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Gloria Cecilia Arancibia Hernández

Profesora Titular

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Microstructure, mineralogy and fluid-fracture interaction of deformation processes; Structural geology and Tectonics applied to geological resources and geological hazards; Isotopic geochronology; Geochemistry; Geothermal exploration

Educación

  •  Ph D Sciences in Geology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2002
  •  Geologist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1998
  •  of Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1996

Experiencia Académica

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - At present

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2022

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Consulting Geologist Other

    Compañía Minera Talcuna

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Consulting Geologist Other

    Aurum Consultores

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Consulting Geologist Other

    SBX Consultores

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Consulting Geologist Other

    Compañía Minera Cielo Azul Ltda

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2007

  •   Conicyt Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería

    Santiago, Chile

    2003 - 2006

Formación de Capital Humano


i.- Investigadores Postdoctorados

Investigadora patrocinante del Dr. Eduardo Molina (Universidad de Granada) en Pontificia Universidad Católica (2017-2019).

Investigadora patrocinante de la Dra. Camila Pineda (Universidad de Chile) en Pontificia Universidad Católica (2023-2026).

ii.- Alumnos graduados de Doctorado

Co-guía de Tesis de Pablo Sánchez, Doctorado en Ciencias, Mención Geología, Universidad de Chile, graduado en julio de 2015.

Guía de Tesis de Rodrigo Gomila, Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduado en julio de 2018.

Co-guía de Tesis de Matías Taucare, Doctorado en Ciencias, Mención Geología, Universidad de Chile, graduado en mayo de 2020.

Guía de Tesis de Gert Heuser, Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduado en diciembre de 2021.

Guía de Tesis de Tomás Roquer, Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduado en enero de 2022.

iii.- Alumnos graduados Magister

Guía de Tesis de Tomás Roquer, Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduado en noviembre de 2016.

Guía de Tesis de Josefa Sepúlveda, Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduada en enero de 2019.

Guía de Tesis de Sofía Lagarrigue, Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduada en junio de 2019.

Co-Guía de Tesis de Ronny Figueroa, Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduado en enero de 2020.

Guía de Tesis de Isa Oyarzo, Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica, graduada en julio de 2024.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Juvenis Excellenti

    Geological Society of Chile

    Chile, 2003

    Award given by the Geological Society of Chile every three years, to the most outstanding young geocientist in the national professional and/or scientific field.

  •   National Award 2002 for the best Doctoral Thesis in Sciences

    Chilean Academy of Sciences

    Chile, 2002

    Annual national award for the best Doctoral Thesis in the area of Sciences (year 2002), awarded for the first time to someone from Geology

  •   Honorary staff (visiting professor)

    UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

    Reino Unido, 2023

    I have an honorary staff appointment at the University of Liverpool as a visiting professor until 2025.


 

Article (54)

