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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Lake Alchichica: History of Human Settlements -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Prehispanic Records -- 1.3 Colonial Period -- 1.4 19th and 20th Centuries -- References -- Chapter 2: Geological Evolution of the Alchichica Crater -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Regional Geological Setting -- 2.3 Maar Crater Lakes: Origin and Mechanisms of Formation -- 2.4 Volcanic Stratigraphy of the Alchichica Crater -- 2.5 Geological Evolution of the Alchichica Crater -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Paleoenvironmental Change in Central Mexico During the Last 20,000 Years -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Nature of Quaternary Climatic Variability -- 3.3 Overview of Paleoenvironmental Changes in Central Mexico Since the Last Glacial Maximum -- 3.3.1 Full Glacial (20,000 to 15,000 yr. BP) -- 3.3.2 Deglaciation (15,000-11,700 yr. BP) -- 3.3.3 Holocene (Last 11,700 yr. BP) -- 3.4 Lake Aljojuca: A Record of Climatic Variability During the Meghalayan in the Cuenca de Oriental -- References -- Chapter 4: Recent Climate of Serdán-Oriental Basin -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Climate in Serdán-Oriental Basin -- 4.3 Vegetation -- 4.4 Temperature and Precipitation Seasonality and Annual Variability -- References -- Chapter 5: Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Serdán-Oriental Basin and the Lake Alchichica -- 5.1 The Catchment Area: Surface and Groundwater -- 5.2 Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of Groundwater in the Vicinity of Lake Alchichica -- 5.3 Past and Present Hydrochemical Characteristics -- References -- Chapter 6: Meteorological Regime, Local Climate, and Hydrodynamics of Lake Alchichica -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Hydrodynamic Modeling in Lake Alchichica -- 6.2 Local Climatology -- 6.2.1 Variability from One Hour to a Day (2002-2005) -- 6.2.2 Synoptic Variability.