North America- Mexico- Science and Environment- Earth Sciences

8 pages found in Earth Sciences:

Ancient Lake Jalisco and the Santiago River

History and geology about this prehistoric geographical feature that covered a large area of Jalisco and spread into portions of Michoacan and Aguascalientes.
http://mexconnect.com/mex_/geolog.html

Chicxulub Impact Crater

Radar images from space and information on this 65,000,000 year old crater on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
http://www.solarviews.com//cap/earth/chicxlb1.htm

Earth Sciences Division - CICESE

Research and study programs by the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada. Focus on seismology, geology and applied geophysics.
http://dct.cicese.mx/index_eng.htm

Georeferenced Population Data Sets of Mexico

From the Center for International Earth Science Information Network and the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center. Includes selected demographic and socioeconomic variables from INEGI. Files are available via ftp.
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mexico.html

Institute of Geophysics, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Research, investigation, services, publications, and graduate programs. Includes list of projects.
http://www.igeofcu.unam.mx/indexi.php

Nitrogen Fixation Research Center

Research programs offered by the UNAM with the goal of improving agricultural production.
http://www.cifn.unam.mx/

Quintana Roo Speleological Survey

Exploration, survey and cartography of the underwater caves of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Includes a geological history and composition of the Yucatan Peninsula.
http://www.caves.org/project/qrss/qrss.htm

SALSA Mexico Campaign

The Semi-Arid Land-Surface Atmosphere project's "Mexico Campaign" focuses on two research sites including the Sonora-U.S. border to conduct an intensive field campaign to measure upland water and energy fluxes.
http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/salsa/research/research_1998/mexico_campaign/mexico_campaign.html