Dr. Christian Herrera Lameli

Hidrogeología en zonas áridas
Hidrogeología de terrenos volcánicos e islas volcánicas
Hidrogeoquímica e isotopía de aguas subterráneas
Modelación hidrogeoquímica

1. Consorcio Tecnológico del Agua CoTH2O Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos.
2. Proyecto ANID Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía. The Mega-drought and depleting groundwater in Santiago Aquifer – an opportunity to know the aquifer and improve management in a changing climate. Cargo: Director.
3. Estudio de siembra y cosecha de agua de pueblos ancestrales. Red CYTED SYCA-Chile. Cargo: Investigador Asociado.2019-2021. Financiamiento: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de España.
4. Estudio Hidrogeológico Río Silala. Investigación preparada para el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores para ser presentado ante la Corte Internacional de La Haya en colaboración con la PUC. Cargo: Investigador Asociado. 2017-2019.

1. Gamboa, C., Herrera, C., Salgado, X., Arumí, J., Calderon, R. (2023). Hydrogeological investigation of the Paine Aquifer considering baseline conditions from 1970 and long – term analysis from 1990 to 2020. Revista Geográfica de Chile Terra Australis. 59. [link]
2. Jódar,J ., Urrutia, J., Herrera, Christian.,Custodio, E., Martos-Rosillo, S.,Lambán, L.. (2023). The catastrophic effects of groundwater intensive exploitation and Megadrought on aquifers in Central Chile: Global change impact projections in water resources based on groundwater balance modeling. The Science of The Total Environment. 914. [link]
3. Aravena, R., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J. (2023). Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed. WIREs Water.[link]
4. Herrera, C., Godfrey, L., Urrutia, J., Custodio, E., Gamboa, C., Jódar, J.,Lam ., Elizabeth & Fuentes, J.. (2023). Origin of old saline groundwater in the deep coastal formations of the Atacama Desert region: Consideration of lithium, boron, strontium and uranium isotopes contents. Journal of Hydrology. 624.[link]
5. Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., Gamboa, C., Salgado, X., Godfrey, L., Rivas, A., … & Arriagada, E. (2023). Evaluation of the impact of the intensive exploitation of groundwater and the mega-drought based on the hydrochemical and isotopic composition of the waters of the Chacabuco-Polpaico basin in central Chile. Science of The Total Environment, 165055.[link]
6. Aravena, R., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J. (2023). Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala river Watershed. Wires WATER.[link]
7. Jódar, J., Martos-Rosillo, S.,Custodio, E.,Mateos, L.,Cabello, J., Casas, J., Salinas, M., Martín Civantos, J., González-Ramón, A.,& Zakaluk, T., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., Lambán, L.. (2022). The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition. Water. [link]
8. Gamboa, C., Godfrey, L., Urrutia, J., Herrera, C., Lu, X., & Jordan, T.(2022). Conditions of groundwater recharge in the hyperarid southern Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change, 217, 103931. [link]
9. Gamboa, C., Godfrey, L., Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Soler, A.(2022). The origin of solutes in groundwater in a hyper-arid environment: A chemical and multi-isotope approach in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Science of the Total Environment, 690, 329-351.[link]
10. Lam, E.J., Urrutia, J., Bech, J. et al. Heavy metal pollution index calculation in geochemistry assessment: a case study on Playa Las Petroleras. Environ Geochem Health (2022). [link]
11. Jódar, J.,Zakaluk, T., González-Ramón, A., Ruiz-Constán, A., Marín C., Martín, J., Custodio, E., , J., Herrera, C., Lambán, J., Durán, J., Martos-Rosillo, S.( 2022). Artificial recharge by means of careo channels versus natural aquifer recharge in a semi-arid, high-mountain watershed (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Science of The Total Environment, 825, 15 June 2022, 153937.[link]
12. Sáez, A., Margalef, O., Becerril, L., Herrera, C., Goff, J., Pla-Rabes, S., … & Giralt,S. (2022). Geological and Climatic Features, Processes and Interplay Determining the Human Occupation and Habitation of Easter Island. In The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Towards an Integrative Interdisciplinary Framework (pp.311-344). Cham: Springer International Publishing. [link]
