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Luis E. Lara
Investigador Adjunto
Doctor en Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad Paul Sabatier-Tolouse III, Francia, geólogo y magíster en Ciencias de la Universidad de Chile. Ex jefe de la Red Nacional de Vigilancia Volcánica del Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Sernageomin. Es académico de Ciencias de la Tierra UACH y editor asociado de la revista científica Frontiers in Earth Sciences.
Contacto: luis.lara@uach.cl
Especialidad: Volcanología física, relación entre procesos tectónicos y volcanismo. Peligros y riesgo volcánicos, mapeo geológico de áreas volcánicas, gobernanza del riesgo y geopatrimonio.
Publicaciones
2022 – Lopez-Pozo, F.; Abarca-del-Rio, R.; Lara, L.E. ADTC-InSAR: a tropospheric correction database for Andean volcanoes. Scientific Data.
2022 – Oyarzún, A.; Lara, L.E.; Tassara, A. Decoding the plumbing system of Nevados de Chillán Volcanic complex, Southern Andes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2022 – C. Novoa; M. Gerbault; D. Remy; J. Cembrano; L.E. Lara; J. Ruz-Ginouves; A. Tassara; J.C. Baez; R. Hassani; S. Bonvalot et al. The 2011 Cordón Caulle eruption triggered by slip on the Liquiñe-Ofqui fault system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
2021 – Becerril, L.; Lara, L.E.; Astudillo, V.I. The strong competition between growth and erosive processes on the Juan Fernández Archipelago (SE Pacific, Chile). Geomorphology.
2021 – Luis E. Lara; Rodrigo Moreno; Valentina Valdivia; Rafael Aránguiz; Marcelo Lagos. The AD1835 eruption at Robinson Crusoe Island discredited: Geological and historical evidence. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment.
2020 – Coppola, D.; Laiolo, M.; Cigolini, C.; Massimetti, F.; Delle Donne, D.; Ripepe, M.; Arias, H.; Barsotti, S.; Parra, C.B.; Centeno, R.G. Lara, L. E. et al. Thermal Remote Sensing for Global Volcano Monitoring: Experiences From the MIROVA System. Frontiers in Earth Science.
2020 – Lara, L.E.; Flores, F.; Calderón, R.; Cardona, C. Volcano hazards and risks in Chile. Forecasting and Planning for Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters.
2020 – Dana E. Peterson; Nicolas Garibaldi; Katie Keranen; Basil Tikoff; Craig Miller; Luis E. Lara; Andres Tassara; Clifford Thurber; Federica Lanza. Active Normal Faulting, Diking, and Doming Above the Rapidly Inflating Laguna del Maule Volcanic Field, Chile, Imaged With CHIRP, Magnetic, and Focal Mechanism Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
2020 – Alondra Chamorro; Tomás Echaveguren; Eduardo Allen; Marta Contreras; Joaquín Dagá; Hernan de Solminihac; Luis E. Lara. Sustainable Risk Management of Rural Road Networks Exposed to Natural Hazards: Application to Volcanic Lahars in Chile. Sustainability.
2019 – Franco, L.; Palma, J.L.; Lara, L.E.; Gil-Cruz, F.; Cardona, C.; Basualto, D.; San Martín, J. Eruptive sequence and seismic activity of Llaima volcano (Chile) during the 2007–2009 eruptive period: Inferences of the magmatic feeding system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2019 – Reyes, J.; Lara, L.E.; Hauff, F.; Hoernle, K.; Morata, D.; Selles, D.; Cooper, O. Petrogenesis of shield volcanism from the Juan Fernández Ridge, Southeast Pacific: Melting of a low-temperature pyroxenite-bearing mantle plume. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
2019 – McGee, L.; Morgado, E.; Brahm, R.; Parada, M.-Á.; Vinet, N.; Lara, L.E.; Flores, A.; Turner, M.; Handley, H.; Nowell, G. Stratigraphically controlled sampling captures the onset of highly fluid-fluxed melting at San Jorge volcano, Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
2018 – Lara, L.E.; Reyes, J.; Jicha, B.R.; Díaz-Naveas, J. Towards coordinated regional multi-satellite InSAR volcano observations: results from the Latin America pilot project. Frontiers in Earth Science.
