21 US-Mexico Exchange on Cave and Karst Science and Conservation (Posters)

This poster session welcomes poster submissions in fields related with cave and karst science and management in Mexico, with a special interest in geoheritage, inter- and multidisciplinary approaches and community outreach projects.

Thursday, 23 April 2026
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
LMH, 5th Floor Chapel

Participants

• Chair Ana Celis

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Paleoenvironmental dynamics of a Quaternary paleoepikarst system recorded in calcretes and paleosols, central Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
  Daisy Valera Fernández and Rafael López-Martínez, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico City
  410872 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  Speleogenetic studies of Kaua Cave, an exceptional hypogenic cave in Yucatán, Mexico
  Rafael Antonio Lopez Martinez, UNAM University, Mexico, Mexico and Daisy Valera, UNAM University, Mexico, Mexico and Bogdan Onac, University of South Florida, Tampa , Florida and Elizabeth Solleiro, UNAM University, Mexico, Mexico and Erick Sosa, Exploración de Cenotes Responsable, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo and Michel Vazquez, Cuevas y Cenotes, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
  410889 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  Gravity Anomaly Modeling of Karst Structures – Chicxulub Crater Ring of Cenotes
  Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Universidad Nacional Autonoma Mexico, Instituto de Geofisica, Mexico City, Mexico and Ligia Perez-Cruz, National University of Mexico, Institute of Geophysics, Mexico City, None and Hugo Salgado-Garrido, Instituto de Investigacion Cientifica y Estudios Avanzados Chicxulub, Merida, Yucatan and Eduardo Batllori-Sampedro, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados CINVESTAV, Merida, Yucatan and Carlos Ortiz-Aleman, Instituto de Investigacion Cientifica y Estudios Avanzados Chicxulub, Merida, Yucatan
  410944 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  First geological reconnaissance of the Quivavai Cave in the Sierra Pilares de Teras, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: structure, origin, and regional context
  Rogelio Hernández-Vergara, Grupo Espeleologico Tlayolotl, Escuela Superior de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Taxco el Viejo , Guerrero and Alexis Del Pilar Martínez, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Hermosillo, Sonora and Ernesto Alday Arriola, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Hermosillo, Sonora
  410894 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  Deep Diplomacy: Advocating for Caves and Karst Geoecosystems Through Science, Policy, and International Engagement.
  Ana Celis, Karst Lab México, Cancún, Quintana Roo and Bärbel Vogel, German Speleological Federation (VdHK), Nesselwang, Bavaria
  410911 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  “Long distance trails in Mexico and Voluntarily Destined Areas for Conservation as a mechanism for the protection of karst in Yucatan, Mexico. The case of El Camino del Mayab”
  Emiliano Méndez Diaz, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán (UADY), Mérida , Yucatán
  411013 (Technical Sessions)