Magmatism and Polyphase Deformation in the Middle Jurassic Arc of Central Chile: Implications for the Tectonic Development of the Early Andean Margin
Sodic-calcic alteration and transpressional shear along the Atacama fault system during IOCG mineralization, Copiapo, Chile
Fault-driven differential exhumation in a transpressional strike-slip tectonic setting: a combined microstructural and thermochronological approach from the Southern Andes (39ºS).
Fluid-Assisted Aggregation and Assembly of Magnetite Microparticles in the Giant El Laco Iron Oxide Deposit, Central Andes
Hydrothermal Alteration in the Nevados de Chillan Geothermal System, Southern Andes: Multidisciplinary Analysis of a Fractured Reservoir
Multi-scale flow structure of a strike-slip tectonic setting: A self-similar model for the Liquine-Ofqui Fault System and the Andean Transverse Faults, Southern Andes (39-40 degrees S)
Selective reactivation of inherited fault zones driven by stress field changes: Insights from structural and paleostress analysis of the Pocuro Fault Zone, Southern Central Andes (32.8 degrees S)
Shallow anatomy of hydrothermal systems controlled by the Liquin?e-Ofqui Fault System and the Andean Transverse Faults: Geophysical imaging of fluid pathways and practical implications for geothermal exploration
Sinistral shear during Middle Jurassic emplacement of the Matancilla Plutonic Complex in northern Chile (25.4 degrees S) as evidence of oblique plate convergence during the early Andean orogeny
Deciphering groundwater flow-paths in fault-controlled semiarid mountain front zones (Central Chile)
Magnitude, timing, and rate of slip along the Atacama fault system, northern Chile: implications for Early Cretaceous slip partitioning and plate convergence
Quantitative anisotropies of palaeopermeability in a strike-slip fault damage zone: Insights from micro-CT analysis and numerical simulations
Connectivity of fractures and groundwater flows analyses into the Western Andean Front by means of a topological approach (Aconcagua Basin, Central Chile)
Digital Rock Approach to Model the Permeability in an Artificially Heated and Fractured Granodiorite from the Liquine Geothermal System (39 degrees S)
Exploring the shallow geothermal resources in the Chilean Southern Volcanic Zone: Insight from the Liquine thermal springs
Groundwater resources and recharge processes in the Western Andean Front of Central Chile
Seismicity in a Transpressional Volcanic Arc: The Liquine-Ofqui Fault System in the Puyuhuapi Area, Southern Andes, Chile (44 degrees S)
The effect of axial stress in maximum sustainable fluid pressure in Andersonian and non-Andersonian crust: A field-based numerical study from the Southern Andes (39 degrees S)
The evolution of the Dominga Fe-Cu deposit (northern Chile): Insights from mineral textures and micro-CT analysis
The geometry, kinematics, and timing of deformation along the southern segment of the Paposo fault zone, Atacama fault system, northern Chile
The Relationship Between Magmatism and Deformation Along the Intra-arc Strike-Slip Atacama Fault System, Northern Chile
Thermo-mechanical behavior of a granodiorite from the Liquine fractured geothermal system (39 degrees S) in the Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes
Timing, Kinematics, and Displacement of the Taltal Fault System, Northern Chile: Implications for the Cretaceous Tectonic Evolution of the Andean Margin
Crustal faults in the Chilean Andes: geological constraints and seismic potential
Palaeopermeability anisotropy and geometrical properties of sealed-microfractures from micro-CT analyses: An open-source implementation
Fault-controlled development of shallow hydrothermal systems=> structural and mineralogical insights from the Southern Andes
Fracture network, fluid pathways and paleostress at the Tolhuaca geothermal field
