Seismic Tomography Applied to Orogen Scale, Seismic Tomography Applied to Exploration on Ore Deposits and Geothermal Fields, Ambient Noise Tomography Applied to Mining Tailing Dams, Seismotectonics, Seismic Hazard, Induced Seismicity

Name of thesis Seismotectonic characterization of the Central Chile Coastal Cordillera, between 32°30' S and 34°S using passive seismic tomography.(Andrea Navarro). Degree pursued: MSc. Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2020

Name of thesis Passive 3D seismic tomography of crustal structures in the Central Chile coastal margin: Characterization of the Pichilemu fault system.(Daniela Calle). Degree pursued: MSc. Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2018

Name of thesis Implementation of Synthetic Scenarios for the Study of the Ambient Noise Tomography Technique (Romina Arriaza).
Degree pursued: MSc Electrical Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Electrical Eng., Year: 2017

Name of thesis Study of the Cordillera de la Costa between 33 ° S and 34 ° S using seismic tomography: tectonic implications (Claudia Baytelman).
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution: University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2017

Name of thesis Design and Implementation of a Seismic Data Pre-Processing Algorithm in Tunnels Using Controlled Seismic Sources (Gerardo Peña).
Degree pursued: Electrical Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Electrical Eng., Year: 2017

Name of thesis Conceptual and Numerical Thermal Modeling of Magmatic Hydrothermal Systems based on Seismic Tomography in the Tacora and Tinguiririca Volcanoes, Chile (Claudia Pavez).
Degree pursued: PhD Geology, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2016

Name of thesis Seismic Hazard Models for Blasting of Area Incorporation in the Sector Reservas Norte, El Teniente, Codelco, Chile (Vicente Ortega).
Degree pursued: MSc Mining Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Mining Eng., Year: 2016

Name of thesis Distribution of Fluids and Fractures in Hydrothermal Systems Using 3D Seismic Tomography: Case of the Tinguiririca Volcanic Complex (Camilo Vergara).
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution: University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2016

Name of thesis Correction of the static shift for 3D studies of the magnetotelluric method (Juan Bascur).
Degree pursued: MSc Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2015

Name of thesis Active Tectonics of the Coastal Margin in the Northern Chile Seismic Gap (María Valenzuela).
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution: University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2015

Name of thesis Characterization of seismic traces in the nearby field: Pisagua, Northern Chile (Rodrigo Chi).
Degree pursued: Electrical Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Electrical Eng., Year: 2015

Name of thesis New Seismic Hazard for Chile (Ignacio Nuñez).
Degree pursued: Civil Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Eng., Year: 2014

Name of thesis Analysis of Seismicity Induced by Blasting of Area Incorporation in El Teniente Mine of Codelco, Chile (Vicente Ortega).
Degree pursued: Mining Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Mining Eng., Year: 2014

Name of thesis Identification of Danger Zones through Methodology for the Evaluation of the Performance of Seismic Indicators in Seismicity Induced by Mining (Rodrigo Estay).
Degree pursued: MSc Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2014

Name of thesis Identification of Hazard Zones through Analysis of Seismic Event Clustering (Javier Cornejo).
Degree pursued: MSc Mining Eng., Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Mining Eng., Year: 2013

Name of thesis Seismicity Study, Seismic Tomography and Rocks Physics Model: Potential Geothermal System Associated with Tringuiririca Volcanic Complex (Elías Lira).
Degree pursued: MSc Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2011

Name of thesis Neogene deposition and tectonic evolution of the Chilean Altiplano between 19°22’S and 19°42´S (Javier Cortés),
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2011

Name of thesis Analysis of the Aysen Seismic Swarm, of January 2007 (Cindy Mora).
Degree pursued: MSc Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2009
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Name of thesis Structural and Microseismic Analysis between the basins of the Tinguiririca and Teno rivers (Andrea González) .
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2008

Name of thesis Tectonic and Erosion in the Evolution of the relief in the Central Chile Andes, (Marcelo Farías),
Degree pursued: Ph D Geology, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2008,

Name of thesis Tectonic and shallow seismic activity around the Arica Bend (Claire David),
Degree pursued: PhD Geology, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2007

Name of thesis Shallow seismicity associated with the bathymetric structures along the coastal margin in Central Chile (Sergio Contreras),
Degree pursued: M Sc. Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2007

Name of thesis Seismic hazard evaluation for intraplate earthquake in Chile: First Approach (Francisco Neira),
Degree pursued: Civil Engineer, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Engineering, Year: 2005

Name of thesis Stress field analysis in southern Peru (José Pérez),
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2004

Name of thesis Body wave velocity tomography in southern Peru: tectonic implications (Alejandro Gallego)
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2004

Name of thesis Seismic hazard evaluation for interplate earthquake in Chile and southern Peru using a Weibull distribution (Davor Susa),
Degree pursued: Civil Engineer, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Engineering, Year: 2004

Name of thesis Cenozoic morfotectonic evolution and shallow seismicity in the Chilean Altiplano piedemont (Marcelo Farías),
Degree pursued: Geologist, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geology, Year: 2003

