Publicaciones y proyectos

• Lam-Esquenazi, E., Keith-Norambuena, B., Montofré-Bacigalupo, Í., et al. (2026). Rare Earth and Critical Elements in Chilean Copper Mine Tailings: A National Geochemical Screening of Public Survey Data. Minerals, 16(10), 966.
• Keith-Norambuena, B., Lam-Esquenazi, E., Montofré-Bacigalupo, Í., et al. (2026). Battery and Base Metals in Chilean Copper Mine Tailings: A National Screening of Cobalt, Nickel and Copper from Public Geochemical Data. Minerals, 16(9), 931.
• Ananganó-Alvarado, G., Lam-Esquenazi, E., Montofré-Bacigalupo, Í., et al. (2026). Beyond Traditional Methods: Machine Learning for Geochemical Baselines and Anomaly Detection. Minerals, 16(7), 700.
• Lam-Esquenazi, E., Tapia-Zamora, J., Keith-Norambuena, B., et al. (2026). Multi-Element Soil-Geochemistry Dataset, La Negra Formation, Chile. Geoscience Data Journal, 13(3), e70090.
• von Schuckmann, K., Godoy-Faúndez, A., Garçon, V., Muller-Karger, F. E., et al. (2026). Global ocean indicators: Marking pathways at the science-policy nexus. Marine Policy, 184, 106922.
• Álvez, A., Bustamante, W., Cavieres, L., Cordero, R. R., et al. (2026). Informe Temático: Nexo Agua-Energía-Alimentos en Chile: Ciencia y Políticas para una Gestión Sostenible.
• Álvez, A., Bustamante, W., Cavieres, L., Cordero, R. R., et al. (2026). Informe Temático. Nexo Océanos-Clima-Biodiversidad: Ciencia para la Adaptación Transformadora en la Zona Costera y Ecosistemas Terrestre y Marino de Chile.

• Lam, E. J., Keith, B., Bech, J., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., & Montofré, Í. L. (2025). Magnetic Properties as Proxies for Geochemical Prediction in Mining Tailings: A Semi-Supervised Spatial Approach. Minerals, 15(3), 197.
• Spring, M., Schröder, P., Popovici, A., O'Meara, N., Corsi, I., Aliani, S., et al. (2025). Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance. Nature Sustainability, 8(7), 728-730.
• McElwee, P. D., Harrison, P. A., van Huysen, T. L., et al. (2025). IPBES nexus assessment: Summary for policymakers. IPBES, Bonn.

• Zetola, V., Keith, B. F., Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., Rojas, R. J., Marín, J., & Becerra, M. (2024). From Mine Waste to Construction Materials: A Bibliometric Analysis of Mining Waste Recovery and Tailing Utilization in Construction. Sustainability, 16(23), 10314.
• Keith, B. F., Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., Zetola, V., & Bech, J. (2024). The scientific landscape of phytoremediation of tailings: a bibliometric and scientometric analysis. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 26(13), 2084-2102.
• Keith, B. F., Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., Zetola, V., Urrutia, J., Herrera, C., & Bech, J. (2024). Evaluation of the geochemical background of soil in a hyper-arid zone using a multivariate statistical methodology: The case of the city of Antofagasta in the Atacama Desert. Chemosphere, 366, 143472.
• Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., & Álvarez, F. A. (2024). Mining Sustainability: A Reality in Arid Zones. En V. C. Pandey (Ed.), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land (pp. 1-23). John Wiley & Sons.

• Lam, E. J., Keith, B. F., Bech, J., Gálvez, M. E., Rojas, R., Álvarez, F. A., Zetola, V., & Montofré, Í. L. (2023). An extension of the characteristic curve model of plant species behavior in heavy metal soils. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45(12), 9477-9494.
• Lam, E. J., Keith, B. F., Bech, J., Álvarez, F. A., Zetola, V., Pereira, L. H., & Montofré, Í. L. (2023). Characteristic curve modeling of plant species behavior in soils with heavy metals. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45(12), 8867-8880.
• Lam, E. J., Urrutia, J., Bech, J., Herrera, C., Montofré, Í. L., Zetola, V., Álvarez, F. A., & Cánovas, M. (2023). Heavy metal pollution index calculation in geochemistry assessment: a case study on Playa Las Petroleras. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45(2), 409-426.

• Lam, E. J., Bernardo-Sánchez, A., & Sokoła-Szewioła, V. (2022). Editorial for special issue "Risk assessment, management and control of mining contamination". Minerals, 12(8), 992.
• Dubash, N. K., Mitchell, C., Boasson, E. L., Borbor-Cordova, M. J., Fifita, S., et al. (2022). National and sub-national policies and institutions. En Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribución del Grupo de Trabajo III al Sexto Informe de Evaluación del IPCC (pp. 1355-1450).

• Montofré, Í. L., Lam, E. J., Ramírez, Y., & Gálvez, M. E. (2021). Evaluation of copper tailing amendments through poultry waste and ammonium nitrate. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 43(6), 2213-2230.
• Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., & Ramírez, Y. (2021). Mine tailings phytoremediation in arid and semiarid environments. En Phytorestoration of Abandoned Mining and Oil Drilling Sites (pp. 115-166).
• Swannell, R., de Wit, M., Godoy Faúndez, A., et al. (2021). The Role of Business in Moving from Linear to Circular Economies. GEO for Business Brief No. 2, PNUMA.

• Lam, E. J., Carle, R., González, R., Montofré, Í. L., Veloso, E. A., Bernardo, A., Cánovas, M., & Álvarez, F. A. (2020). A Methodology Based on Magnetic Susceptibility to Characterize Copper Mine Tailings. Minerals, 10(11), 939.
• Lam, E. J., Montofré, Í. L., Álvarez, F. A., Gaete, N. F., Poblete, D. A., & Rojas, R. J. (2020). Methodology to Prioritize Chilean Tailings Selection, According to Their Potential Risks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 3948.
• Lam, E. J., Zetola, V., Ramírez, Y., Montofré, Í. L., & Pereira, F. (2020). Making Paving Stones from Copper Mine Tailings as Aggregates. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2448.
• Guerra, C. F., Reyes-Bozo, L., Vyhmeister, E., Jaén Caparrós, M., Salazar, J. L., Godoy-Faúndez, A., et al. (2020). Viability analysis of underground mining machinery using green hydrogen as a fuel. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(8), 5112-5121.
• Godoy-Faúndez, A., Rivera, D., Aitken, D., Herrera, M., & El Youssfi, L. (2020). Circular economy in a water-energy-food security nexus associate to an SDGs framework: understanding complexities. En An Introduction to Circular Economy (pp. 219-239). Springer.
• Rivera, D., Pagliero, L., Pérez Murillo, G., McIntyre, N., Aitken, D., & Godoy, A. (2020). Informe Proyecto ARClim: Minería. Atlas de Riesgos Climáticos (ARClim), Ministerio del Medio Ambiente.
• Godfrid, J., Damonte, G., & Godoy Faúndez, A. (2020). Chile. Nuevos atributos en los protocolos de emergencia ambiental a considerar en el ámbito de la minería. Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE).

• Lam Esquenazi, E. J., Keith Norambuena, B. F., Montofré Bacigalupo, Í. L., et al. (2019). Necessity of intervention policies for tailings identified in the Antofagasta Region, Chile. Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental, 35(3), 515-539.

• • Lam, E. J., Keith, B. F., Montofré, Í. L., & Gálvez, M. E. (2018). Copper Uptake by Adesmia atacamensis in a Mine Tailing in an Arid Environment. Air, Soil and Water Research, 11, 1178622118812462.
  • Lam, E. J., Gálvez, M. E., Cánovas, M., Montofré, Í. L., & Keith, B. F. (2018). Assessment of the adaptive capacity of plant species in copper mine tailings in arid and semiarid environments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 18(6), 2203-2216.
  • Lam Esquenazi, E., Keith Norambuena, B., Montofré Bacigalupo, Í., & Gálvez Estay, M. (2018). Evaluation of soil intervention values in mine tailings in northern Chile. PeerJ, 6, e5879.

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• Lam, E. J., Cánovas, M., Gálvez, M. E., Montofré, Í. L., Keith, B. F., & Faz, Á. (2017). Evaluation of the phytoremediation potential of native plants growing on a copper mine tailing in northern Chile. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 182, 210-217.

• Lam, E. J., Gálvez, M. E., Cánovas, M., Montofré, Í. L., Rivero, D., & Faz, A. (2016). Evaluation of metal mobility from copper mine tailings in northern Chile. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(12), 11901-11915.