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Rodrigo Riquelme Salazar

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Geomorphology, Regional Geology

Educación

  •  Geólogo, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1998
  •  Magister en Ciencias, Mención Geología, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1998
  •  Ciencias, Mención Geología, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2003
  •  Sciences de la Terre et Environnement, Université Paul Sabatier - Tousouse III. Chile, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

    Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas

    Chile, Chile

    2004 - A la fecha

  •   Director Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

    de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

  •   Miembro Grupo de Evaluación Ciencias de la Tierra Other

    Conicyt

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2020

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Geólogo de Proyecto Full Time

    Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria

    Santiago, Chile

    1996 - 1999

  •   Permanent Consultant Other

    BHP

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2017

  •   Geologo a cargo de licitación Part Time

    Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2013

Formación de Capital Humano


SUPERVISION DE POSDOCTORADOS.
Jorge Morales Leal. 2023-2025. Investigador Postdoctoral, Consorcio Ciencia 2030, Science Up, PUCV, USACH, UCN.
Cristopher López Aguilera. 2020-2021, Investigador Postdoctoral, Convenio de Desempeño de Apoyo a la Innovación en Educación Superior, UCN19101, UCN.

DIRECCION Y CO-DIRECCION DE TESIS DE DOCTORADO.

- Sebastián Muñoz Farías, 2022. Evolución geomorfológica de gran escala y estratigrafía secuencial neógena del Desierto de Atacama, entre los 23° y 28°S. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte. Director de Tesis.
- Osvaldo González Maurel, 2020. Origin and evolution of parental magmas associated with Pliocene-Quaternary low-silica volcanism within the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of northern Chile. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de Cape Town. Director de Tesis.
- Cristopher López Aguilera, 2020. Arquitectura e historia de deformación del antearco de los Andes Centrales del norte de Chile entre los 22° y 24° S. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte. Co-Director de Tesis.
- Alberto Fernandez-Mort, 2019. Sedimentología del Cenozoico del Distrito Minero Centinela y de la Cuenca Quebrada el Profeta (Desierto de Atacama, Chile): evolución paleoambiental y génesis de los depósitos de Cu-exótico. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España. Director de Tesis.
- Miguel Tapia, 2019. Controles estratigráficos, tectónicos y climáticos que permiten el desarrollo de la mineralización exótica de cobre en el Desierto de Atacama. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte. Director de Tesis.
- Albert Cabré, 2019. The Geomorphological and sedimentological signature of extreme storm events in the southernmost Atacama Desert. The example of the march 2015 storm event. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte. Co-Director de Tesis.
- Héctor Pizarro, 2019. Trazadores Mineralógicos como indicadores de denudación de sistemas mineralizados tipo Pórfido Cuprífero en el Relleno Sedimentario de Cuencas Adyacentes, Desierto de Atacama, Chile. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de Toulouse III, Toulouse, Francia. Co-Director de Tesis.
- Caroline Sánchez, 2017. “Evolución de la denudación y contexto geomorfológico de la mineralización supérgena de cobre en el Distrito Centinela, Desierto de Atacama, a partir de la termocronología y los nucleidos cosmogénicos”. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte- -Universidad de Toulouse III, Toulouse, Francia. Director de Tesis.
- Germán Aguilar, 2010. Erosion et transport de matière sur le versant occidental des Andes semiarides du Nord du Chili (27 - 32 ° S): depuis une approche à grande échelle temporelle et spatiale, jusqu'à l'évolution quaternaire d'un système. Doctorado en Ciencias Mención Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte-Universidad de Toulouse III, Toulouse, Francia. Director de Tesis.

Memorias de Titulo de Geólogo.

Karl Riveros, Pablo Flores, Sergio Herrera, Javier Verdejo, Miguel Tapia, Pablo Oliva, José Cerda, Paulina Lohse, Patricio Navarrete, Pamela Pérez, Sebastián Muñoz, Anelis Cabezas, Héctor Pizarro, Cristopher Lopez, Natalia Fuentes, Mauricio Mercado, Camila Riera, Sergio Fuenzalida, Patricia Meza, Lester Olivares, Juan Pablo Canales, Héctor Ramos, Karen Centella, Abel González, Fabían Valencia, Laura Díaz, Bruno Schiappacasse, Benjamín Cruces, Juan Pablo Rojas, Jorge Vallejos, Mauricio Quiroga, Matias Cortes.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Juvenis Excellenti

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    Este premio está destinado a resaltar la labor destacada de geocientistas jóvenes en el campo profesional y/o científico. Se otorga cada tres años, en ocasión de cada Congreso Geológico Chileno.


