’s hyper-arid Sechura-Atacama Desert

Faith Van Winkle, Purdue University, Chemistry, West Lafayette, United States, Jean Pierre Llerena Madiaraga, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Arequipa, Peru, Adriana Larrea Valdivia, Universidad Nacional San Agustin de Arequipa, Chemistry, Arequipa, Peru, Juan Reyes, Universidad de Nacional de San Agustin Arequipa, Chemistry, Arequipa, Peru and Greg Michalski, Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States