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José Cembrano is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in geophysics.

Their scholarly work covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

José Cembrano's main topics of research encompass:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications across various respected venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Some notable recent papers by José Cembrano are:

  • "Hazardous faults of South America; compilation and overview" (2020) in Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "Reactivation of Fault Systems by Compartmentalized Hydrothermal Fluids in the Southern Andes Revealed by Magnetotelluric and Seismic Data" (2020) in Tectonics
  • "The interplay of a fault zone and a volcanic reservoir from 3D elasto-plastic models: Rheological conditions for mutual trigger based on a field case from the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone" (2021) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Effects of topography and basins on seismic wave amplification: the Northern Chile coastal cliff and intramountainous basins" (2021) in Geophysical Journal International
  • "Field observations and numerical models of a Pleistocene-Holocene feeder dyke swarm associated with a fissure complex to the east of the Tatara-San Pedro-Pellado complex, Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile" (2020) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Collaborations are a prominent aspect of their research career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • T. M. Mitchell
  • Javiera Ruz-Ginouves
  • Rodrigo Gomila
  • Pablo Iturrieta
  • Nicolás Pérez-Estay

Best Publications

  • The link between volcanism and tectonics in the southern volcanic zone of the Chilean Andes: A review

    José Cembrano;Luis Lara

  • The Liquiñe Ofqui fault zone: A long-lived intra-arc fault system in southern Chile

    José Cembrano;Francisco Hervé;Alain Lavenu

  • Compressional- and transpressional-stress pattern for Pliocene and Quaternary brittle deformation in fore arc and intra-arc zones (Andes of Central and Southern Chile)

    Alain Lavenu;Alain Lavenu;José Cembrano

  • Scaling of fault damage zones with displacement and the implications for fault growth processes

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;E. Jensen;J. Cembrano

  • Contrasting nature of deformation along an intra-arc shear zone, the Liquiñe–Ofqui fault zone, southern Chilean Andes

    José Cembrano;Elizabeth Schermer;Alain Lavenu;Alejandro Sanhueza

  • Geochemistry and tectonics of the Chilean Southern Andes basaltic Quaternary volcanism (37-46°S)

    Leopoldo Lopez-Escobar;Jose Cembrano;Hugo Moreno

  • The Challenger–Juan Fernández–Maipo major tectonic transition of the Nazca–Andean subduction system at 33–34°S: geodynamic evidence and implications

    G Yañez;J. Cembrano;M. Pardo;Cesar Ranero

  • Late Cenozoic transpressional ductile deformation north of the Nazca–South America–Antarctica triple junction

    José Cembrano;Alain Lavenu;Alain Lavenu;Peter Reynolds;Gloria Arancibia

  • First seismic record for intra-arc strike-slip tectonics along the Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone at the obliquely convergent plate margin of the southern Andes

    Dietrich Lange;J. Cembrano;A. Rietbrock;C. Haberland

  • Fault zone development and strain partitioning in an extensional strike-slip duplex: A case study from the Mesozoic Atacama fault system, Northern Chile

    J. Cembrano;G. González;G. Arancibia;I. Ahumada

  • The link between forearc tectonics and Pliocene-Quaternary deformation of the Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile

    Gabriel González;José Cembrano;Daniel Carrizo;Alejandro Macci

  • Structural controls of volcanism in transversal chains: Resheared faults and neotectonics in the Cordón Caulle Puyehue area (40.5°S), Southern Andes

    Luis E. Lara;Alain Lavenu;José Cembrano;Carolina Rodríguez

  • Role of viscous plate coupling in the late Tertiary Andean tectonics

    Gonzalo Yáñez;José Cembrano

  • On the structure and mechanical properties of large strike-slip faults

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;E. H. Rutter;J. Cembrano

  • Tectonics, magmatism and paleo-fluid distribution in a strike-slip setting: Insights from the northern termination of the Liquiñe–Ofqui fault System, Chile

    Pamela Pérez-Flores;José Cembrano;Pablo Sánchez-Alfaro;Eugenio Veloso

  • Magmatism and tectonics in continental Chiloé, Chile (42°–42°30′S)

    R.J. Pankhurst;F. Hervé;L. Rojas;J. Cembrano

  • Crustal deformation effects on the chemical evolution of geothermal systems: the intra-arc Liquiñe–Ofqui fault system, Southern Andes

    Pablo Sánchez;Pamela Pérez-Flores;Gloria Arancibia;José Cembrano

  • On the nature of buttressing in margin-parallel strike-slip fault systems

    M. E. Beck;Constanza Rojas;Jose Cembrano

  • Exploring the structural controls on helium, nitrogen and carbon isotope signatures in hydrothermal fluids along an intra-arc fault system

    Daniele Tardani;Martin Reich;Emilie Roulleau;Naoto Takahata

  • The fluid-driven tectonic swarm of Aysen Fjord, Chile (2007) associated with two earthquakes (Mw=6.1 and Mw=6.2) within the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone

    D. Legrand;S. Barrientos;K. Bataille;J. Cembrano

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Faulkner
Daniel R. Faulkner University of Liverpool
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
Diego Morata
Diego Morata University of Chile
Giulio Di Toro
Giulio Di Toro University of Padua
Martin Reich
Martin Reich University of Chile
Richard W. Allmendinger
Richard W. Allmendinger Cornell University
James O.S. Hammond
James O.S. Hammond Birkbeck, University of London
Giorgio Pennacchioni
Giorgio Pennacchioni University of Padua
Philip G. Meredith
Philip G. Meredith University College London
Agust Gudmundsson
Agust Gudmundsson Royal Holloway University of London

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