Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 66, núm. 1, 2014, p. 165-181 http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2014v66n1a12

Geofísica para la localización de Agua Subterránea en Ambientes Volcánicos Áridos de la Mesa Central. Caso La Dulcita, Villa de Ramos, San Luis Potosí, México

 Héctor López-Loera^1,*

¹ División de Geociencias Aplicadas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Lomas 4ª sección, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., 78216.

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Abstract

 One of the most important problems in arid zones is the one related to the exploration and exploitation of groundwater. This paper presents the air and ground magnetic method as a tool for locating zones associated with permeability (fracturing), by means of the interpretation of alignments and of air and ground domains. Based on these interpretations, electrical methods by sections and vertical electrical soundings are used to verify if the zones are correlated to the moisture underground. If both permeability and moisture are met, they are considered as zones with high probability of locating groundwater in the Mexican Central Mesa arid zones. The application of this methodology is presented in a rural population in the State of San Luis Potosí, where problems with the location of these resources exist.

Keywords: Geophysics, aeromagnetics, magnetics, susceptibility, resistivity, arid zones of the Mexican Central Mesa, groundwater.