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AMCS Bulletin 9

Hydrogeology of the
Sistema Huautla Karst Groundwater Basin

By James H. Smith, Jr.
154 pages, softbound
68 figures, including 16 foldouts
21 photos
2002


Sistema Huautla, in the state of Oaxaca, is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, at 1475 meters. This newly typeset master's thesis, originally written in 1994, describes the geology, hydrology, and speleogenesis in the area, which includes many other deep caves. Dye-tracing results, cave maps.


Table of Contents

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1. Introduction
29
2. Important ideas of karst hydrology
37
3. Stratigraphy of the study area
53
4. Structural geology
77
5.Karst hydrology of the Sistema Huautla Karst Groundwater Basin
91
6. Hydrologic flow patterns
123
7. Geomorphology and speleogenesis of the Sistema Huautla Karst Groundwater Basin
147
8. References

 


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