Investigación
- Hidrogeología de zonas áridas y rocas volcánicas.
- Estimación de la recarga a los acuíferos.
- Sustentabilidad de los recursos hídricos.
- Modelación numérica de acuíferos
Proyectos
- Concurso Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía 2021 –REC: The Mega-drought and depleting
groundwater in Santiago Aquifer – an opportunity to know the aquifer and improve management in a changing climate. Investigador principal
- Consorcio Tecnológico del Agua CoTH2O Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos. Investigador principal proyecto 9.
- Proyecto Anillo ACT 1204: Exploration and Assessment of new groundwater resources in the central depression of Antofagasta region.
- Chemical and isotopic characterization of the surface and groundwater of the transboundary basin of the Silala River, second region, Chile.
Publicaciones
- Aravena, R., Herrera, C., & Urrutia, J. (2024). Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 11(1), e1679.[link]
- Jódar, J., Urrutia, J., Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Martos-Rosillo, S., & Lambán, L. J. (2024). 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. Science of the Total Environment, 914, 169651. [link]
- Aravena, R., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J. (2024). Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala river Watershed. Wires WATER.[link]
- 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. [link]
- 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]
- 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]
- J.Jódar, T.Zakaluk, A.González-Ramón, A.Ruiz-Constán, C. MarínLechado, J.M.Martín-Civantos, E.Custodio, J.Urrutia, C.Herrera, L.J.Lambán, J.J.Durán, S.Martos-Rosillo. (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, 153937. [link]
- Lam, E. J., Urrutia, J., Bech, J., Herrera, C., Montofré, Í. L., Zetola, V., … & Cánovas, M. (2022). Heavy metal pollution index calculation in geochemistry assessment: a case study on Playa Las Petroleras. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 1-18. [link]
- Urrutia, J., Guimerà, J., Custodio, E., Herrera, C., Jódar, J., Acosta, O., & Ansón, I. (2022). 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, 805, 149742. [link]
- Jódar, J., Herms, I., Lambán, L. J., Martos-Rosillo, S., Herrera-Lameli, C., Urrutia, J., … & 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]
- Herrera, C., Godfrey, L., Urrutia, J., Custodio, E., Jordan, T., Jódar, J., … & Barrenechea, F. (2021). 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, 752, 141847. [link]
- Jódar, J., González-Ramón, A., Martos-Rosillo, S., Heredia, J., Herrera, C., Urrutia, J., … & 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, 141363. [link]
- 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, 697, 134116. [link]
- Jordan, T. E., Herrera, C., Godfrey, L. V., Colucci, S. J., Gamboa, C., Urrutia, J., … & Paul, J. F. (2019). Isotopic characteristics and paleoclimate implications of the extreme precipitation event of March 2015 in northern Chile. Andean Geology, 46(1), 1-31. [link]
- Urrutia, J., Jódar, J., Medina, A., Herrera, C., Chong, G., Urqueta, H., & Luque, J. A. (2018). Hydrogeology and sustainable future groundwater abstraction from the Agua Verde aquifer in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Hydrogeology Journal, 26(6), 1989-2007. [link]
- Urqueta, H., Jódar, J., Herrera, C., Wilke, H. G., Medina, A., Urrutia, J., … & 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]
- Salas, I., Herrera, C., Luque, J. A., Delgado, J., 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. [link]
- Herrera, C., Custodio, E., Chong, G., Lambán, L. J., Riquelme, R., Wilke, H., … & 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, 541, 303-318. [link]
Premios y Reconocimientos
- 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)
- Merito docente primavera – Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins (2023)
- Merito docente- Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins (2024)
