Implications of Lithium Mining – Salar de Atacama & Environs, Chile

A water fight in Chile’s Atacama raises questions on lithium mining  (Dave SHERWOOD, Reuters; October 18, 2018)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-lithium-insight/a-water-fight-in-chiles-atacama-raises-questions-over-lithium-mining-idUSKCN1MS1L8

Selected Research Articles:

Groundwater origin and recharge in the hyperarid Corderilla de la Costa, Atacama Desert, northern Chile  (HERRERA et al., 2018)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Herrera13/publication/321824910_Groundwater_origin_and_recharge_in_the_hyperarid_Cordillera_de_la_Costa_Atacama_Desert_northern_Chile/links/5a33cc12aca27247eddacdf3/Groundwater-origin-and-recharge-in-the-hyperarid-Cordillera-de-la-Costa-Atacama-Desert-northern-Chile.pdf

Sources, enrichment and redistribution of As, Cd, Cu, Li, Mo and Sb in the Northern Atacama Region:  Implications for arid watersheds affected by mining  (TAPIA et al., 2018)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375674217303540?via%3Dihub

Accepted Manuscript (TAPIA et al., 2017)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseline_Tapia/publication/320759773_Sources_enrichment_and_redistribution_of_As_Cd_Cu_Li_Mo_and_Sb_in_the_Northern_Atacama_Region_Implications_for_arid_watersheds_affected_by_mining/links/5a0b2c7ea6fdccc69eda094a/Sources-enrichment-and-redistribution-of-As-Cd-Cu-Li-Mo-and-Sb-in-the-Northern-Atacama-Region-Implications-for-arid-watersheds-affected-by-mining.pdf

 

Metal(loid)s Distribution in Northern Atacama Region Hydrological Basins  (TAPIA and VERDEJO, 2015)

https://www.appliedgeochemists.org/images/stories/IAGS_2015/Abstracts/27th%20IAGS_Tapia_Metalloids%20distribution%20in%20northern%20Atacama%20Region.pdf

Sources of surface water for the Suncor ecosystem, Salar de Atacama basin, northern Chile  (ORTIZ et al., 2014)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2013.829231?needAccess=true#aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8wMjYyNjY2Ny4yMDEzLjgyOTIzMT9uZWVkQWNjZXNzPXRydWVAQEAw

Mining Development and Environmental Injustice in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile  (ROMERO et al., 2012)

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/env.2011.0017

New and past geochemical data on fresh to brine water of the Salar de Atacama and Andean Altiplano, Northern Chile  (BOSCHETTI et al., 2007)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00159.x