Earth Sciences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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