Timing of speleogenesis of Las Karmidas Cave (Mexico): first description of pseudokarst developed in ignimbrite

Las Karmidas Cave (Puebla State, Mexico) is an unusual type of pseudokarstic cavity generated by piping and erosive processes within the contact of a diamicton and an overlying Quaternary ignimbrite. Morphological evidence suggests that the cave was developed in two stages: a phreatic stage and a va...

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Main Authors: María del Pilar Aliaga-Campuzano, Rafael López-Martínez, Pablo Dávila-Harris, Ramón Espinasa-Pereña, Adriana Espino del Castillo, J.P. Bernal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol46/iss3/2/