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  4. Geochemical data to characterize chemical water column properties of flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015

Geochemical data to characterize chemical water column properties of flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2013-12-04
Time Period
2013-12-05
Time Period
2013-12-08
Time Period
2014-08-14
Time Period
2014-08-15
Time Period
2014-08-16
Time Period
2014-08-17
Time Period
2015-01-14

Citation

Brankovits, D., Pohlman, J.W., Lapham, L.L., Casso, M., Mann, A.G., and O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., 2022, Water column properties and temporal hydrologic and chemical records from flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91D2OUN.

Summary

Natural cave passages penetrating coastal aquifers in the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control dissolved organic carbon and methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries, the region of aquifers where fresh and saline waters mix. Three field trips were carried out in December 2013, August 2014, and January 2015 to obtain 1) physicochemical and 2) geochemical data from the water column and 3) temporal records of water chemistry and hydrological parameters below and above the surface at three sites within the Ox Bel Ha cave (Cenote Jailhouse, Cenote Naach Wennen Ha, and Cenote Odyssey) and another cave (Cenote Crustacea). These efforts resulted in vertical [...]

Contacts

Contact :
John Pohlman
Originator :
David Brankovits, John Pohlman, Laura Lapham, Michael Casso, Adrian G Mann, Jennifer A O'Keefe Suttles
Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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QuintanaRooCaves_GeochemData_2013-2015.xml
“CSDGM metadata.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		36.95 KB application/fgdc+xml
geochem_2013-2015.xlsx
“XLSX format of aquatic geochemical data from samples collected from caves.” 		28.61 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
geochem_2013-2015.csv
“CSV format of aquatic geochemical data from samples collected from caves.” 		11.02 KB text/csv
geochem.jpg
“Salinity-property plots.” 		thumbnail 65.32 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

These data are used to characterize the habitat and constrain the biogeochemical processes that support anchialine ecosystems. The geochemical data are used to identify details about the carbon cycle in the subterranean estuary.
Salinity-property plots.
Salinity-property plots.

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