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Recent sedimentary processes in the Atrato River Delta – Colombia based on physicochemical characterization of surface sediments

CATENA, 2021
Abstract The Atrato River Delta (ARD) is a unique landform of the Colombian Caribbean shaped by the hydrologic and geological framework of the Colombian Pacific. This study analyses modern sedimentation in the ARD through grain size, mineral abundances, chemical weathering and concentrations of major and trace elements in 60 surface sediment samples ...
Liliana Betancurth, J. Cañón
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

A Postcolonial Marxist Critique of the River‐as‐Subject: Situating the Atrato River in Its Development Aporias

Antipode
In 2016, Colombia's Constitutional Court declared the Atrato River a subject with rights and named the river's environmental stewards. This article traces how various actors co‐produced the ruling and critically engages scholarly calls to theorise a ...
Diego Alejandro Melo‐Ascencio
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Iron, Copper, and Zinc in Some Fish Species of the Atrato River Delta, Colombian Caribbean

Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2017
AbstractThe concentrations of iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) were evaluated in 96 samples of the following eight fish species: Centropomus undecimalis, Caranx hippos, Scomberomorus brasiliensis, Lutjanus purpureus, Caranx crysos, Megalops atlanticus, Elops saurus, and Epinephelus itajara collected in the Atrato River Delta in the Gulf of Uraba ...
Julián Zuluaga Rodríguez, Claudia María Ramírez Botero, S. E. Gallego Ríos, G. Peñuela, Sara M. Macías, Beatriz Estella López Marín, Jenny Leal Flórez, C. M. Velásquez Rodríguez   +7 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Trace elements in sediments and fish from Atrato River: an ecosystem with legal rights impacted by gold mining at the Colombian Pacific.

Environmental Pollution, 2019
The Atrato watershed is a rainforest that supports exceptional wildlife species and is considered one of the most biodiversity-rich areas on the planet, currently threatened by massive gold mining.
Yuber Palacios-Torres, J. D. de la Rosa, J. Olivero-Verbel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Toward Resilient Rivers: Insights from the Kafue, Magdalena and Atrato River Basins in Zambia and Colombia

moombe K.B.
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Depositional setting and Facies of the Late Holocene sediments at the Atrato River Delta, Colombia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Liliana Betancurth, J. Cañón
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Take me to the River: have riverine rights enhanced community participation in environmental governance within the Atrato River basin?

The International Journal of Human Rights
Arlinton Cuesta Mosquera, Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta   +1 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Remarks concerning surveys of the Atrato River

Journal of the Franklin Institute
J. C. Trautwine
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Hematological alterations by gender and age linked to mercury exposure in residents of the Colombian Atrato River artisanal gold mining region.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
The Atrato River basin in western Colombia, one of the most biodiverse regions globally, faces severe mercury (Hg) contamination from artisanal gold mining.
Mirna Robledo-Moreno, Carlos Molina-Castaño, Carlos Salazar-Camacho, M. Salas-Moreno, Clelia Calao-Ramos, J. Marrugo-Negrete, Sergi Díez   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who can speak and listen to the Atrato river?

Civilisations
This article draws on the ethnography of a Colombian court case that led to the recognition of the rights of the Atrato River. Beyond the shift in the legal framework within which rights of nature claim to operate – from an anthropocentric to an ...
Sandrine Revet
semanticscholar   +1 more source