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    "tag": 17637,
    "title": "Geochemical data to characterize chemical water column properties of flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015",
    "pubdate": "20220915",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/P91D2OUN",
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    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/SB_data_release\/DR_P91D2OUN\/QuintanaRooCaves_GeochemData_2013-2015.faq.html",
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    "descript": "Natural cave passages penetrating coastal aquifers in the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control dissolved organic carbon and methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries, the region of aquifers where fresh and saline waters mix. Three field trips were carried out in December 2013, August 2014, and January 2015 to obtain 1) physicochemical and 2) geochemical data from the water column and 3) temporal records of water chemistry and hydrological parameters below and above the surface at three sites within the Ox Bel Ha cave (Cenote Jailhouse, Cenote Naach Wennen Ha, and Cenote Odyssey) and another cave (Cenote Crustacea). These efforts resulted in vertical physicochemical and geochemical profiles from the water column of the flooded caves from the region. In addition, the sampling resulted in temporal chemical and hydrological records of dissolved methane concentrations and chloride concentrations (used to calculate salinity) from August 2014 to January 2015, sampled by OsmoSamplers. The records encompass wet and dry seasons and include the impact of Tropical Storm Hanna during October 2014. Field activities were carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in conjunction with Texas AM University at Galveston.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Brankovits, David",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Pohlman, John W.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lapham, Laura L.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Casso, Michael A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mann, Adrian G.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "O'Keefe Suttles, Jennifer A.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
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            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "437",
            "name": "geochemistry",
            "scope": "Study of the distribution of chemical elements and natural compounds on the earth and in the atmosphere and the chemical processes that affect the earth."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "513",
            "name": "groundwater",
            "scope": "All water that exists beneath the land surface, but more commonly applied to water in fully saturated soils and geologic formations."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2031",
            "name": "karst",
            "scope": "Landscape characterized by dissolution features in carbonate or evaporite terranes, often containing caves and sinkholes."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "657",
            "name": "limnology",
            "scope": "Scientific study of the physical and biological characteristics of inland bodies of water such as lakes and ponds."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "818",
            "name": "ocean sciences",
            "scope": "Sciences involved in the study of geological, biological, chemical, and physical characteristics and processes of the oceans."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "007",
            "name": "environment",
            "scope": "Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "012",
            "name": "inlandWaters",
            "scope": "Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"
        }
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            "name": "https:\/\/www.sciencebase.gov\/catalog\/file\/get\/63069f18d34e3b967a8bd9cc?name=geochem.jpg&allowOpen=true",
            "description": "Salinity-property plots: methane concentration (CH4) and methane carbon isotopic composition (d13C-CH4) in Cenote Odyssey (Tulum, Mexico) in 2014 and 2015. Symbols of individual data points contain the uncertainty of the measured values."
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    ],
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