2018 – Cardona, C.; Tassara, A.; Gil-Cruz, F.; Lara, L.; Morales, S.; Kohler, P.; Franco, L. Crustal seismicity associated to rpid surface uplift at Laguna del Maule Volcanic Complex, Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2018 – Pritchard, M.E.; Biggs, J.; Wauthier, C.; Sansosti, E.; Arnold, D.W.D.; Delgado, F.; Ebmeier, S.K.; Henderson, S.T.; Stephens, K.; Cooper, C. Lara. L.E. et al. Towards coordinated regional multi-satellite InSAR volcano observations: results from the Latin America pilot project. Journal of Applied Volcanology.
2018 – Lara, L.E.; Díaz-Naveas, J.; Reyes, J.; Jicha, B.; Orozco, G.; Tassara, A.; Kay, S. Unraveling short-lived rejuvenated volcanism and a rapid transition from shield stage at O’Higgins Guyot, Juan Fernández Ridge, Pacific SE. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.
2017 – McGee, L.E.; Brahm, R.; Rowe, M.C.; Handley, H.K.; Morgado, E.; Lara, L.E.; Turner, M.B.; Vinet, N.; Parada, M.-Á.; Valdivia, P. A geochemical approach to distinguishing competing tectono-magmatic processes preserved in small eruptive centres. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
2017 – Reyes, J.; Lara, L.E.; Morata, D. Contrasting P-T paths of shield and rejuvenated volcanism at Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Ridge, SE Pacific. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2017 – Naranjo, J.A.; Singer, B.S.; Jicha, B.R.; Moreno, H.; Lara, L.E. Holocene tephra succession of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and Antillanca/Casablanca volcanic complexes, southern Andes (40–41°S). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2017 – Coppola, D.; Laiolo, M.; Franchi, A.; Massimetti, F.; Cigolini, C.; Lara, L.E. Measuring effusion rates of obsidian lava flows by means of satellite thermal data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2017 – Delgado, F.; Pritchard, M.E.; Ebmeier, S.; González, P.; Lara, L. Possible structural control on the 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex (southern Chile) determined by InSAR, GPS and seismicity. Geophysical Journal International.
2017 – Sielfeld, G.; Cembrano, J.; Lara, L. Transtension driving volcano-edifice anatomy: Insights from Andean transverse-to-the-orogen tectonic domains. Quaternary International.
2016 – Delgado, F.; Pritchard, M.E.; Basualto, D.; Lazo, J.; Córdova, L.; Lara, L.E. Rapid reinflation following the 2011–2012 rhyodacite eruption at Cordón Caulle volcano (Southern Andes) imaged by InSAR: Evidence for magma reservoir refill. Geophysical Research Letters.
2016 – Coppola, D.; Laiolo, M.; Lara, L.E.; Cigolini, C.; Orozco, G. The 2008 “silent” eruption of Nevados de Chillán (Chile) detected from space: Effusive rates and trends from the MIROVA system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2015 – Sepúlveda, P.; Le Roux, J.P.; Lara, L.E.; Orozco, G.; Astudillo, V. Biostratigraphic evidence for dramatic Holocene uplift of Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Ridge, SE Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences.
2015 – Lara, L.E.; Calderón, R. Hazards and specific risk related to Chaiten volcano: Geological perspective of vulnerability nearby an active volcano,Peligro y riesgo específico asociado al volcán Chaitén: Perspectiva geológica de la vulnerabilidad en el entorno de un volcán activo. Magallania.
2015 – Bertin, D.; Lara, L.E.; Basualto, D.; Amigo, A.; Cardona, C.; Franco, L.; Gil, F.; Lazo, J. High effusion rates of the Cordõn Caulle 2011-2012 eruption (Southern Andes) and their relation with the quasi-harmonic tremor. Geophysical Research Letters.
2015 – Roperch, P.; Chauvin, A.; Lara, L.E.; Moreno, H. Secular variation of the Earth’s magnetic field and application to paleomagnetic dating of historical lava flows in Chile. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
2015 – Bucchi, F.; Lara, L.E.; Gutiérrez, F. The Carrán-Los Venados volcanic field and its relationship with coeval and nearby polygenetic volcanism in an intra-arc setting. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2015 – Ulloa, H.; Iroumé, A.; Mao, L.; Andreoli, A.; Diez, S.; Lara, L.E. Use of Remote Imagery to Analyse Changes in Morphology and Longitudinal Large Wood Distribution in the Blanco River After the 2008 Chaitén Volcanic Eruption, Southern Chile. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography.
2014 – Jay, J.; Costa, F.; Pritchard, M.; Lara, L.; Singer, B.; Herrin, J. Erratum to «Locating magma reservoirs using InSAR and petrology before and during the 2011-2012 Cordón Caulle silicic eruption» [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 395, (2014), 254-266]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
2014 – Jacques, G.; Hoernle, K.; Gill, J.; Wehrmann, H.; Bindeman, I.; Lara, L.E. Geochemical variations in the Central Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile (38-43°S): The role of fluids in generating arc magmas. Chemical Geology.
2014 – Roperch, P.; Chauvin, A.; Le Pennec, J.-L.; Lara, L.E. Paleomagnetic study of juvenile basaltic-andesite clasts from Andean pyroclastic density current deposits. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
2014 – Rodrigo, C.; Lara, L.E. Plate tectonics and the origin of the juan fernández ridge: Analysis of bathymetry and magnetic pattern,Tectónica de placas y origen de la dorsal de juan fernández: Análisis de los patrones batimétricos y magnéticos. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research.
2014 – Wehrmann, H.; Hoernle, K.; Jacques, G.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Schumann, K.; Mahlke, J.; Lara, L.E. Volatile (sulphur and chlorine), major, and trace element geochemistry of mafic to intermediate tephras from the Chilean Southern Volcanic Zone (33–43°S). International Journal of Earth Sciences.
2014 – Jennifer Jay, Fidel Costa, Mathhew Pritchard, Luis Lara, Bradley Singer, Jason Herrin. Locating magma reservoirs using InSAR and petrology before and during the 2011–2012 Cordón Caulle silicic eruption. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
2013 – Jacques, G.; Hoernle, K.; Gill, J.; Hauff, F.; Wehrmann, H.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; van den Bogaard, P.; Bindeman, I.; Lara, L.E. Across-arc geochemical variations in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile (34.5-38.0°S): Constraints on mantle wedge and slab input compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
2013 – Piña-Gauthier, M.; Lara, L.E.; Bataille, K.; Tassara, A.; Báez, J.C. Co-eruptive deformation and dome growth during the 2008-2009 Chaitén eruption, Southern Andes,Deformación co-eruptiva y crecimiento del domo durante la erupción 2008-2009 del volcán chaitén, andes del sur. Andean Geology.
2013 – Amigo, Á.; Lara, L.E.; Smith, V.C. Holocene record of large explosive eruptions from Chaitén and Michinmahuida Volcanoes, Chile,Registro de erupciones explosivas holocenas de los Volcanes Chaitén y Michinmahuida, Chile. Andean Geology.
2013 – Lara, L.E.; Moreno, R.; Amigo, Á.; Hoblitt, R.P.; Pierson, T.C. Late Holocene history of Chaitén Volcano: New evidence for a 17th century eruption. Andean Geology.
2013 – Major, J.J.; Lara, L.E. Overview of Chaitén Volcano, Chile, and its 2008-2009 eruption,Revisión del volcán chaitén y su erupción 2008-2009. Chile. Andean Geology.
2013 – Bonali, F.L.; Tibaldi, A.; Corazzato, C.; Tormey, D.R.; Lara, L.E. Quantifying the effect of large earthquakes in promoting eruptions due to stress changes on magma pathway: The Chile case. Tectonophysics.
2013 – Pritchard, M.E.; Jay, J.A.; Aron, F.; Henderson, S.T.; Lara, L.E. Subsidence at southern Andes volcanoes induced by the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake. Nature Geoscience.
2013 – Pallister, J.S.; Diefenbach, A.K.; Burton, W.C.; Muñoz, J.; Griswold, J.P.; Lara, L.E.; Lowenstern, J.B.; Valenzuela, C.E. The chaitén Rhyolite lava dome: Eruption sequence, lava dome volumes, rapid effusion rates and source of the Rhyolite magma,El domo riolítico del volcán Chaitén: secuencia eruptiva, tasa de emisión y fuente del magma riolítico. Andean Geology.
2012 – Lara, L.E.; Orozco, G.; Piña-Gauthier, M. The 1835AD fissure eruption at Osorno volcano, Southern Andes: Tectonic control by the intraarc stress field instead of remote megathrust-related dynamic strain. Tectonophysics.
2011 – Wicks, C.; De La Llera, J.C.; Lara, L.E.; Lowenstern, J. The role of dyking and fault control in the rapid onset of eruption at Chaitén volcano, Chile. Nature.
2010 – Pallister, J.S.; Major, J.J.; Pierson, T.C.; Hoblitt, R.P.; Lowenstern, J.B.; Eichelberger, J.C.; Lara, L.; Moreno, H.; Muoz, J.; Castro, J.M. et al. Interdisciplinary studies of eruption at Chaitén Volcano, Chile. Eos.
2009 – Lara, L.E. The 2008 eruption of the Chaitén Volcano, Chile: A preliminary report,La erupción 2008 del volcán Chaitén, Chile: Informe preliminar. Andean Geology.
2009 – Cembrano, J.; Lara, L. The link between volcanism and tectonics in the southern volcanic zone of the Chilean Andes: A review. Tectonophysics.
2009 – Carn, S.A.; Paluster, J.S.; Lara, L.; Ewert, J.W.; Watt, S.; Prata, A.J.; Thomas, R.J.; Villarosa, G. The Unexpected Awakening of Chaitén Volcano, Chile. Eos.
2008 – Singer, B.S.; Jicha, B.R.; Harper, M.A.; Naranjo, J.A.; Lara, L.E.; Moreno-Roa, H. Eruptive history, geochronology, and magmatic evolution of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, Chile. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America.
2008 – Corbella, H.; Lara, L.E. Late Cenozoic Quaternary Volcanism in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Developments in Quaternary Science.
2008 – Lara, L.E.; Cembrano, J.; Lavenu, A. Quaternary vertical displacement along the liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone: Differential uplift and coeval volcanism in the Southern Andes? International Geology Review.
2007 – Stern, C.R.; Moreno, H.; López-Escobar, L.; Clavero, J.E.; Lara, L.E.; Naranjo, J.A.; Parada, M.A.; Skewes, M.A. Chilean volcanoes. Geological Society Special Publication.
2006 – Lara, L.E.; Moreno, H.; Naranjo, J.A.; Matthews, S.; Pérez de Arce, C. Magmatic evolution of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex (40° S), Southern Andean Volcanic Zone: From shield to unusual rhyolitic fissure volcanism. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2006 – Lara, L.E.; Lavenu, A.; Cembrano, J.; Rodríguez, C. Structural controls of volcanism in transversal chains: Resheared faults and neotectonics in the Cordón Caulle-Puyehue area (40.5°S), Southern Andes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2006 – Lara, L.E.; Folguera, A. The Pliocene to Quaternary narrowing of the Southern Andean volcanic arc between 37° and 41°s latitude. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America.
2004 – Naranjo, J.A.; Lara, L.E. August-September 2003 small vulcanian eruption at the Nevados de Chillán Volcanic Complex (36°50′S), Southern Andes (Chile). Revista Geologica de Chile.
2004 – Lara, L.E.; Naranjo, J.A.; Moreno, H. Lanín volcano (39.5°S), Southern Andes: Geology and morphostructural evolution. Lanín volcano (39.5°S), Southern Andes: Geology and morphostructural evolution. Revista Geologica de Chile
2004 – Lara, L.E.; Naranjo, J.A.; Moreno, H. Rhyodacitic fissure eruption in Southern Andes (Cordón Caulle; 40.5°S) after the 1960 (Mw:9.5) Chilean earthquake: A structural interpretation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
2001 – Lara, L.; Rodríguez, C.; Moreno, H.; Pérez de Arce, C. Geochemistry and K-Ar geochronology of the Late Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanism in the Southern Andes (39-42°S),Geocronología K-Ar y geoquímica del volcanismo plioceno superior-pleistoceno de los Andes del sur (39-42°S). Revista Geologica de Chile.
2001 – Wall, R.M.; Lara, L.E. Lavas Las Pataguas: Alkaline volcanism in the early Miocene andean forearc of central Chile,Lavas Las Pataguas: Volcanismo alcalino en el antearco andino del Mioceno inferior, Chile central.Revista Geologica de Chile.
1997 – Naranjo, J.A.; Lara, L.E.; Mazzoni, M.M. Late Quaternary monogenetic volcanoes along Rio Salado, Southwest Mendoza Province, Argentina. Acta Geologica Hispanica.
Docencia
Académico del Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad Austral de Chile.
Guía de tesis
Graduados
Licenciatura
Geología – Universidad Andrés Bello
Franco Ríos (2025) – Evaluación peligros volcánicos asociados a escenarios plausibles de flujos piroclásticos y de lahares en el Complejo Volcánico Mocho-Choshuenco (CVMC) a los 39,5°S en la Región de los Ríos, provincia de Valdivia, Chile.