10 Geomorphological, Hydrologic, and Geothermal investigations of basin aquifers in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico (Posters)

The session will explore BCS basins, focusing on groundwater storage, evaporation, runoff and transport mechanisms, featuring experts on thermal and shallow groundwater interactions, soil mapping for hydrological planning, geomorphology, and human impacts on water balance.

Wednesday, 22 April 2026
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
LMH, 5th Floor Chapel

Participants

• Chair Jobst Wurl
• Chair Laura Norman
• Chair Enrique Troyo-Diéguez
• Chair MARIA Z. FLORES LOPEZ
• Chair Loic Peiffer

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Salinity of Groundwater – Stream Water in an Agricultural Semiarid Area in Northern Mexico
  Melida Gutierrez, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Kevin Mickus, Missouri State Univ Geology, Springfield, MO and Heriberto Morales-deAvila, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Zacatecas
  410749 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Spatial Assessment of Arsenic and Lead in Stream Sediments of a Semiarid Agricultural Valley in Zacatecas, Mexico: Geochemical Background and Mining Influence
  Heriberto Morales, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Ojocaliente and Melida Gutierrez, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Julián González, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Zacatecas and Hugo Júnez, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, zacatecas, zacatecas
  410762 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Unique Soils and Plant Endemism along the Geothermally altered San Juan de Los Planes Fault, Baja California Sur
  Sula Vanderplank, Conserva Loreto, a program of The Ocean Foundation, Loreto, B.C.S. and Jon Rebman, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA and Abraham Sanchez Romero, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur and Carlos Lim, Centro de Estudios Aplicados de Agua en Zonas Áridas (CEAAZA), La Paz, Baja California Sur and Alfonso Medel Narvaez, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur and Scott Bennett, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
  410920 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geochemical and Geophysical Characterization of a Coastal Geothermal System: Buena Vista, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  Ashley Vega Donato, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Loic Peiffer, CICESE, La Paz, Baja California Sur and Jonathan Carrillo López, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Claudio Inguaggiato, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Enrique Gómez Treviño, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California and Armando Trasviña Castro, CICESE, La Paz, Baja California Sur
  410972 (Technical Sessions)