13. Valdivieso, S., Vazquez, E., Herrera, C., Custodio, E. 2021. Characterization of Precipitation and Recharge in the Peripheral Aquifer of the Salar de Atacama. Science of the Total Environment. (ISI).[link]
14. Urrutia, J., Guimerà, J., Custodio, E., Herrera, C., Jódar, J., Acosta, O., Ansón, I. 2021. Processes explaining the origin and evolution of groundwater composition in the Andean Precordillera and Altiplano of the Tarapacá Region of northern Chile. Science of the Total Environment. (ISI) [link]
15. Jódar, J., Herms, I., Lambán, L.J. Martos-Rosillo, S., Herrera-Lameli, C., Urrutia, J., Soler, A., Custodio, E. 2021. Isotopic content in high mountain karst aquifers as a proxy for climate change impact in Mediterranean zones: The Port del Comte karst aquifer (SE Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain). Science of The Total Environment, 790, 148036. [link]
16. Godfrey, L., Herrera, C., Burr, J., Houston, J., Aguirre, I., Jordan, T. 2021. δ13C and 14C activity of groundwater DOC and DIC in the volcanically active and arid Loa Basin of northern Chile. Journal of Hydrology, 595, 125987 (ISI). [link]
17. Herrera, C., Godfrey, L., Urrutia, J., Custodio, E., Jordan, T., Jodar, J., Delgado, Ketherine, Barrenechea, F. 2020. Recharge and residence times of groundwater in hyper arid areas: The confined aquifer of Calama, Loa River Basin, Atacama Desert, Chile. Science of the Total Environment. (ISI) (in press) [link]
18. Jodar, J., González-Ramón, A., Martos-Rosillo, S., Heredia, J., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., Caballero, Y., Zabaleta, A., Antigüedad I., Custodio,E., Lambán, L.J. 2020. Snowmelt as a determinant factor in the hydrogeological behaviour of high mountain karst aquifers: The Garcés karst system, Central Pyrenees (Spain). Science of the Total Environment 748 (2020) 141363 (ISI). [link]
19. Jodar, J., Rubio, F.M., Custodio, E., Martos-Rosillo, S., Pey,J., Herrera, C., Turu, V., Pérez-Bielsa, C., Ibarra, P., Lambán, L.J. 2020. Hydrogeochemical, isotopic and geophysical characterization of saline lake systems in semiarid regions: The Salada de Chiprana Lake, Northeastern Spain. Science of the Total Environment 728, 138848 (ISI). [link]
20. Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., Jodar, J., Lambán, J., Custodio, E., Gamboa, C. 2019. Investigaciones hidrogeológicas en la laguna Tuyajto perteneciente a la Reserva Nacional de los Flamencos (Atacama, Chile). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 130 (4): 789-806. (SCOPUS)
21. Urrutia, J., Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Jódar, J., Medina, A. 2019. Groundwater recharge and hydrodynamics of complex volcanic aquifers with a shallow saline lake: Laguna Tuyajto, Andean Cordillera of northern Chile. Science of the Total Environment. (ISI) [link]
22. Gamboa, C., Godfrey, L., Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Soler, A. 2019. The origin of solutes in groundwater in a hyper-arid environment: A chemical and multi-isotope approach in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Science of the Total Environment 690, 329–351. (ISI) [link]
23. Godfrey, L., Herrera, C., Gamboa, C., Mathur, R. 2019. Chemical and isotopic evolution of groundwater through the active Andean arc of Northern Chile. Chemical Geology, Vol 518, 20 July 2019, Pages 32-44. (ISI). [link]
24. Jordan, T., Herrera C., Godfrey, L., Colucci, S., Gamboa, C., Urrutia J., González, G., Paul, J. 2019. Isotopic Characteristics and Paleoclimate Implications of the Extreme Rain Event of March 2015 in Northern Chile. Andean Geology, 46 (1): 1-31. (ISI). [link]
25. Herrera, C., Urrutia J., Jódar J., Lambán L.J., Custodio E., Gamboa C. 2018. Investigaciones Hidrogeológicas en la Laguna Tuyajto perteneciente a la Reserva Nacional de los Flamencos (Atacama, Chile) (In Press). Boletín Geológico y Minero de España. (SCOPUS)
26. Ruthsatz A., Sarmiento, A., Diaz, D., Salazar, P., Herrera C., Brassea, H. 2018. Joint TEM and MT aquifer study in the Atacama Desert, North Chile. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 153: 7-1 6 (ISI). [link]
27. Urrutia, J., Jódar, J., Medina A., Herrera, C., Chong, G., Urqueta, H., Luque, J. 2018. Hydrogeology and sustainable future groundwater abstraction from the Agua Verde aquifer in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Hydrogeology Journal, 26, 1989–2007. (ISI). [link]
28. Jódar, J., Carpintero, E., Martos-Rosillo, S., Ruiz-Constán, A., Marín-Lechado, C., Cabrera-Arrabal, J., Navarrete-Mazariegos, E., González-Ramón, A., Lambán, J., Herrera, C., González-Dugo, M. 2018. Combination of lumped hydrological and remote-sensing models to evaluate water resources in a semi-arid high altitude ungauged watershed of Sierra Nevada (Southern Spain). Science of The Total Environment, 625: 285-300. (ISI). [link]
29. Herrera.C., Gamboa, C., Custodio, C., Jordan, T., Godfrey, L., Jódar, J., Luque, J., Vargas, J., Sáez, A. 2018. Groundwater origin and recharge in the hyperarid Cordillera de la Costa, Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Science of The Total Environment, 624: 114-132.[link]
30. Custodio, E., Jódar, J., Herrera, C., Custodio-Ayala, J., Medina, A. 2018. Changes in groundwater reserves and radiocarbon and chloride content due to a wet period in an arid climate sequence in a large unconfined aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 556: 427-437. [link]
31. Urqueta, H., Jodar, J., Herrera, C., Wilke, H-G., Medina, A., Urrutia, J., Custodio, E., Rodríguez, J. 2018. Land surface temperature as an indicator of the unsaturated zone thickness: A remote sensing approach in the Atacama Desert. Science of The Total Environment, 612: 1234-1248. [link]
32. Fernández-Mort, A., Riquelme, R., Alonso-Zarza, A., Campos, E., Bissig, T., Mpodozis, C., Carretier, S., Herrera, C., Tapia., M., Pizarro, H., Muñoz, S. 2017. A genetic model based on evapoconcentration for sediment-hosted exotic-Cu mineralization in arid environments: the case of the El Tesoro central copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile. Mineralium Deposita. [link]
33. Jodar, J., Cabrera, J.A., Martos-Rosillo, S., Ruiz-Constan, A., Gonzalez-Ramon, A., Lamban, L.J., Herrera, C., Custodio, E. 2017. Groundwater discharge in high-mountain watersheds: A valuable resource for downstream semi-arid zones. The case of the Berchules River in Sierra Nevada (Southern Spain). Science of The Total Environment, 593: 760-772. [link]
34. Jódar, J., Custodio E, Lambán, L.J., Martos-Rosillo S., Herrera, C., Sapriza-Azuri, G. 2016. Vertical variation in the amplitude of the seasonal isotopic content of rainfall as a tool to jointly estimate the groundwater recharge zone and transit times in the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park aquifer system, north-eastern Spain. Science of The Total Environment, 573: 505-517. [link]
35. Salas, I., Herrera, C., Luque, J.A., Delgado, Urrutia, J., Jordan, T. 2016. Recent climatic events controlling the hydrological and the aquifer dynamics at arid areas: The case of Huasco River watershed, northern Chile. Science of The Total Environment, 571: 178-194. (ISI) [link]
36. Saez, A., Godfrey, L.V., Herrera, C., Chong, G., Pueyo, J.J., 2016. Timing of wet episodes in Atacama Desert over the last 15 ka. The Groundwater Discharge Deposits (GWD) from Domeyko Range at 25 degrees S. Quaternary Science Reviews , 145: 82-93. (ISI). [link]
37. Jódar, J, Custodio, E., Liotta, M., Lambán, J., Herrera, C., Martos-Rosillo, S., Sapriza, G., Rigo, T. 2016. Correlation of the seasonal isotopic amplitude of precipitation with annual evaporation and altitude in alpine regions. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 550, 27-37. (ISI).[link]
38. Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Chong G., Lambán, J., Riquelme R., Wilke, H., Jódar, J., Urrutia, J., Urqueta, H, Sarmiento, A., Gamboa, C., Lictevout, E. 2016. Groundwater flow in a closed basin with a saline shallow lake in a volcanic area: Laguna Tuyajto, northern Chilean Altiplano of the Andes. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 541, 303-318. [link]
39. Jordan, T., Herrera, C., Kirk-Lawlor, N., Godfrey, L. 2015. Architecture of the aquifers of the Calama Basin, Loa catchment basin, northern Chile. Geosphere, vol. 11, 1438-1474. (ISI). [link]
40. Jódar, J., Sapriza, G., Herrera, C., Lambán, J., Medina, A. 2015. Combining point and regular lattice data in geostatistical interpolation. Journal of Geographical Systems, Vol. 17, 275–296. (ISI).[link]
41. Herrera, C. & Custodio, E. 2014b. Groundwater flow in a relatively old oceanic volcanic island: the Betancuria area, Fuerteventura Island, Canary Islands, Spain. Science of The Total Environment, 531-550. [link]
42. Herrera, C. & Custodio, E. 2014a. Origin of waters from small springs located at the northern coast of Chile, in the vicinity of Antofagasta. Andean Geology, Vol. 41, pp. 314-341. (ISI).[link]
43. Pueyo, J.J., Sáez, A., Giraltb, S., Valero-Garcés B., Moreno, A., Bao, R., Schwalbe, A., Herrera, C., Klosowska, K., Taberner, C. 2011. Carbonate and organic matter sedimentation and isotopic signatures in Lake Chungará, Chilean Altiplano, during the last 12.3 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 307, pp. 339–355. (ISI). [link]
44. Herrera, C. & Custodio, E. 2008. Conceptual hydrogeolgical model of volcanic Easter Island (Chile) after chemical and isotopic surveys. Hydrogeology Journal. Vol. 16, pp. 1329-1348. [link]
45. Saéz, A, Valero-Garcés, B., Moreno, A., Bao, R., Pueyo, J.J., Gonzalez, P., Giralt, S., Taberner, C., Herrera, C & Gibert, R. 2007. Lacustrine Sedimentation in Active Volcanic Settings: the Late Quaternary depositional evolution of Lake Chungará (northern Chile). Sedimentology, Vol. 54, pp. 1191-1222. (ISI). [link]
46. Herrera, C., Pueyo, J., Sáez, A. & Valero-Garcés, B. 2006. Relación de aguas superficiales y subterráneas en el área del lago Chungará y lagunas de Cotacotani, norte de Chile: un estudio isotópico. Revista Geológica de Chile, Vol. 33, N° 2, pp 299-325. (ISI). [link]
47. Cortecci, G., Boschetti, T., Mussi, M., Herrera C., Mucchino, C. & Barbieri, M. (2005). New chemical and original isotopic data on waters from El Tatio geothermal field, northern Chile. Geochemical Journal, 39, 547-571. (ISI). [link]
48. Cabrol, N. A. ; Bettis, E. A., III ; Glenister, B. ; Chong, G. ; Herrera, C. ; Jensen, A. ; Pereira, M. ; Stoker, C. R. ; Grin, E. A. ; Landheim, R. ; Thomas, G. ; Golden, J. ; Saville, K. ; Ludvigson, G. ; Witzke, B. 2001. Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile, 2, Identification of paleolife evidence using a robotic vehicle: Lessons and recommendations for a Mars sample return mission J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 106, No. E4 , p. 7807 (1999JE001181) (ISI).[link]
49. Cabrol, N. A. ; Chong-Diaz, G. ; Stoker, C. R. ; Gulick, V. C. ; Landheim, R. ; Lee, P. ; Roush, T. L. ; Zent, A. P. ; Herrera, C ; Iglesia, A. Jensen ; Arrerondo, M. Pereira ; Dohm, J. M. ; Keaten, R. ; Wettergreen, D. ; Sims, M. H.; Schwher, K. ; Bualat, M. G. ; Thomas, H. J. ; Zbinden, E. ; Christian, D. ; Pedersen, L. ; Bettis, A., III ; Thomas, G. ; Witzke, B. 2001. Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile, 1, Science results overview. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 106, No. E4 , p. 7785 (1999JE001166). (ISI). [link]

Lawrence E. Stevens,Anwar A. Aly,Sarah M. Arpin,Iva Apostolova,Gail M. Ashley,Paulo Quadri Barba,Jose Barquín,Aude Beauger,Lahcen Benaabidate,Sami Ullah Bhat,Lhoussaine Bouchaou,Marco Cantonati,Teresa M. Carroll,Russell Death,Kathleen A. Dwire et al. 2021. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Chapter: The Ecological Integrity of Spring Ecosystems: A Global Review. [link]

1. Premio a la contribución científica por la Cátedra de Sustentabilidad Hídrica Antofagasta Minerals de la UC como parte del grupo de académicos y profesionales que participaron en el trabajo técnico/académico para sustentar la posición chilena en la disputa con Bolivia frente a la Corte Internacional de la Haya por la identificación del río Silala como un cauce internacional (2024)
2. Premio Investigación Relevante de la Universidad Católica del Norte año 2018. Proyecto Anillo 1203: “Exploración y evaluación de nuevos recursos de aguas subterráneas en la Depresión Central de la Región de Antofagasta”. Decreto N° 49/2019 de la Universidad Católica del Norte.
3. Premio Henrique Hegel al mejor egresado de la Carrera de Geología de la Universidad Católica del Norte para el período 1994-1996.