Caracterización fisicoquímica de suelo y agua para evaluar la salinidad en el acuífero La Misión, Baja California, México

Physicochemical characterization of soil and water to evaluate salinity in La Misión aquifer, Baja California, Mexico

Vanessa Inés González Riaño (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

El agua subterránea se considera uno de los recursos más importantes a nivel mundial en los sectores de agua potable y agricultura, sobre todo en regiones áridas y semiáridas donde no solo hay menos precipitación sino una elevada evaporación que podría afectar la salinización del suelo y el agua debido a su estrecha relación. El trabajo tiene como objetivo evaluar el tipo de salinidad en el acuífero La Misión, Baja California, a partir del análisis fisicoquímico de suelo y agua subterránea bajo la hipótesis de que existe una relación en la presencia de fases minerales salinas del suelo y las concentraciones de sales en el agua del acuífero. Para ello, se recolectaron y caracterizaron fisicoquímicamente 19 muestras de suelo y agua subterránea en temporada de estiaje (2022) y lluvias (2023) utilizando estadísticas multivariadas y análisis hidrogeoquímicos. Además, se analizaron las fases minerales presentes en el suelo con Difracción de Rayos X (DRX). Los resultados mostraron que el contenido de sólidos disueltos totales en el agua disminuye conforme los sitios se alejan de la línea de costa. De manera general y considerando la composición química de las aguas, éstas se clasifican como ligeramente salinas con pH entre 5.5 y 8.3, y temperaturas entre 15 y 40 °C. Los diagramas de Piper y Chadha mostraron que predominan dos tipos de facies hidroquímicas en el acuífero: Ca-Mg-SO4/Cl y Na-Cl y el diagrama de Gibbs muestra que prevalecen los procesos por meteorización de las rocas y evaporación (500% mayor que la precipitación media anual). De acuerdo con la conductividad eléctrica, pH, porcentaje de sodio intercambiable y la relación de adsorción de sodio en el agua, los suelos superficiales del acuífero en su totalidad son suelos no salinos y no sódicos, además, el análisis de DRX no detectó fases minerales salinas en el suelo. Finalmente, se encontró que la actividad agrícola, el uso de fertilizantes, el hidrotermalismo, la evaporación y la geología podrían estar causando la salinidad del agua subterránea en el área de estudio.

Groundwater is considered one of the most important resources of drinking water worldwide as well as the agriculture sectors, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Where there is not only less precipitation but also high evaporation rates that could affect soil and water salinization due to their close relationship. The objective of this work is to evaluate the type of salinity in La Misión aquifer, Baja California, based on the physicochemical analysis of soil and groundwater. Under the hypothesis that there is a relationship between the presence of saline mineral phases in the soil and the concentrations of salts in the aquifer’s water. For this purpose, 19 soil and groundwater samples were collected and physicochemically characterized during the dry season (2022) and rainy season (2023) using multivariate statistics and hydrogeochemical analysis. In addition, the mineral phases present in the soil were analyzed with X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the content of total dissolved solids in the water decreases as the sites are farer from the coastline. In general, and considering the chemical composition of the waters, they are classified as slightly saline with pH between 5.5 and 8.3, and temperatures between 15 and 40 °C. The Piper and Chadha diagrams showed that two types of hydrochemical facies predominate in the aquifer: Ca-Mg-SO4/Cl and Na-Cl. The Gibbs diagram shows that rock weathering and evaporation processes prevail (500% greater than average annual precipitation). According to the electrical conductivity, pH, percentage of exchangeable sodium and the sodium adsorption ratio in water, the surface soils of the aquifer as a whole are non-saline and non-sodic soils. The XRD analysis did not detect saline mineral phases in the soil. Finally, it was found that agricultural activity, fertilizer use, hydrothermalism, evaporation and geology could be causing groundwater salinity in the study area.

hidrogeoquímica, Difracción de Rayos X, RAS, PSI hydrogeochemistry, X Ray Diffraction, ESP, SAR CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO CIENCIAS DEL SUELO (EDAFOLOGÍA) FÍSICA DE SUELOS FÍSICA DE SUELOS

El verdín y sus implicaciones en los cenotes de Yucatán

Juan Manuel Arana Ravell (2022, [Artículo])

La población nativa yucateca ha utilizado el término “verdín” para referirse a los crecimientos masivos de algas microscópicas en paredes o en los cenotes, siendo estos últimos los cuerpos de agua predominantes de la región. Su constante aparición en estos ecosistemas acuáticos no solo representa una alteración de su estado estético, sino una potencial amenaza al recurso hídrico, del cual la población hace uso.

