Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-439-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-439-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
24 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2021
| 24 Feb 2021
Integrated land and water-borne geophysical surveys shed light on the sudden drying of large karst lakes in southern Mexico
Matthias Bücker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Research Unit Geophysics, TU
Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Adrián Flores Orozco
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Research Unit Geophysics, TU
Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Jakob Gallistl
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Research Unit Geophysics, TU
Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Matthias Steiner
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Research Unit Geophysics, TU
Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Lukas Aigner
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Research Unit Geophysics, TU
Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Johannes Hoppenbrock
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Ruth Glebe
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Wendy Morales Barrera
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Carlos Pita de la Paz
Geotem Ingeniería S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, 14640, Mexico
César Emilio García García
Geotem Ingeniería S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, 14640, Mexico
José Alberto Razo Pérez
Geotem Ingeniería S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, 14640, Mexico
Johannes Buckel
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Andreas Hördt
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU Braunschweig,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Antje Schwalb
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, TU Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig,
Germany
Liseth Pérez
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, TU Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig,
Germany
Data sets
Data set | Water- and land-borne geophysical surveys before and after the sudden water-level decrease of two large karst lakes in southern Mexico (v1.1) Matthias Bücker, Adrián Flores Orozco, Jakob Gallistl, Matthias Steiner, Lukas Aigner, Johannes Hoppenbrock, Ruth Glebe, Wendy Morales Barrera, Carlos Pita de la Paz, Emilio García García, José Alberto Razo Pérez, Johannes Buckel, Andreas Hördt, Antje Schwalb, and Liseth Pérez https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3782402
Short summary
We use seismic, electromagnetic, and geoelectrical methods to assess sediment thickness and lake-bottom geology of two karst lakes. An unexpected drainage event provided us with the unusual opportunity to compare water-borne measurements with measurements carried out on the dry lake floor. The resulting data set does not only provide insight into the specific lake-bottom geology of the studied lakes but also evidences the potential and limitations of the employed field methods.
We use seismic, electromagnetic, and geoelectrical methods to assess sediment thickness and...
