AMCS Bulletin 21

Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis
of Sistema Zacatón

Marcus O. Gary
2010

A reformatted PhD dissertation from the University of Texas at Austin, with color illustrations throughout. A study of an area containing deep water-filled sinkholes of volcanogenic origin in northeastern Mexico, including El Zacatón, 350 meters deep.

Table of Contents

12
Preface and Acknowledgements

15
Chapter 1. Introduction.

35
Chapter 2. Volcanogenic Karstification of Sistema Zacatón.

41
Chapter 3. 3-D Mapping and Characterization from DEPTHX.

55
Chapter 4. Geophysical Evidence of Travertine-Filled Sinkholes in a Hydrothermal Karst System.

69
Chapter 5. Hydrogeologic Characterization of Sistema Zacatón.

91
Chapter 6. Volcanogenic Karstification: Implications of This Hypogenic Process

101
Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions.

105
Appendix A. A comparative molecular analysis of Mexican cenotes (abstract)

106
Appendix B. Preliminary Isotopic Dating of Travertine Stages

108
References.

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12	Preface and Acknowledgements
15	Chapter 1. Introduction.
35	Chapter 2. Volcanogenic Karstification of Sistema Zacatón.
41	Chapter 3. 3-D Mapping and Characterization from DEPTHX.
55	Chapter 4. Geophysical Evidence of Travertine-Filled Sinkholes in a Hydrothermal Karst System.
69	Chapter 5. Hydrogeologic Characterization of Sistema Zacatón.
91	Chapter 6. Volcanogenic Karstification: Implications of This Hypogenic Process
101	Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions.
105	Appendix A. A comparative molecular analysis of Mexican cenotes (abstract)
106	Appendix B. Preliminary Isotopic Dating of Travertine Stages
108	References.

AMCS Bulletin 21

Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis of Sistema Zacatón

Table of Contents

Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis
of Sistema Zacatón