AGUAS CONTINENTALES AGUA VERDE CONTAMINACION EUTROFIZACION MICROALGAS PENINSULA DE YUCATAN CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO HIDROLOGÍA AGUAS SUBTERRÁNEAS AGUAS SUBTERRÁNEAS

Effects of geostrophic kinetic energy on the distribution of mesopelagic fish larvae in the southern Gulf of California in summer/fall stratified seasons

FERNANDO CONTRERAS CATALA (2016, [Artículo])

Effects of geostrophic kinetic energy flux on the three-dimensional distribution of fish larvae of mesopelagic species (Vinciguerria lucetia, Diogenichthys laternatus, Benthosema panamense and Triphoturus mexicanus) in the southern Gulf of California during summer and fall seasons of stronger stratification were analyzed. The greatest larval abundance was found at sampling stations in geostrophic kinetic energy-poor areas (<7.5 J/m3), where the distribution of the dominant species tended to be stratified. Larvae of V. lucetia (average abundance of 318 larvae/10m2) and B. panamense (174 larvae/10m2) were mostly located in and above the pycnocline (typically ∼ 40 m depth). In contrast, larvae of D. laternatus (60 larvae/10m2) were mainly located in and below the pycnocline. On the other hand, in sampling stations from geostrophic kinetic energy-rich areas (> 21 J/m3), where mesoscale eddies were present, the larvae of the dominant species had low abundance and were spread more evenly through the water column, in spite of the water column stratification. For example, in a cyclonic eddy, V. lucetia larvae (34 larvae/10m2) extended their distribution to, at least, the limit of sampling 200 m depth below the pycnocline, while D. laternatus larvae (29 larvae/10m2) were found right up to the surface, both probably as a consequence mixing and secondary circulation in the eddy. Results showed that the level of the geostrophic kinetic energy flux affects the abundance and the three-dimensional distribution of mesopelagic fish larvae during the seasons of stronger stratification, indicating that areas with low geostrophic kinetic energy may be advantageous for feeding and development of mesopelagic fish larvae because of greater water column stability. © 2016 Contreras-Catala et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Article, autumn, Benthosema panamense, Diogenichthys laternatus, environmental factor, environmental parameters, fish, geographic distribution, geostrophic kinetic energy, hydrography, larva, nonhuman, population abundance, population dispersion, pop CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Maintenance of Coastal Surface Blooms by Surface Temperature Stratification and Wind Drift

MARY CARMEN RUIZ DE LA TORRE (2013, [Artículo])

Algae blooms are an increasingly recurrent phenomenon of potentially socio-economic impact in coastal waters globally and in the coastal upwelling region off northern Baja California, Mexico. In coastal upwelling areas the diurnal wind pattern is directed towards the coast during the day. We regularly found positive Near Surface Temperature Stratification (NSTS), the resulting density stratification is expected to reduce the frictional coupling of the surface layer from deeper waters and allow for its more efficient wind transport. We propose that the net transport of the top layer of approximately 2.7 kilometers per day towards the coast helps maintain surface blooms of slow growing dinoflagellate such as Lingulodinium polyedrum. We measured: near surface stratification with a free-rising CTD profiler, trajectories of drifter buoys with attached thermographs, wind speed and direction, velocity profiles via an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, Chlorophyll and cell concentration from water samples and vertical migration using sediment traps. The ADCP and drifter data agree and show noticeable current shear within the first meters of the surface where temperature stratification and high cell densities of L. polyedrum were found during the day. Drifters with 1m depth drogue moved towards the shore, whereas drifters at 3 and 5 m depth showed trajectories parallel or away from shore. A small part of the surface population migrated down to the sea floor during night thus reducing horizontal dispersion. The persistent transport of the surface bloom population towards shore should help maintain the bloom in favorable environmental conditions with high nutrients, but also increasing the potential socioeconomic impact of the blooms. The coast wise transport is not limited to blooms but includes all dissolved and particulate constituents in surface waters. © 2013 Ruiz-de la Torre et al.

chlorophyll, algal bloom, article, cell count, cell density, coastal waters, controlled study, dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium polyedrum, meteorological phenomena, Mexico, near surface temperature stratification, nonhuman, nutrient concentration, popul CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Freshwater exchanges and surface salinity in the Colombian basin, Caribbean Sea

Emilio Beier (2017, [Artículo])

Despite the heavy regional rainfall and considerable discharge of many rivers into the Colombian Basin, there have been few detailed studies about the dilution of Caribbean Surface Water and the variability of salinity in the southwestern Caribbean. An analysis of the precipitation, evaporation and runoff in relation to the climate variability demonstrates that although the salt balance in the Colombian Basin overall is in equilibrium, the area south of 12N is an important dilution sub-basin. In the southwest of the basin, in the region of the Panama-Colombia Gyre, Caribbean Sea Water is diluted by precipitation and runoff year round, while in the northeast, off La Guajira, its salinity increases from December to May by upwelling. At the interannual scale, continental runoff is related to El Niño Southern Oscillation, and precipitation and evaporation south of 12°N are related to the Caribbean Low Level Jet. During El Niño years the maximum salinification occurs in the dry season (December-February) while in La Niña years the maximum dilution (or freshening), reaching La Guajira Coastal Zone, occurs in the wet season (September-November). © 2017 Beier et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

sea water, fresh water, Article, Caribbean, dilution, dry season, El Nino, environmental parameters, evaporation, freshwater exchange, geographic distribution, molecular weight, oscillation, precipitation, river basin, salinity, seasonal variation, s CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Dipole-wind interactions under gap wind jet conditions in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico: A surface drifter and satellite database analysis