Geochemistry of thermal waters in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile - Implications for structural controls on geothermal fluid composition
Structural Systems and Paragenetic Assemblages at the Dominga Fe-Cu Deposit=> Tectono-Metallogenic Evolution
Exploring the structural controls on helium, nitrogen and carbon isotope signatures in hydrothermal fluids along an intra-arc fault system
Palaeopermeability structure within fault-damage zones: A snap-shot from microfracture analyses in a strike-slip system
Physical, chemical and mineralogical evolution of the Tolhuaca geothermal system, southern Andes, Chile: Insights into the interplay between hydrothermal alteration and brittle deformation
Tectonics, magmatism and paleo-fluid distribution in a strike-slip setting: Insights from the northern termination of the Liquine-Ofqui fault System, Chile
The optimal windows for seismically-enhanced gold precipitation in the epithermal environment
Constructing forearc architecture over megathrust seismic cycles: Geological snapshots from the Maule earthquake region, Chile
Deformation and magma transport in a crystallizing plutonic complex, Coastal Batholith, central Chile
Stress fields recorded on large-scale strike-slip fault systems: Effects on the tectonic evolution of crustal slivers during oblique subduction
Hydrothermal alteration in an exhumed crustal fault zone: Testing geochemical mobility in the Caleta Coloso Fault, Atacama Fault System, Northern Chile
Crustal deformation effects on the chemical evolution of geothermal systems: the intra-arc Liquine-Ofqui fault system, Southern Andes
Development of a self-similar strike-slip duplex system in the Atacama Fault system, Chile
Nature and tectonic significance of co-seismic structures associated with the Mw 8.8 Maule earthquake, central-southern Chile forearc
Peraluminous Grenvillian TTG in the Sierra de Pie de Palo, Western Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: Petrology, geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenetic implications
Tectonic significance and hydrothermal fluid migration within a strike-slip duplex fault-vein network: an example from the Atacama Fault System.
Textural variations and chemical mobility during mylonitization: The El Tigre granitoid shear zone, Sierra de Pie de Palo, western Sierras Pampeanas, San Juan [Variaciones texturales y movilidad geoquímica asociadas a milonitización: La zona de cizalla del granitoide El Tigre, Sierra de Pie de Palo, Sierras Pampeanas Occidentales, San Juan.]
Geochronology of the Lower Cretaceous volcanism from the Coastal Range (29 degrees 20'-30 degrees S), Chile
P-T-t evolution of an Early Silurian medium-grade shear zone on the west side of the Famatinian magmatic arc, Argentina: Implications for the assembly of the Western Gondwana margin
Ar-40/Ar-39 and K-Ar geochronology of magmatic and hydrothermal events in a classic low-suphidation epithermal bonanza deposit: El Penon, northern Chile
K-Ar and Ar-40/Ar-39 geochronology of supergene processes in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile: tectonic and climatic relations
Compositional variations of syntectonic white-mica in low-grade ignimbritic mylonite
Fault zone development and strain partitioning in an extensional strike-slip duplex: A case study from the Mesozoic Atacama fault system, Northern Chile
Precipitation by depressurization and boiling in veins hosted in an extensional strike-slip duplex: microstructural and microthermometric evidence.
Mid-cretaceous crustal shortening: evidence from a regional-scale ductile shear zone in the Costal Range of central Chile (32 degrees S)
Late Cenozoic transpressional ductile deformation north of the Nazca-South America-Antarctica triple junction
Transpresión dextral y partición de la deformación en la Zona de Falla Liquiñe-Ofqui, región de Aysén (44º a 45º Lat. S)