 

Article (76)

Alunite supergroup minerals from advanced argillic alteration assemblage in the southern Atacama Desert as indicators of paleo-hydrothermal and supergene environments
Geomorphological significance of the Atacama Pediplain as a marker for the climatic and tectonic evolution of the Andean forearc, between 26?
The effects of positive tectonic inversion structures on the formation of thrust systems on the western Domeyko Cordillera, northern Chile: Implications for the orogenic development of the outer Andean forearc
Chronology of Glacial Advances and Deglaciation in the Encierro River Valley (29° Lat. S), Southern Atacama Desert, Based on Geomorphological Mapping and Cosmogenic <SUP>10</SUP>Be Exposure Ages
Effects of altitude on soil properties in coastal fog ecosystems in Morro Moreno National Park, Antofagasta, Chile
The Relationship Between Inverted Normal Faults and Pure Thrusting During the Tectonic Inversion of the Domeyko Cordillera, Northern Chile: Structural and Seismic Interpretation and Analog Modeling Experiments
Along-Stream Variations in Valley Flank Erosion Rates Measured Using Be-10 Concentrations in Colluvial Deposits From Canyons in the Atacama Desert
Complex Basement-Involved Contractional Structures in the Pre-Andean Basins of Northern Chile: A Review From Seismic Data
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene human settlement and environmental dynamics in the southern Atacama Desert highlands (24.0 degrees S-24.5 degrees S, Northern Chile)
Mineralogical and chemical characterization of supergene copper-bearing minerals: examples from Chile and Burkina Faso
Neogene basin infilling from cosmogenic nuclides (10 Be and 21 Ne) in Atacama, Chile: implications for paleoclimate and supergene copper mineralization.
East-vergent thrusts and inversion structures: An updated tectonic model to understand the Domeyko Cordillera and the Salar de Atacama Basin transition in the western Central Andes
First U-Pb LA-ICP-MS in situ dating of supergene copper mineralization: case study in the Chuquicamata mining district, Atacama Desert, Chile
Geometry and development of a hybrid thrust belt in an inner forearc setting: Insights from the Potrerillos Belt in the Central Andes, northern Chile
Mapping rainstorm erosion associated with an individual storm from InSAR coherence loss validated by field evidence for the Atacama Desert
Porphyry indicator zircons (PIZs): Application to exploration of porphyry copper deposits
Surface materials and landforms as controls on InSAR permanent and transient responses to precipitation events in a hyperarid desert, Chile
Tributary-junction alluvial fan response to an ENSO rainfall event in the El Huasco watershed, northern Chile
Massive middle Miocene gypsic paleosols in the Atacama Desert and the formation of the Central Andean rain-shadow
The origin of the magnetic record in Eocene-Miocene coarse-grained sediments deposited in hyper-arid/arid conditions: Examples from the Atacama Desert
What is the structure of the forearc region in the Central Andes of northern Chile? An approach from field data and 2-D reflection seismic data
A genetic model based on evapoconcentration for sediment-hosted exotic-Cu mineralization in arid environments: the case of the El Tesoro Central copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile
Exhumation history and timing of supergene copper mineralisation in an arid climate: New thermochronological data from the Centinela District, Atacama, Chile
Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the mesozoic to lower Cenozoic rocks of the Coastal Cordillera in the Antofagasta region (22°30?-23°00? S): Insights to the Andean tectono-magmatic evolution
Holocene evolution and geochronology of a semiarid fluvial system in the western slope of the Central Andes: AMS C-14 data in El Transito River Valley, Northern Chile
Holocene evolution and geochronology of a semiarid fluvial system in the western slope of the Central Andes=> AMS 14 C data in El Transito River Valley, Northern Chile
Supergene and exotic Cumineralization occur during periods of landscape stability in the Centinela Mining District, Atacama Desert
Groundwater flow in a closed basin with a saline shallow lake in a volcanic area: Laguna Tuyajto, northern Chilean Altiplano of the Andes
Groundwater flow in a closed basin with a saline shallow lake in a volcanic area: Laguna Tuyajto, northern Chilean Altiplano of the Andes.
Pleistocene uplift, climate and morphological segmentation of the Northern Chile coasts (24 degrees S-32 degrees S): Insights from cosmogenic Be-10 dating of paleoshorelines
Pleistocene uplift, climate, and morphological segmentation of the Northern Chile coasts (24°S-32°S)=> Insights from cosmogenic 10Be paleoshores dating. Geomorphology
Differences in Be-10 concentrations between river sand, gravel and pebbles along the western side of the central Andes
Differences in Be-10 concentrations between river sand, gravel and pebbles along the western side of the central Andes
Erosion in the Chilean Andes between 27°S and 39°S: Tectonic, climatic and geomorphic control
Erosion in the Chilean Andes between 27°S and 39°S: Tectonic, climatic and geomorphic control
Grain size dependent 10Be concentrations in alluvial stream sediment of the Huasco Valley, Semiarid Andes region.
Grain size-dependent Be-10 concentrations in alluvial stream sediment of the Huasco Valley, a semi-arid Andes region
Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the Central Andes in northern Chile and west central Bolivia: implications for paleogeographic, magmatic and mountain building evolution.
Landscape maturity and origin of the large-scale geomorphologic features of the semiarid Andes of the Northern Chile (27-32°S).
Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the Central Andes in northern Chile and west central Bolivia: implications for paleogeographic, magmatic and mountain building evolution
Rol del clima y la tectónica en la evolución geomorfológica de los Andes Semiáridos chilenos entre los 27-32°S
Role of climate and tectonics in the geomorphologic evolution of the Semiarid Chilean Andes between 27-32 degrees S
Role of climate and tectonics in the geomorphologic evolution of the Semiarid Chilean Andes between 27-32 degrees S
Slope and climate variability control of erosion in the Andes of central Chile
Slope and climate variability control of erosion in the Andes of central Chile
Beach ridges U-Th dating in Tongoy bay and tectonic implications for a peninsula-bay system, Chile
Beach ridges U-Th dating in Tongoy bay and tectonic implications for a peninsula-bay system, Chile
Late Miocene-Holocene canyon incision in the western Altiplano, northern Chile: tectonic or climatic forcing?
Late Miocene-Holocene canyon incision in the western Altiplano, northern Chile: tectonic or climatic forcing?
Late Pleistocene-early Holocene paraglacial and fluvial sediment history in the Turbio valley, semiarid Chilean Andes
Late Pleistocene-early Holocene paraglacial and fluvial sediment history in the Turbio valley, semiarid Chilean Andes
Variability in erosion rates related to the state of landscape transience in the semi-arid Chilean Andes
Variability in erosion rates related to the state of landscape transience in the semi-arid Chilean Andes
Andean uplift and climate evolution in the southern Atacama Desert deduced from geomorphology and supergene alunite-group minerals
Andean uplift and climate evolution in the southern Atacama Desert deduced from geomorphology and supergene alunite-group minerals
Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary
Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary
Contrasting Landscape Evolution and Development of Supergene Enrichment in the El Salvador Porphyry Cu and Potrerillos-El Hueso Cu-Au Districts, Northern Chile. Economic Geology Special Publication 14, pp. 59-68.
Neogene uplift of central eastern Patagonia: Dynamic response to active spreading ridge subduction?
Neogene uplift of central eastern Patagonia: Dynamic response to active spreading ridge subduction?
Long-term denudation rates from the Central Andes (Chile) estimated from a Digital Elevation Model using the Black Top Hat function and Inverse Distance Weighting: implications for the Neogene climate of the Atacama Desert
Long-term denudation rates from the Central Andes (Chile) estimated from a Digital Elevation Model using the Black Top Hat function and Inverse Distance Weighting: implications for the Neogene climate of the Atacama Desert
From paleo- to possible present-day large-scale landslides. A generalized Newmark approach of the Tarapaca landslide (northern Chile)
Late Cenozoic geomorphologic signal of Andean forearc deformation and tilting associated with the uplift and climate changes of the Southern Atacama Desert (26 degrees S-28 degrees S)
Late Cenozoic geomorphologic signal of Andean forearc deformation and tilting associated with the uplift and climate changes of the Southern Atacama Desert (26 degrees S-28 degrees S)
Neotectonics
Neotectonics
Applying Data Mining to Determine Relationships between Relief and Precipitations: A Case of Study In Northern Chile
Rapid tectonic and paleogeographic evolution associated with the development of the Chucal anticline and the Chucal-Lauca Basin in the Altiplano of Arica, northern Chile
Rapid tectonic and paleogeographic evolution associated with the development of the Chucal anticline and the Chucal-Lauca Basin in the Altiplano of Arica, northern Chile
Using gemorphological markers to discriminate Neogene tectonic activity in the Precordillera of North Chilean forearc (24-25 degrees S)
Using gemorphological markers to discriminate Neogene tectonic activity in the Precordillera of North Chilean forearc (24-25 degrees S)
A geomorphological approach to determining the Neogene to Recent tectonic deformation in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile (Atacama)
A geomorphological approach to determining the Neogene to Recent tectonic deformation in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile (Atacama)
Geomorphological markers of faulting and neotectonic activity along the western Andean margin, northern Chile
Geomorphological markers of faulting and neotectonic activity along the western Andean margin, northern Chile