MAURO WILFRIDO SANTIAGO GARCIA (2019, [Artículo])

Gap wind jets (Tehuano winds) trigger supersquirts of colder water and mesoscale asymmetric dipoles in the Gulf of Tehuantepec (GT). However, the effects of successive gap wind jets on dipoles and their effects inside eddies have not yet been studied. Based on the wind fields, geostrophic currents, and surface drifter dispersion, this research documented three dipoles triggered and modified by Tehuano winds. Once a dipole develops, successive gap wind jets strengthen the vortices, and the anticyclonic eddy migrates southwestward while the cyclonic eddy is maintained on the east side of the GT. During the wind relaxation stage, the cyclonic eddy may propagate westward, but due to the subsequent re-intensification of the Tehuano winds, the vortex could break down, as was suggested by surface drifter dispersion pattern and geostrophic field data. The effect of the Tehuano winds was evaluating via eddy-Ekman pumping. Under Tehuano wind conditions, Ekman downwelling (upwelling) inside the anticyclonic (cyclonic) eddies may reach ~ -2.0 (0.5) m d-1 and decrease as the wind weakens. In the absence of Tehuano winds, Ekman downwelling inside the anticyclonic eddy was ~ 0.1 (-0.1) m d-1. The asymmetry of downwelling and upwelling inside eddies during Tehuano wind events may be associated with Tehuano wind forcing. © 2019 Santiago-García et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

article, dipole, leisure, Mexico, cold, ecosystem, factual database, geographic mapping, hurricane, Mexico, satellite imagery, season, water flow, wind, sea water, Cold Temperature, Cyclonic Storms, Databases, Factual, Ecosystem, Geographic Mapping, CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Agricultura, agua y cambio climático en zonas áridas de México

SALVADOR EMILIO LLUCH COTA JUAN ALBERTO VELAZQUEZ ZAPATA César Nieto Delgado (2022, [Artículo])

"En este artículo se expone cómo a pesar de que la ciencia y la tecnología han permitido aumentar históricamente la productividad agrícola, hoy día existen grandes retos derivados del cambio climático y la crisis global de abastecimiento de agua. Se comentan algunas medidas de adaptación y manejo del recurso agua, con algunas referencias a nuestra realidad nacional, y se argumenta cómo el enfoque de Nexo, que implica la toma de decisiones sobre el uso del recurso agua de forma transectorial, representa una alternativa de adaptación al cambio climático."

Cambio climático, agricultura, agua, Nexo, adaptación Climate change, agriculture, water, nexus, adaptation CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO CLIMATOLOGÍA CLIMATOLOGÍA REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGÍA REGIONAL

Sismograma de la estación Pico de Orizaba.

Servicio Sismológico Nacional (IGEF-UNAM) (2009, [Event])

Entrada Mayo 30, 2015 at 12:53 p.m. (GMT) / Salida Mayo 31, 2015 at 10:29 a.m. (GMT)

Estación telemática que envía su señal a la estación central localizada en el Instituto de Geofísica de la UNAM y pertenece a la red sismológica convencional.

Componente Z.

Sismología Sismología Sismología CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO GEOFÍSICA SISMOLOGÍA Y PROSPECCIÓN SÍSMICA

Sismograma de la estación Pico de Orizaba.

Servicio Sismológico Nacional (IGEF-UNAM) (2009, [Event])

Entrada Marzo 16, 2009 at 12:22 p.m. (GMT) / Salida Marzo 17, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. (GMT)

Estación telemática que envía su señal a la estación central localizada en el Instituto de Geofísica de la UNAM y pertenece a la red sismológica convencional.

Componente Z.

Sismología Sismología Sismología CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO GEOFÍSICA SISMOLOGÍA Y PROSPECCIÓN SÍSMICA

Sismograma de la estación Popocatépetl.

Servicio Sismológico Nacional (IGEF-UNAM) (2009, [Event])

Entrada Julio 02, 2015 at 12:12 p.m. (GMT) / Salida Julio 03, 2015 at 11:51 a.m. (GMT)

Estación telemática que envía su señal a la estación central localizada en el Instituto de Geofísica de la UNAM y pertenece a la red sismológica convencional.

Componente E-W.

Sismología Sismología Sismología CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO GEOFÍSICA SISMOLOGÍA Y PROSPECCIÓN SÍSMICA