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Jorge Romero Moyano ● Investigador Asociado
Grado Académico
PhD Earth Science. Universidad de Mánchester, Reino Unido
Título(s) Profesional
Geólogo – Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería. Universidad de Atacama, Chile
Descripción
Jorge obtuvo su título de Geólogo en 2019 por la Universidad de Atacama. Durante el pregrado, se dedicó a realizar investigaciones tefroestratigráficas en los volcanes Calbuco, Villarrica, Antuco (Chile) y Tungurahua (Ecuador). Posteriormente, inició su doctorado en la Universidad de Mánchester (Reino Unido) en 2020, gracias a la beca Dean’s Award de dicha casa de estudios. Su investigación estuvo enfocada en la interacción entre colapsos laterales de edificios volcánicos y sistemas magmáticos someros, estudiando principalmente los volcanes Antuco, Cumbre Vieja (España) y Pacaya (Guatemala). Además de continuar su enfoque en tefroestratigrafía, también se dedicó al estudio petrológico y geoquímico de productos volcánicos y remociones en masa. Luego de obtener su grado de doctor en 2023, trabajó en el Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (Sernageomin) como geólogo de peligros volcánicos antes de iniciar su postdoctorado en la Universidad de O’Higgins.
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- REVISTA Volcanica
- 2024
Rapid growth and catastrophic destruction events of Planchón Volcano, Southern Andes
• José Antonio Naranjo • Jorge Romero • Juan Pablo Contreras • Yuji Orihashi • Kevin Scott
- REVISTA Volcanica
- 2024
Magma residence time, ascent rate and eruptive style of the November ash-laden activity during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (La Palma, Spain)
• Barbara Bonechi • Margherita Polacci • Jorge Romero • Fabio Arzilli • Jonathan Fellowes
- REVISTA Communications Earth & Environment
- 2023
Long-term volcano evolution controlled by lateral collapse at Antuco volcano, southern Andes, Chile
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Nature Geoscience
- 2023
- REVISTA Frontiers in Earth Science
- 2023
Tephra sedimentation and grainsize associated with pulsatory activity: the 2021 Tajogaite eruption of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain)
• Costanza Bonadonna • Marco Pistolesi • Lucia Dominguez • Valentin Freret-Lorgeril • Eduardo Rossi
- REVISTA Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER
- 2023
Perceptions of past and future eruptions of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Southern Chile): connecting neighbourhood, social cohesion and disaster memory in volcanic risk research
• Francisca Vergara-Pinto • Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2023
Phase equilibrium experiments and thermodynamic simulations to constrain the pre-eruptive conditions of the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands)
• Alessandro Fabbrizio • Emily Bamber • Eleni Michailidou • Jorge Romero • Fabio Arzilli
- REVISTA Andean Geology
- 2023
The April 2015 Calbuco eruption pyroclastic density currents: deposition, impacts on woody vegetation, and cooling on the northern flank of the cone
• Jorge Romero • Frederick Swanson • Julia Jones • Daniele Morgavi • Guido Giordano
- REVISTA Communications Earth & Environment
- 2023
Exceptional eruptive CO2 emissions from intra-plate alkaline magmatism in the Canary volcanic archipelago
• Mike Burton • Alessandro Aiuppa • Patrick Allard • Maria Asensio-Ramos • Ana Pardo-Cofrades
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2022
The eruptive history and magma composition of Pleistocene Cerro Negro volcano (Northern Chile): Implications for the complex evolution of large monogenetic volcanoes
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2022
The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Bulletin of Volcanology
- 2022
Pre-eruptive Conditions of the 3 March 2015 Lava Fountain of Villarrica Volcano (Southern Andes)
• Jorge Romero • Eduardo Morgado • Alessandro Pisello • Felix Boschetty • Maurizio Petrelli
- REVISTA Landslides
- 2022
Triggering factors, behavior, and social impact of the January 2021 hail-debris flows at the Central Valley of Chile
• Jorge Romero • Francisca Vergara-Pinto • Germán Aguilar • Alex Garcés • Santiago Montserrat
- REVISTA Landslides
- 2022
Mid-Holocene lateral collapse of Antuco volcano (Chile): debris avalanche deposit features, emplacement dynamics, and impacts
• Jorge Romero • Hugo Moreno • Margherita Polacci • Mike Burton • Danny Guzmán
- REVISTA Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
- 2022
Insights into Magma Storage Beneath a Frequently Erupting Arc Volcano (Villarrica, Chile) from Unsupervised Machine Learning Analysis of Mineral Compositions
• Felix Boschetty • David Ferguson • Joaquín Cortés • Eduardo Morgado • Susanna Ebmeier
- REVISTA Frontiers in Earth Science
- 2021
Volcanic Lateral Collapse Processes in Mafic Arc Edifices: A Review of Their Driving Processes, Types and Consequences
• Jorge Romero • Sebastian Watt • Shigeru Kitamura • Daniel Tormey • Gerd Sielfeld
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2020
Combining ash analyses with remote sensing to identify juvenile magma involvement and fragmentation mechanisms during the 2018/19 small eruption of Peteroa volcano (Southern Andes)
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2020
Pyroclastic deposits and eruptive heterogeneity of Volcán Antuco (37°S; Southern Andes) during the Mid to Late Holocene (<7.2 ka)
• Jorge Romero • Victoria Ramírez • Mohammad Ayaz Alam • Jorge Bustillos • Alicia Guevara
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2019
The unexpected explosive sub-Plinian eruption of Calbuco volcano (22-23 April 2015; southern Chile): Triggering mechanism implications
• Fabio Arzilli • Daniele Morgavi • Maurizio Petrelli • Margherita Polacci • Mike Burton
- REVISTA Frontiers in Earth Science
- 2018
Tephra From the 3 March 2015 Sustained Column Related to Explosive Lava Fountain Activity at Volcán Villarrica (Chile)
• Jorge Romero • Franco Vera • Daniele Morgavi • Fabio Arzilli • Mohammad Ayaz Alam
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2017
Hydrovolcanic ash emission between August 14 and 24, 2015 at Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador): Characterization and eruption mechanisms
• Liliana Troncoso • Jorge Bustillos • Jorge Romero • Alicia Guevara • Janina Carrillo
- REVISTA Andean Geology
- 2017
Tephra fallout from the long-lasting Tungurahua eruptive cycle (1999-2014): Variations through eruptive style transition and deposition processes
• Jorge Eduardo Bustillos A. • Jorge Romero • Alicia Guevara C. • Juan Díaz-Alvarado •
- REVISTA Solid Earth
- 2017
Dynamics and style transition of a moderate, Vulcanian-driven eruption at Tungurahua (Ecuador) in February 2014: pyroclastic deposits and hazard considerations
• Jorge Romero • Guilhem Amin Douillet • Silvia Vallejo Vargas • Jorge Bustillos • Liliana Troncoso
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2016
Eruption dynamics of the 22-23 April 2015 Calbuco Volcano (Southern Chile): Analyses of tephra fall deposits
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- 2016
Forecasting volcanic ash dispersal and coeval resuspension during the April-May 2015 Calbuco eruption
• Jorge Romero •
- REVISTA Geofísica Internacional
- 2016
Tephra fall at Tungurahua Volcano (Ecuador) – 1999-2014: An Example of Tephra Accumulation from a Long-lasting Eruptive Cycle
• Jorge Bustillos A. • Jorge Romero • Liliana Troncoso • Alicia Guevara C. •
- Enero 2024
- - Enero 2026
Proyecto Adjudicado
Co-Investigador/aInvestigador/a Responsable
The recently awarded Fondecyt Iniciación no. 11241126 (PI Jorge Romero) aims to determine the distribution and geometry of slope instability and its controlling factors (i.e., textural and compositional characteristics of rocks, their mass structure and discontinuities, and their mechanical rock properties) at the San José and Nevados de Chillán Volcanic Complexes. Specific objectives involve encompassing the production of thematic maps to represent the factors contributing to instability (e.g., magmatic intrusions, hydrothermal alteration areas, observed landslides, etc.) and defining and characterizing lithotechnical units based on field observations. In addition, it should determine the mechanical rock properties of natural samples based on laboratory tests that represent different scenarios.
Lastly, these results should be incorporated into numerical models to represent unstable areas, failure planes, and conditions for failure.
- Enero 2023
Proyecto Adjudicado
Co-Investigador/aInvestigador/a Responsable
This project aims to determine the intensive magmatic conditions and eruption triggering during the Mondaca-forming eruption (Southern Andes), likely occurred in ~1760 CE. We will apply geothermometers, geobarometers, and Rhyolite-MELTS. These results would provide new insight into the generation of hybrid rhyolitic eruptions.