**Acknowledgements**

A part of this research work reported in this chapter has been funded by the project "From traditional uses to an integrated valorisation of sediments in the Usumacinta river basin (VAL-USES)" from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche of France (ANR-17-CE03-0012-01) and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico (FONCICYT-290792).