Monograph (1)

Fluid inclusion evidence of co-seismic fluid flow induced by dynamic rupture

Proyecto (26)

El complejo Volcánico Nevados de Chillán como un sistema magmático múltiple controlado estructuralmente; una mirada desde las melt inclusions
Mineralogical and Structural Controls on Lithium Distribution and Extraction
Exploring hydrothermal alteration mineralogy and fluid flow properties to generate next generation conceptual models of fractured geothermal systems
Fluid flow in a variably fractured system: a revealing fracture network example from the Nevados de Chillán Volcanic Complex
Fault-controlled permeability and fluid flow in low-porosity crystalline rocks=> A multi-scale approach for naturally fractured geothermal systems in Southern Chile
Implementación de un piloto de uso directo de Geotermia con enfoque productivo, para la zona cordillerana de la región de Los Ríos
Millennium Nucleus for Metal Tracing Along Subduction
Structural evolution of the Atacama fault system, northern Chile: Insights into rheology and strain in a magmatic arc during oblique convergence
Unraveling the structural control on geothermal reservoirs applying numerical simulations at San Felipe- Los Andes area (Chile) and Neapolitan geothermal district (Italy)
Decoding springs, groundwater and fractured rocks connections at the San Felipe Los Andes area (Aconcagua basin, Central Chile)
Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence - CEGA
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GEOSCIENCE NETWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN CHILE=> THE NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCE
Evolución geotectónica del Orógeno Famatiniano entre los 30º y 33º S, Sierras de San Luis-Valle Fértil-La Huerta-2ªEtapa=> Correlaciones petrológicas, estructurales, geoquímicas y geocronológicas
Millennium Nucleus for Metal Tracing Along Subduction.
Caracterización tridimensional interna de matrices mediante microtomografía computarizada de rayos X
The feedback between active tectonics, fluid flow and mineralization in an Andean geothermal reservoir=> A case study from the Tolhuaca system, southern Chile
PEDIMENT et CUIVRE SUPERGENE
Desarrollo de Plataforma de amenaza sísmica para el norte de Chile y propuesta de actualización de normas de diseño sismo-resistente=> Análisis de los efectos del terremoto del Maule 2010 y caracterización de terremotos tipo en el segmento Taltal-Arica
Centro de excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes- CEGA, Universidad de Chile.
Nature and significance of fault initiation and propagation at strike-slip fault tips=> a case study from the Atacama fault system, Central Andes
Dynamics, internal structures and substrata incorporation in Andean debris avalanches=> comparison between Central and Southern Andes case study.
Geological connection between west Antarctica and Patagonia since the late paleozoic=> tectonism, paleogeography, biogeography and paleoclima
Cambios texturales, mineralógicos y movilidad geoquímica asociados con fajas de cizallamiento dúctil, Sierras Pampeanas Occidentales, Provincia de San Juan
Termocronología 40Ar/39Ar en minerales de alteración hidrotermal, significado geológico y aplicación en la datación de eventos de mineralización=> El yacimiento de Au-Ag El Peñón, como caso de estudio.
The link between active deformation and hydrothermal fluid transport in magmatic arc setting=> a mineralized strike-slip duplex as a case study.
Datación de la deformación en milonitas de baja temperatura mediante 40Ar/39Ar con sonda láser=> El caso de la Zona de Falla Silla del Gobernador, región costera de Chile central (32ºS).
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Gloria Arancibia

Profesora Titular

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

20
Jose Cembrano

Profesor Titular

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

12
Diego Morata

Profesor Titular

Geologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

9
Tomás Roquer

Investigador

DICTUC

Santiago, Chile

5
Pamela Perez

Geólogo exploración - Investigadora

Geología

Consultoría e Investigación Geológico Ambiental Ltda.

Huasco, Chile

5
Eugenio Veloso

Profesor Asociado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

4
Martin Reich

Profesor Titular

Geología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Dolorinda Daniele

Profesora Asociada

Geologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Matías Taucare

Profesor Adjunto

Departamento de Geología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Benoit VIGUIER

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, Chile

3
Gabriel Gonzalez

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

3
Jorge Crempien

Assistant Professor

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Diego Aravena

Académico

Geología

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

3
Daniele Tardani

Associate Professor

Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, Chile

3
Erik Jensen

Investigador de Postodoctorado

Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

55 2355952, Chile

2
César Arriagada

Associate Professor

Geology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

2
Gonzalo Yañez

profesor asociado

estructuras y geotecnia

pontificia universidad catolica

Santiago, Chile

2
Esteban Saez

Associate Professor

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
DOMINGO MERY

Profesor Titular

Computación

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
eduardo campos

Profesor Asociado

Ciencias Geológicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Eduardo Contreras

Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFÍSICA

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ

ACADÉMICO

Ingeniería

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Felipe Aron

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Research Fellow

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Grupo de Geociencias

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Sepúlveda

Director Escuela de Ingeniería

UNIVERSIDAD DE O´HIGGINS

Rancagua, Chile

1
Sofia Rebolledo

Académico (JP)

Geología

Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y MatemáticasTO DE GEOLOGÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodrigo González

Professor Asociado

Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Pablo Valdenegro

Investigador

Departamento de Geología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Carlos Marquardt

Profesor asistente, investigador, Geólogo

Ingenieria de Mineria y EStructura y Geotecnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Jorge Sanhueza

Candidato a Doctor

Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Pedro de Oliveira Cordeiro

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería de Minería

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Jaime Araya

Investigador

Geología

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

1
Pablo Sanchez

Profesor asistente

Ciencias de la Tierra

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile