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Marcelo Alejandro Farías Thiers

Assistant Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Tectonics, Mountain Building, Structural Geology, Geomorphology, Thermochronology

Educación

  •  Docteur en Science de la Terre, l'Espace et l'Univers, Université Paul Sabatier. Francia, 2007
  •  Geólogo, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2003
  •  Geologia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2007

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assitant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2011

Formación de Capital Humano


Cenozoic uplift and exhumation above the southern part of the flat slab subduction segment of Chile (28.5°-32°S), María Rodríguez M. PhD thesis, Universidad de Chile, Santiago. 2013, participation as Jury
Evolución estructural del límite Mesozoico-Cenozoico de la Cordillera Principal entre 35° 30'Y 36° S, Región del Maule, Chile, Daniela Astaburuaga Tobar, M.Sc. thesis Universidad de Chile, Santiago. 2014. Director
Configuración y Evolución Estructural Post-Oligocena de la Precordillera de Camiña, Región de Tarapacá, Chile (19º14 -19º32 S/69º13 -69º38 W), Sebastián Herrera E., Memoria de Título, Universidad de Chile, Santiago. 2013 Co-Director
Evidencias Glaciares del Cenozoico Tardío en el Borde Occidental del Altiplano entre 19°10 S y 19°45 S Valeria Zavala O. Memoria de Título 2013 Universidad de Chile, Santiago. Director.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best publication in 2013

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2014

    Award to academics that published in ISI journal corresponding to the top 10% of their respective disciplines.


 

Article (28)

Silicic volcanism triggered by increased denudation rates in the Quaternary Andean arc of central Chile between 33 degrees 50 '-34 degrees 30 ' S
Tectonic controls on the Maastrichtian-Danian transgression in the Magallanes-Austral foreland basin (Chile): Implications for the growth of the Southern Patagonian Andes
The First Andean Compressive Tectonic Phase: Sedimentologic and Structural Analysis of Mid-Cretaceous Deposits in the Coastal Cordillera, Central Chile (32 degrees 50'S)
Eocene arc petrogenesis in Central Chile (c. 33.6 degrees S) and implications for the Late Cretaceous-Miocene Andean setting: tracking the evolving tectonic regime
Long-term dispersion of river gravel in a canyon in the Atacama Desert, Central Andes, deduced from their Be-10 concentrations
The nature of the subduction wedge in an erosive margin: Insights from the analysis of aftershocks of the 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel earthquake beneath the Chilean Coastal Range
Extensional tectonics during Late Cretaceous evolution of the Southern Central Andes=> Evidence from the Chilean main range at similar to 35 degrees S
Latitudinal and Longitudinal Patterns of Exhumation in the Andes of North-Central Chile
Detrital and volcanic zircon U-Pb ages from southern Mendoza (Argentina): An insight on the source regions in the northern part of the Neuquen Basin
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
Geodynamic processes in the andes of central Chile and Argentina: An introduction
Late Cenozoic contractional evolution of the current arc-volcanic region along the southern Central Andes (35 degrees 20'S)
Neotectonic reactivation of the western section of the Malargue fold and thrust belt (Tromen volcanic plateau, Southern Central Andes)
Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the Central Andes in northern Chile and west central Bolivia: implications for paleogeographic, magmatic and mountain building evolution
Isotopic shifts in the Cenozoic Andean arc of central Chile: Records of an evolving basement throughout cordilleran arc mountain building
Pleistocene landscape entrenchment: a geomorphological mountain to foreland field case, the Las Tunas system, Argentina
Slope and climate variability control of erosion in the Andes of central Chile
Coastal uplift and tsunami effects associated to the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule earthquake in Central Chile
Crustal extensional faulting triggered by the 2010 Chilean earthquake: The Pichilemu Seismic Sequence
Late Miocene-Holocene canyon incision in the western Altiplano, northern Chile: tectonic or climatic forcing?
Andean uplift, ocean cooling and Atacama hyperaridity: A climate modeling perspective
Crustal-scale structural architecture in central Chile based on seismicity and surface geology: Implications for Andean mountain building
Land-Level Changes Produced by the M-w 8.8 2010 Chilean Earthquake
Tectonic interpretation of transient stage erosion rates at different spatial scales in an uplifting block
Tectonic, paleogeographic, and metallogenic evolution during the Cenozoic in the Andes of Central and Northern Chile and implication for the adjacent regions of Bolivia and Argentina Evolución tectónica, paleogeográfica y metalogénica durante el cenozoico en los Andes de Chile Norte y Central e implicaciones para las regiones adyacentes de Bolivia y Argentina
Late Miocene high and rapid surface uplift and its erosional response in the Andes of central Chile (33 degrees-35 degrees S)
Late Cenozoic deformation and uplift of the western flank of the Altiplano: Evidence from the depositional, tectonic, and geomorphologic evolution and shallow seismic activity (northern Chile at 19°30?S)

Review (2)

Continental margin deformation along the Andean subduction zone: Thermo-mechanical models
Late Cenozoic deformation and uplift of the western flank of the Altiplano: Evidence from the depositional, tectonic, and geomorphologic evolution and shallow seismic activity (northern Chile at 19 degrees 30 ' S)
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Marcelo Farías

Assistant Professor

Geologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

13
Reinaldo Charrier

Académico

Universidad Andrés Bello

Chile, Chile

6
Rodrigo Riquelme

Associate Professor

Geological Sciences Department

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

5
Diana Comte

Full Professor

Department of Geophysics - Advanced Mining Technology Center

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Luisa Pinto

Associate Professor

Geology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Andres Tassara

Profesor Asociado

Department of Earth Sciences

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepcion, Chile

3
Gabriel Easton

Full Professor

Geology

University of Chile/ Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Santiago, Chile

3
German Aguilar

Investigador

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Marcia Muñoz

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Katja Deckart

Associate Professor

Geology Department

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Italo Payacán

Académico Regular

Escuela de Geología

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Sepúlveda

Director Escuela de Ingeniería

UNIVERSIDAD DE O´HIGGINS

Rancagua, Chile

1
Daniel Melnick

Profesor TItular

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Klaus Bataille

Profesor

Ciencias de la Tierra

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Violeta Tolorza

Profesora adjundta ad-honorem

Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

1
Stephanie Brichau

Guest Researcher

Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Cembrano

Profesor Titular

Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
María Pía Rodríguez

Profesor Asistente

Geología

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

1
Francisco Gutiérrez

Geólogo

Geo Expedition Spa

Santiago, Chile