Geochemistry of Waters from Tropical Karst Mountain of Western Cuba

The studies on geochemistry of the karstic waters, especially, those related to the classic system of chemical reactions CO2-H2O-CaCO3, have been fully developed in different karstic areas around the world, many of them to disembowel the mechanism and processes of the karstification. Some significant contributions, among others, developed in the tropical mountain karst of western Cuba are: studies about the chemico-physical behavior of the karstic waters of different hydrogeological natures and their typologies; studies about the chemical evolution of the karstic waters and the empiric relations among variables, parameters and physico-chemical indexes; quantitative estimations about the chemical denudation; the “prompt” work of hydrogeologic, chemico-physical and isotopic monitoring of the karstic waters in different hydrodynamic zones of the karst. This work offers information and brief analyses about the above mentioned, and pay attention to some cardinal problems, totally or partially not yet solved.