Karstic caves, which play a key role in groundwater transport, are often organized as complex connected networks resulting from the dissolution of carbonate rocks. In this work, we propose a new model to describe and study the structures of the two largest submersed karst networks in the world. Both of these networks are located in the area of Tulum (Quintana Roo, Mexico). In a previous work [1...

Coastal aquifers are increasingly threatened by seawater intrusion due to increased urbanization, groundwater exploitation, and global sea-level rise. Pattern diagrams, which constitute the outcome of several hydro-geochemical processes, have traditionally been used to characterize vulnerability to seawater intrusion. However, the formats of such diagrams do not facilitate the geospatial analys...

We report on a field test of a transportable version of a superconducting gravimeter (SG) intended for groundwater storage monitoring. The test was conducted over a 6-month period at a site adjacent to a well in the recharge zone of the karstic Edwards Aquifer, a major groundwater resource in central Texas. The purpose of the study was to assess requirements for unattended operation of the SG i...

Abstract Background Understanding the responses of riverine dissolved carbon dynamics and chemical weathering processes to short-term climatic variabilities is important understand Surface-Earth under ongoing climate change. Temporal variations solutes stable isotope inorganic (? 13 C DIC ) were analysed during a hydrological year in Guijiang River, South China. We aimed unravel karst areas cha...

Abstract The Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group is renowned as a major aquifer, but the development of secondary porosity due to karstic conduits poorly understood. Hydrogeological data and evidence from boreholes, sections, tracer tests indicate that dissolutional occur throughout aquifer. Here, we assess for karst, combine it with theoretical models dissolution cave formation produce conceptual mod...

Mangroves sustain high soil accretion and carbon sequestration rates, yet it is still unknown if they can keep pace with increasing sea level rise (SLR) across a wider range of coastal geomorphic settings. Because rates are controlled by mineral sediment inputs organic matter accumulation, paramount to assess the relative contribution root productivity formation. Here, we evaluated biomass, pro...