BookSection (1)

Erosion in the Chilean Andes between 27°S and 39°S: tectonic, climatic and geomorphic control. In: Geodynamic Processes in the Andes of Central Chile and Argentina

ConferencePaper (1)

Cenozoic exotic Cu mineralization in the Centinela district (Atacama Desert, Northern Chile)

Proyecto (10)

Exploración y Valoración de Nuevos Recursos de Aguas Subterráneas en la Depresión Central de la Región de Antofagasta
- Paleo-environmental/-climatic conditions controlling the formation of exotic Cu-deposits=> a novel multi-proxy approach considering authigenic/pedogenic properties of hosting gravels
- Projet de Laboratoire Mixte International (LMI)=> Pediment et cuivre supergene/ LMI COPEDIM Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) - Universite de Toulouse (France)/ Institut de Recherche pour le developpement (IRD-France
Levantamiento de la costa Pacífica de Sud América y acoplamiento interplaca en la zona de subducción
- The paleoseismological significance and earthquake probability of intra-plate faulting at active continental margin=> Study cases from northern Chile
“Evaluación Hidrogeológica de la Cuenca del Río Huasco, con énfasis en la cuantificación y dinámica de los recursos hídricos superficiales y subterráneos”
Interplay among Neogene climatic changes and Andean uplift of the forearc region of Central Andes”
- “Determinación del efecto relativo de la tectónica y el clima, en la evolución Cuaternaria del valle del Elqui. Análisis de formas de relieve fluviales y glaciales” / (Inicio de Jóvenes Investigadores)/
Modélisation du comportement termomécanique et de l’evolution géomorphologique de l’avant du nord du Chili depuis le Néogéne. Confrontation avec les données de tarrain” / ECOS (FRANCIA-CHILE)
Rôle du couplage tectonique-érosion dans l´évolution des Andes chiliennes=> comparaison de la morphologie de la chaîne le long de deux transects dans les Andes du nord et du sud Chili
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Rodrigo Riquelme

Associate Professor

Geological Sciences Department

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

11
German Aguilar

Investigador

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

8
Reinaldo Charrier

Académico

Universidad Andrés Bello

Chile, Chile

7
eduardo campos

Profesor Asociado

Ciencias Geológicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

6
FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ

ACADÉMICO

Ingeniería

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

5
Marcelo Farías

Assistant Professor

Geologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

4
Cristopher López

Geólogo

Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

4
Rodrigo González

Professor Asociado

Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

3
Luisa Pinto

Associate Professor

Geology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Belen Muñoz

Estudiante de Doctorado

Geología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Carlos Marquardt

Profesor asistente, investigador, Geólogo

Ingenieria de Mineria y EStructura y Geotecnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Albert Cabré

Geólogo

Trabajador a Honorarios

santiago de chile, Chile

3
Stephanie Brichau

Guest Researcher

Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Santiago, Chile

2
Hector Pizarro

Investigador Postdoctoral

Ciencias Geológicas

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
MIGUEL TAPIA

ACADEMICO

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE ATACAMA

COPIAPO, Chile

1
Andrei Maksymowicz

Inverstigador

Departamento de Geofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marco Pfeiffer

FACULTY

INGENIERIA Y SUELOS

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Javier Urrutia

Académico e investigador

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas Hídricos

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Carolina Gamboa

Investigadora Postdoctoral

Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencia y Tecnología

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Violeta Tolorza

Profesora adjundta ad-honorem

Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

1
Gonzalo Yañez

profesor asociado

estructuras y geotecnia

pontificia universidad catolica

Santiago, Chile

1
Guillermo Chong

Professor, researcher

Geological sciences

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE DPTO. CS. GEOLÓGICAS

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Christian Herrera

Académico

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Elisabeth Lictevout

Directora

Carpe Science

San Pedro de la Paz, Chile

1
María Cartajena

Académico

Departamento de Antropología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Boris Santander

Director de Carrera

Antropología

Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Santiago, Chile

1
Gabriel Easton

Full Professor

Geology

University of Chile/ Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Santiago, Chile

1
Javier Quispe

Profesor Asociado

Ingeniería Química

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, DEPTO. ING. QUÍMICA

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Gabriel Gonzalez

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Jose Cembrano

Profesor Titular

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
FRANCISCO REMONSELLEZ

Professor

Ingenieria Química

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Juan Castro

Post-Doctorante

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile