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Débora Gutiérrez
+ 56 9 4220 1580
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Comunicaciones@ckelar.org
Álvaro Aravena
Investigador Joven
Doctor en Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad de Florencia, Italia. Geólogo y mágister en Ciencias mención Geofísica de la Universidad de Chile. Es académico de Geología de la Universidad Católica del Maule.
Contacto: aaravena@ucm.cl
Especialidad: Evaluación de peligros y riesgos volcánicos, modelamiento numérico de procesos volcánicos y construcción de mapas de peligros volcánicos.
Publicaciones
2025 – Alessandro Tadini, Federica Pardini, Andrea Bevilacqua, Benjamin Bernard, Pablo Samaniego, Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Álvaro Aravena, Silvana Hidalgo, Olivier Roche, Nourddine Azzaoui, Augusto Neri, Jorge Aguilar. Probabilistic tephra fallout hazard maps for Sangay volcano, Ecuador. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2024 – A. Aravena, A. Tadini, A. Bevilacqua, P. Samaniego, B. Bernard, S. Hidalgo, J.-L. Le Pennec, P. Martínez-Yáñez, J. García, O. Roche. Probabilistic, scenario-based hazard assessment for pyroclastic density currents at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2024 – Alessandro Tadini, Pablo Samaniego, Andrea Bevilacqua, Francisco J Vasconez, Alvaro Aravena, Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Silvana Hidalgo. Developing hazard scenarios from monitoring data, historical chronicles and expert elicitation: case study of Sangay volcano, Ecuador. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2023 – R. Cioni; D. Andronico; L. Cappelli; A. Aravena; P. Gabellini; A. Cristaldi; R.A. Corsaro; M. Cantarero; F. Ciancitto; E. De Beni; G. Ganci. Products and dynamics of lava-snow explosions: The 16 March 2017 explosion at Mount Etna, Italy. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
2023 – Alvaro Aravena, Giuseppe Carparelli, Raffaello Cioni, Michele Prestifilippo, Simona Scollo. Toward a Real-Time Analysis of Column Height by Visible Cameras: An Example from Mt. Etna, in Italy. Remote Sensing.
2023 – Álvaro Aravena, Andrea Bevilacqua, Augusto Neri, Pietro Gabellini, Dolors Ferrés, Demetrio Escobar, Alessandro Aiuppa, Raffaello Cioni. Scenario-based probabilistic hazard assessment for explosive events at the San Salvador volcanic complex, El Salvador. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2023 – Jose Pablo Sepulveda, Raffaello Cioni, Álvaro Aravena. Morphology-based characterization of intermediate to silicic lava flows: Application to the Central Andean Volcanic Zone. Earth-Science Reviews.
2022 – Andrea Bevilacqua, Alvaro Aravena, Willy Aspinall, Antonio Costa, Sue Mahony, Augusto Neri, Stephen Sparks, Brittain Hill. Assessing minimum pyroclastic density current mass to impact critical infrastructures: example from Aso caldera (Japan). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
2022 – Álvaro Aravena, Olivier Roche. Influence of the topography of stratovolcanoes on the propagation and channelization of dense pyroclastic density currents analyzed through numerical simulations. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2022 – Andrea Bevilacqua, Álvaro Aravena, Willy Aspinall, Antonio Costa, Sue Mahony, Augusto Neri, Stephen Sparks, Brittain Hill. Assessing minimum pyroclastic density current mass to impact critical infrastructures: example from Aso caldera (Japan). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
2022 – A. Aravena, A. Bevilacqua, M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, T. Esposti Ongaro, A. Neri, R. Cioni. Calibration strategies of PDC kinetic energy models and their application to the construction of hazard maps. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2022 – A. Aravena , L. Chupin , T. Dubois , O. Roche. Fluidization by gas pore pressure of dense granular flows: numerical simulations versus experiments. ECCOMAS Congress 2022 – 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering.
2021 – Álvaro Aravena, Laurent Chupin, Thierry Dubois, Olivier Roche. The influence of gas pore pressure in dense granular flows: numerical simulations versus experiments and implications for pyroclastic density currents. Bulletin of Volcanology.
2021 – M. Pistolesi, A. Aravena, L. Costantini, C. Vigiani, R. Cioni, C. Bonadonna. Explosive Behavior of Intermediate Magmas: The Example of Cotopaxi Volcano (Ecuador). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
2021 – Andrea Bevilacqua, Alvaro Aravena, Augusto Neri, Eduardo Gutiérrez, Demetrio Escobar, Melida Schliz, Alessandro Aiuppa, Raffaello Cioni. Thematic vent opening probability maps and hazard assessment of small-scale pyroclastic density currents in the San Salvador volcanic complex (El Salvador) and Nejapa-Chiltepe volcanic complex (Nicaragua). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
2020 – Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Álvaro Aravena. Numerical modeling of magma ascent dynamics. Forecasting and Planning for Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters.
2020 – A. Aravena, R. Cioni, A. Bevilacqua, M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, T. Esposti Ongaro, A. Neri. Tree-Branching-Based Enhancement of Kinetic Energy Models for Reproducing Channelization Processes of Pyroclastic Density Currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
2020 – A. Aravena, R. Cioni, D. Coppola, M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, A. Neri, M. Pistolesi, M. Ripepe. Effusion Rate Evolution During Small‐Volume Basaltic Eruptions: Insights From Numerical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
2019 – A. Aravena, R. Cioni, M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, A. Neri. The Lithic Component of Pyroclastic Deposits as a Proxy for the Reconstruction of the Syneruptive Evolution of Volcanic Conduits: The CE 79 Eruption of Vesuvius. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
2019 – A. Aravena; M. de’ Michieli Vitturi; R. Cioni; A. Neri. Physical constraints for effective magma-water interaction along volcanic conduits during silicic explosive eruptions: REPLY. Geology.
2019 – Francisco Gutierrez, Italo Payacán, Alvaro Aravena, Olivier Bachmann. High magma flow rates during the emplacement of shallow felsic laccoliths. Geophysical Research Abstracts.
2019 – Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Tomaso Esposti Ongaro, Giacomo Lari, Alvaro Aravena. IMEX_SfloW2D 1.0: a depth-averaged numerical flow model for pyroclastic avalanches. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions.
2018 – Alvaro Aravena, Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Raffaello Cioni, Augusto Neri. Subsurface magma-water interaction: physical constraints from numerical modeling. Cities on Volcanoes.
2018 – Alvaro Aravena, Raffaello Cioni, Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Augusto Neri. Geometric evolution of volcanic conduits during explosive eruptions: application to the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption. Cities on Volcanoes.
2018 – Alvaro Aravena; Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi; Raffaello Cioni; Augusto Neri. Physical constraints for effective magma-water interaction along volcanic conduits during silicic explosive eruptions. Geology.
2018 – Álvaro Aravena, Raffaello Cioni, Mattia De’ Michieli Vitturi, et all. Conduit geometry and evolution of effusion rate during basaltic effusive events: Insights from numerical modeling. Cities on Volcanoes.
2018 – A. Aravena, R. Cioni, M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, M. Pistolesi, M. Ripepe, A. Neri. Evolution of Conduit Geometry and Eruptive Parameters During Effusive Events. Geophysical Research Letters.
2018 – Álvaro Aravena, Raffaello Cioni, Mattia de’Michieli Vitturi, Augusto Neri. Conduit stability effects on intensity and steadiness of explosive eruptions. Scientific Reports.
2017 –Álvaro Aravena, Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi, Raffaello Cioni, Augusto Neri. Stability of volcanic conduits during explosive eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2017 – A. Aravena, F.J. Gutiérrez, M.A. Parada, Í. Payacán, O. Bachmann, F. Poblete. Compositional zonation of the shallow La Gloria pluton (Central Chile) by late-stage extraction/redistribution of residual melts by channelization: Numerical modeling. Lithos.
2017 – A. Aravena. Stability of volcanic conduits: Critical mechanical parameters. Il Nuovo Cimento.
2017 –Aravena A., M. de’ Michieli Vitturi, R. Cioni, A. Neri. Stability of volcanic conduits during explosive eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2015 – Álvaro Aravena, Francisco Gutiérrez, Ítalo Payacán, Miguel A. Parada. Late-stage extraction of silicic material in a shallow magma reservoir, La Gloria pluton, central Chile. Congreso Geológico Chileno.
2015 – Pablo G. Molina, MiguelA. Parada, Francisco Javier Gutierrez, Álvaro Aravena. Protracted late magmatic stage of the Caleu pluton (central Chile) as aconsequence of heat redistribution by diking: Insights from zircon data and thermal modeling. Lithos.
Docencia
Académico de la carrera de Geología de la Universidad Católica del Maule.