Name of thesis Shallow seismicity beneath the Chilean Altiplano (Claire David).
Degree pursued: MSc Geophysics, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Geophysics, Year: 2002

Name of thesis Analysis of the Wadati-Beniof zone in Copiapó using local data (Leonardo Pérez),
Degree pursued: Civil Engineer, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Engineering, Year: 2000

Name of thesis Determination of the variations of the stress field in Antofagasta, due to the occurrence of the 1995 earthquake (Pablo Labra),
Degree pursued: Civil Engineer, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Engineering, Year: 2000

Name of thesis Body wave seismic tomography in Copiapo using locally recorded earthquake (Luis Cobo),
Degree pursued: Civil Engineer, Institution University of Chile, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dpt. Civil Engineering, Year: 2000

Invited Keynote Presentations

Comte, D., Farías, M., Navarro, A., Roecker, S., Rietbrock, A., Analysis of the Mw 6.7 Coquimbo-La Serena Earthquake of June 14th, 2019: Preliminary Results Determined with a High Density Local Seismic Network, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco-CA-USA., EOS, 2019

Comte, D., Farías, M., Navarro, A., Roecker, S., Rietbrock, A., Deciphering the controlling mechanism for Andean mountain building in Central Chile: Preliminary Results, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC-USA., EOS, 2018

Comte, D., Farías M., Roecker, S., Brandon, M., Dense and Dry Mantle Between the Continental Crust and the Oceanic Slab: Folding, Faulting and Tearing in the Slab in the Pampean Flat Slab, Southern Central Andes Evidenced by 3D Body Wave Tomography Along the 2015 Illapel, Chile Earthquake Rupture Area, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans-USA., EOS, 2017

Comte, D., Carrizo, D., Roecker, S., Ortega, F., Peyrat, S., Three Dimensional Elastic Wavespeeds in the Northern Chile Subduction Zone: Variations in Hydration in the Supra-Slab Mantle, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2016

Comte, D.; Carrizo, D.; Peyrat, S.; Russo, R. M.; Roecker, S. W.; Opazo, T.; Peña, G.; Baeza, S.; Arriaza, R.; Ortega-Culaciati, F.; Ruiz, J. A.; Contreras-Reyes, E.; Becerra, V., The September 16, 2015 Illapel (Mw 8.3) Earthquake: Comprehensive Analysis from Seismic and Geodetic Observations, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2015

Comte, D.; Carrizo, D.; Roecker, S. W.; Peyrat, S.; Arriaza, R.; Chi, R. K.; Baeza, S., Elastic Wavespeed Images of Northern Chile Subduction Zone from the Joint Inversion of Body and Surface Waves: Structure of the Andean Forearc and the Double Seismic Zone, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2015

Comte, D., Ruiz, J A, Carrizo, D, Roecker, S W, Rodzianko, A., 2014, Mw=8.2 Pisagua, Northern Chile Foreshocks: Not Limited to the Interplate Contact, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2014

Comte, D., Carrizo, D, Peyrat, S, , Active Tectonics Around Pisagua, Northern Chile Gap: Seismological and Neotectonic Approaches, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2013

Comte, D, Carrizo, D*, Vela, I, Silva, W., Searching Structural Control on the Evolution of the Reservoir Permeability in the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Rio Blanco - Los Bronces District: Structural Geology and Passive Seismic Tomography, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2013

Comte, D., M. Farías, S. Roecker, D. Carrizo, Crustal extensional faulting triggered by the 2010 Chilean earthquake: the Pichilemu seismic sequence, S11A-2199, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2011

D. Comte; M. Farías; S. Roecker; D. Carrizo; M. H. Pardo, Crustal Normal Faulting Triggered by the Mw=8.8 Maule Megathrust Subduction Earthquake in Central Chile, G33A-0816, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2010

Comte D. and S. Beck, The 2010 Chile earthquake - variations in the rupture mode, Chapman Conference on Giant Earthquakes and Their Tsunamis Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, and Valdivia, Chile 16-24 May 2010

Comte, D., Charrier, R., Farías, M. y Yáñez, G.,. Tomografía Sísmica: Una Herramienta Geofísica Complementaria en la Caracterización de Depósitos Minerales. Actas 12. Congreso Geológico Chileno, Sesión 11-008, 4 p. Santiago, Chile, 2009

D. Comte, M. Farías, R. Charrier, & A. González, Active tectonics in the Central Chilean Andes: 3D tomography based on the aftershock sequence of the 28 August 2004 shallow crustal earthquake, ISAG, Nice-France, 2008.
M. Farías, S. Carretier, R. Charrier, J. Martinod, A. Tassara, A. Encinas, & D. Comte, No subsidence in the development of the Central Depression along the Chilean margin, ISAG, Nice-France, 2008.

D. Comte, A. Gallego, R. Russo, V. Mocanu, R. Murdie, J. C. VanDecar, The Aysen (Southern Chile) 2007 Seismic Swarm: Volcanic or Tectonic Origin? American Geophysical Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, 2007

D. Comte, A. Tassara, M. Farias, R. Boroschek, 2006 Copiapo Chile Seismic Swarm Analysis: Mapping the Interplate Contact, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.-USA., EOS, 2006.