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Joseline Tapia

Investigadora Principal

Doctora en hidrología, hidroquímica, suelos y medioambiente de la Universidad Paul Sabatier, Francia. Doctora en Ciencias mención Geología, geóloga de la Universidad de Chile. Es académica de Geología y directora del programa de Doctorado en Ciencias mención Geología de la Universidad Católica del Norte.

Contacto: jtapia02@ucn.cl

Perfil científico.

Especialidad: Geoquímica aplicada, geoquímica ambiental y contaminantes inorgánicos.

2024 – P. Pérez-Portilla; A. Aránguiz-Acuña; H. Pizarro; A. Maldonado; J. Herrera; Joseline Tapia. Assessing the effects of long-term mining exploitation on a lacustrine system from the arid region of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Science of The Total Environment.

2024 – D. García; J. Tapia; J. Aguilera; C. Vega; P. Zúñiga; P. Lavin; L. Rojas; J. Valdés. Contamination of urban soils in a historical mining town of northern Chile. Environmental Earth Sciences.

2024 – Abhijit Mukherjee, Poulomee Coomar, Soumyajit Sarkar, Karen H. Johannesson, Alan E. Fryar, Madeline E. Schreiber, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Ayaz Alam, Prosun Bhattacharya, Jochen Bundschuh, William Burgess, Madhumita Chakraborty, Rachel Coyte, Abida Farooqi, Huaming Guo, Julian Ijumulana, Gh Jeelani, Debapriya Mondal, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Joel Podgorski, David A. Polya, Bridget R. Scanlon, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Joseline Tapia & Avner Vengosh. Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

2024 – Céline Lavergne; Léa Cabrol; Sara Cuadros-Orellana; Carolina Quinteros-Urquieta; Alexandra Stoll; Carolina Yáñez; Joseline Tapia; Julieta Orlando; Claudia Rojas. Rising awareness to improve conservation of microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems: advances and future directions in soil microbial diversity from Chile and the Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Environmental Science.

2023 – Jesica Murray; Joseline Tapia; Mauricio Ormachea; Noemi Tirado; D. Kirk Nordstrom. Towards a comprehensive understanding of the “Origin, distribution, and biogeochemistry of arsenic in the Altiplano-Puna plateau of South America” with the IGCP-707 project. Episodes.

2023 – Jesica Murray; Silvina Guzmán; Joseline Tapia; D. Kirk Nordstrom. Silicic volcanic rocks, a main regional source of geogenic arsenic in waters: Insights from the Altiplano-Puna plateau, Central Andes. Chemical Geology

2023 -Pablo Paquis; Martha B. Hengst; July Z. Florez; Joseline Tapia; Verónica Molina; Vilma Pérez; Coral Pardo-Esté. Short-term characterisation of climatic-environmental variables and microbial community diversity in a high-altitude Andean wetland (Salar de Huasco, Chile). Science of The Total Environment.

2022 Joseline Tapia; Abhijit Mukherjee; María Pía Rodríguez; Jesica Murray; Prosun Bhattacharya. Role of tectonics and climate on elevated arsenic in fluvial systems: Insights from surface water and sediments along regional transects of Chile. Environmental Pollution.

2022Joseline Tapia; Jesica Murray; Mauricio Ormachea-Muñoz; Prosun Bhattacharya. The Unique Altiplano-Puna Plateau: Environmental Perspectives. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2022J. Tapia; S. Audry; J. Murray; P. Bhattacharya; M. Ormachea-Muñoz; I. Quino-Lima; D.K. Nordstrom. The solid-state partitioning, distribution, and mineralogical associations of arsenic and antimony: Integrated findings from the Altiplano Puna, South America and international comparisons. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2021 – Pablo Aran; Pablo Aguilar; Thomas Bowen; Matthew Farson; Joseline Tapia; Lara Vimercati; John L. Darcy; Adam J. Solon; Dorota Porazinska; Steven K. Schmidt et al. Insights into an undescribed high‐elevation lake (6,170 m a.s.l.) on Volcán Llullaillaco: A physical and microbiological view. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

2021 – Jochen Bundschuh; Maria Aurora Armienta; Nury Morales-Simfors; Mohammad Ayaz Alam; Dina L. López; Valeria Delgado Quezada; Sebastian Dietrich; Jerusa Schneider; Joseline Tapia; Ondra Sracek et al. Arsenic in Latin America: New findings on source, mobilization and mobility in human environments in 20 countries based on decadal research 2010-2020. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology.

2021 Joseline Tapia. Biogeochemistry of plant essential mineral nutrients across rock, soil, water and fruits in vineyards of Central Chile. CATENA.

2021Joseline Tapia. Naturally elevated arsenic in the Altiplano-Puna, Chile and the link to recent (Mio-Pliocene to Quaternary) volcanic activity, high crustal thicknesses, and geological structures. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2020 – Nury Morales-Simfors; Jochen Bundschuh; Indika Herath; Claudio Inguaggiato; Alberto T. Caselli; Joseline Tapia; Fredy Erlingtton Apaza Choquehuayta; María Aurora Armienta; Mauricio Ormachea; Erouscilla Joseph et al. Arsenic in Latin America: A critical overview on the geochemistry of arsenic originating from geothermal features and volcanic emissions for solving its environmental consequences. Science of The Total Environment.

2020Joseline Tapia; Stéphane Audry; Pieter van Beek. Natural and anthropogenic controls on particulate metal(loid) deposition in Bolivian highland sediments, Lake Uru Uru (Bolivia). The Holocene.

2019Tapia, J.; Rodríguez, M.P.; Castillo, P.; Guerrero, N.; Rodríguez, C.; Valdés, A.; Townley, B.; Fuentes, G. Arsenic and Copper in Chile and the Development of Environmental Standards. Chile Environmental History, Perspectives and Challenges.

2019 – Valdés, J.; Tapia, J.S. Spatial monitoring of metals and As in coastal sediments of northern Chile: An evaluation of background values for the analysis of local environmental conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

2019J. Tapia; J. Murray; M. Ormachea; N. Tirado; D.K. Nordstrom. Origin, distribution, and geochemistry of arsenic in the Altiplano-Puna plateau of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Perú. Science of The Total Environment.

2019 – Violeta Tolorza; C. H. Mohr; S. Carretier; A. Serey; S. A. Sepúlveda; J. Tapia; L. Pinto. Suspended Sediments in Chilean Rivers Reveal Low Postseismic Erosion After the Maule Earthquake (Mw 8.8) During a Severe Drought. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

2018J. Tapia; R. González; B. Townley; V. Oliveros; F. Álvarez; G. Aguilar; A. Menzies; M. Calderón. Geology and geochemistry of the Atacama Desert. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

2018Joseline S. Tapia; Jorge Valdés; Rodrigo Orrego; Andrei Tchernitchin; Cristina Dorador; Aliro Bolados; Chris Harrod. Geologic and anthropogenic sources of contamination in settled dust of a historic mining port city in northern Chile: health risk implications. PeerJ.

2018 Joseline Tapia. Assessment of geologic programs in higher educational institutions of Chile. International Journal of Educational Development.

2018 – J. Tapia; J. Davenport; B. Townley; C. Dorador; B. Schneider; V. Tolorza; W. von Tümpling. Sources, enrichment, and redistribution of As, Cd, Cu, Li, Mo, and Sb in the Northern Atacama Region, Chile: Implications for arid watersheds affected by mining. Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

2016Tapia, J.; Menzies, A.; Dorador, C.; Cornejo, D. The distribution of arsenic and arsenic-bearing minerals in basins of the Northern Atacama region, Chile. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability – Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, AS 2016.

2016 –  Joseline Tapia; Brian Townley; Loreto Córdova; Fernando Poblete; César Arriagada. Hydrothermal alteration and its effects on the magnetic properties of Los Pelambres, a large multistage porphyry copper deposit. Journal of Applied Geophysics.

2013J. Tapia; Audry S. Control of early diagenesis processes on trace metal (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and U) and metalloid (As, Sb) behaviors in mining- and smelting-impacted lacustrine environments of the Bolivian Altiplano. Applied Geochemistry.

2012J. Tapia; S. Audry; B. Townley; J. L. Duprey. Geochemical background, baseline and origin of contaminants from sediments in the mining-impacted Altiplano and Eastern Cordillera of Oruro, Bolivia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis.

Graduados

Licenciatura
Geología – Universidad Católica del Norte

Valeria Cortés (2024) – Movilidad y especiación de arsénico en aguas del río Lauca, Chile.