AMCS Bulletin 17 Lava Tubes of the Suchiooc Volcano, Mexico By Ramón Espinasa-Pereña 80 pages, softbound 76 figures, including 27 cave maps 2006

Revised and updated from the author's 1999 master's thesis at UNAM. Over 28 kilometers of lava tubes have been mapped in the flow from the Suchiooc Volcano in the Sierra Chichinautzin south of Mexico City. These include the systems Iglesia-Mina Superior (5,278 meters) and Ferrocarril-Mina Inferior (6,538 meters), the two longest lava tubes in the Americas.

Jointly published with the Sociedad Mexicana de Exploraciones Subterráneas as SMES Boletín 6.

Table of Contents

7	Location and Access
7	Methodology
8	Geology of the Study Area
13	History of Exploration
22	Previous Work on Lava Tubes
27	Suchiooc Volcano Lava Tubes
71	Discussion
75	Conclusions
77	References