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AMCS Reprint Series 5

Las Cavernas de la Sierra Gorda

By Carlos Lazcano Sahagún
Universidad Autonoma de Querétaro y Sociedad Mexicana de Exploraciones Subterréneas 1986 (AMCS reprint 2002)
two volumes, 8.5 by 11 inches, 180 + 206 pages + photo plates

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This large and important work catalogs caves in Guanajuato and Querétaro. Eleven caves in the area are over 300 meters deep, including Sótano de Tilaco, 649 meters deep, and Sótano del Barro, with its 410-meter drop. Sotanito de Ahuacatlán has an in-cave pit 288 meters deep. A total of 562 caves are listed, with maps of 230 of them. Area maps, coordinate locations. Bibliography of 168 items. Most of the information is accessible without extensive knowledge of Spanish. Available as scanned page images in PDF files on a CD, along with AMCS Reprint 4.


Table of Contents

 

Tomo I

11
La Sierra Gorda
19
Geología
29
Temas de la espeleología de la Sierra Gorda
67
Catastro de cavidades de la Sierra Gorda:
73
Área de Ahuacatlán
87
Área de Cerro Alto
105
Área del Cerro del Oro
109
Mesa del Doctor
115
Área de La Florida
165
Bibliografía
173
Indices de cavidades y figuras, tomo I
 
Tomo II
9
Área de Mirasoles
55
Área de Pinal de Amoles
94
Área de San Joaquín
103
Área de San Juan
129
Área de Toncoyal
157
Área de Tilaco
191
Bibliografía
199
Índices de cavidades y figuras, tomo II

 


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