Would like to learn more about the geomorphology in this region.
Hi Genevieve,
Many folks have spent decades caving in various regions of Oaxaca. A good place to start searching for some information would be here:
http://www.amcs-pubs.org/
Is there a particular area you are interested in?
Benjamin
Thanks- I have seen this website before and none of the caves/dolines etc I have been to have been published it seems - some references to some of these caves etc online. I am just a novice in spelunking, and have a bit of experience with speleogy (as in examining caves for stalagmites) in this region.. However, I do not have equipment/team at this point, and would like to learn from others about the places they have explored in the Mixteca Alta region (thanks for pointing this out- I have changed the original question accordingly) to organize all of this information into a website. What I mean when I say information from others- a description of fhe doline for example- to discern if it was collapse or solution doline. Have a general geological map of the region as well.
You could contact the NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
located in Huntsville, Alabama, and ask the same question.
I'd suggest to contact Juan Pablo Bernal (Centro de Geociencias UNAM) or Laura Rosales-Lagarde (University of Nevada Las Vegas). You can google them very easily. They are experienced Mexican speleologists and scholars.
Genevieve
Google: National Speleological Society
click on: the second listing
click on: Find a Grotto
click on: Georgia
there are several listed in Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee,
Call and Ask questions
Cave exploration is not something you do alone.
For safety and a lot of other reasons, including
cold, wet, slippery , falls, Hypothermia, and
having fun, it is done in groups, and the groups
get you access to cavers, and professional people
that are interested in what you are interested in.
The Networking is very important.
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