Publicación:

Determinación de las concentraciones de elementos traza metálicos en dos lagunas de la parte alta de la cuenca Sevilla en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Resumen

This research report describes the activities developed within the framework of the internship of the DETERMINATION OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF METALLIC TRACE ELEMENTS FROM SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF HIGH MOUNTAIN LAGOONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, belonging to the research group "Hydros" Water Resource Management and Basic Sanitation of the Faculty of Engineering. The internship included the analysis of water and sediment samples collected in two (2) of the lagoons of the upper part of the Sevilla basin in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, with the purpose of knowing if these water bodies had any trace of contamination, generated from the presence of metallic trace elements that may be altering the quality of these water resources. The methodology used for this analysis consisted of a systematic review of the internships previously developed to know the exact location and context of this research. Subsequently, a description of the sample collection campaign and the laboratory analysis for the determination of trace metals in the water samples collected and an analysis of the toxicological characteristics, origin, distribution, general uses and main alterations on the environment presented by these metals is carried out.