This bulletin contains Louise Hose's masters thesis on the geology and hydrology
of the Purificación karst and Gerald Atkinson's senior honors thesis on the
biostratigraphy of two of the limestones in the area, which contains 93-kilometer
Sistema Purificación, longest dry cave in Mexico.
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The Geology and Hydrology of the Sistema Purificación Area,
Villa Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Introduction
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| 19 |
Regional geologic setting
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| 29 |
Stratigraphy and lithology of the area
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| 37 |
Structure of the area
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| 47 |
Geomorphology
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| 51 |
Hydrology of the area
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| 61 |
Geologic factors controlling the speleogenesis of Sistema Purificación
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| 66 |
Glossary and references
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Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Tamabra and Méndez formations in
the Conrado Castillo area, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, Mexico
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