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Rodrigo Andrés Contreras Arratia

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Católica de Temuco

Temuco, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Educación

  •  Physical Sciences, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2008
  •  Geofísica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2013
  •  Earth Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. Reino Unido, 2020
  •  Docencia Universitaria por Competencias, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE TEMUCO. Chile, 2024
  •  Tsunamis en la Costa Pacífica de Sudamérica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2012

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE TEMUCO

    Temuco, Chile

    2023 - At present

  •   Seismologist Full Time

    THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

    St Augustine, Trinidad y Tobago

    2021 - 2023


 

Article (13)

Ergodic seismic precursors and transfer learning for short term eruption forecasting at data scarce volcanoes

Ardid, A; Dempsey, D.; Caudron C.; Cronin, S.; Kennedy B.; Girona T.; Román, D; Miller C.; Potter S.; Lamb O.D.; et al.

Article ISI
Nature Communications  (2025)

Petrological Evidence for Magma Mobilization Years Before the 2020/2021 Eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St. Vincent

Camejo-Harry, M.; Blundy J.; Mutch, EJF; Hudson T.; Kendall J.M.; Christopher, T.; Contreras-Arratia, R.; Latchman, JL; Henry L.

Article ISI
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems  (2025)

Analysis of magma flux and eruption intensity during the 2021 explosive activity at La Soufriere, St Vincent, West Indies

Sparks, Steve R. J.; Aspinall, Willy P.; Barclay, Jenni; Renfrew, Ian A.; Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Stewart, Rod; Joseph, EP; Barclay, J; Robertson, REA; Sparks, RSJ

Article ISI
2020-21 ERUPTION OF LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO, ST VINCENT  (2024)

Monitoring volcano deformation at La Soufriere, St Vincent during the 2020-21 eruption with insights into its magma plumbing system architecture

Camejo-Harry, Michal; Pascal, Karen; Euillades, Pablo; Grandin, Raphael; Hamling, Ian; Euillades, Leonardo; Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Ryan, Graham A.; Latchman, Joan L.; Lynch, Lloyd; et al.

Article ISI
2020-21 ERUPTION OF LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO, ST VINCENT  (2024)

SO<sub>2</sub> emissions during the 2021 eruption of La Soufriere, St Vincent, revealed with back-trajectory analysis of TROPOMI imagery

Esse, Ben; Burton, Mike; Hayer, Catherine; Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Christopher, Thomas; Joseph, Erouscilla P.; Varnam, Matthew; Johnson, Chris; Joseph, EP; Barclay, J; et al.

Article ISI
2020-21 ERUPTION OF LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO, ST VINCENT  (2024)

Tracking seismicity in an underfunded institution: The case of La Soufri`ere St Vincent volcanic eruption 2020-2021

Contreras-Arratia, R.; Chouet, B; Caudron C.; Nath N.; Balchan, A; Madoo, F; Ramsingh-Reddock, H

Article ISI
 (2024)

Are the earthquake locations reliable in caldera structures?

Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH  (2022)

Magma buoyancy drives rhyolitic eruptions: A tale from the VEI 5 2008-2009 Chaitén eruption (Chile) from seismological and geodetic data

Delgado F.; Contreras-Arratia, R.; Samsonov S.

Article SCOPUS
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS  (2022)

Responding to eruptive transitions during the 2020-2021 eruption of La Soufriere volcano, St. Vincent

Joseph, E. P.; Camejo-Harry, M.; Christopher, T.; Contreras-Arratia, R.; Edwards, S.; Graham, O.; Johnson, M.; Juman, A.; Latchman, J. L.; Lynch, L.; et al.

Article ISI
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS  (2022)

The 2011 Cordon Caulle eruption triggered by slip on the Liquine-Ofqui fault system

Gerbault, Muriel; Remy, Dominique; Baez, Juan; Bonvalot, Sylvain; Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo

Article ISI SCOPUS
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS  (2022)

Thermal and seismic precursors to the explosive eruption at La Soufriere Volcano, St. Vincent in April 2021

Thompson, James O.; Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Befus, Kenneth S.; Ramsey, Michael S.

Article ISI
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS  (2022)

Towards reconciling seismic and geodetic moment estimations: Case Baroarbunga

Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Neuberg, Jurgen W.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH  (2020)

Complex seismic sources in volcanic environments: Radiation modelling and moment tensor inversions

Contreras-Arratia, Rodrigo; Neuberg, Jurgen W.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH  (2019)

BookWhole (1)

Monitoring LP and VLP Seismicity

Neuberg; J.; Sindija; D.; Contreras-Arratia; R

BookWhole
Advances in Volcanology  (2025)

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JUAN BAEZ

Jefe de Geodesia

Geofisica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Cembrano

Profesor Titular

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Leoncio Cabrera

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

14
Rodrigo Contreras

Profesor Asistente

Obras Civiles y Geología

Universidad Católica de Temuco

Temuco, Chile