Natural waters from the Atacama Desert are strongly enriched in iodine.
Lower Iodine isotopic ratios confirm that most of the iodine derives from a deep fluid.
Higher iodine isotopic ratios indicate the input of anthropogenic meteoric water.
Groundwater was a key agent for iodine remobilization in Atacama.
There is a long-lived continental iodine cycle in the hyperarid Atacama Desert.