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Chile

Gonzalo Montalva

Universidad de Concepción

Research Interests

Our group focuses on seismic hazard and their interaction with surface geology. We are interested in earthquake recurrence, subsurface geophysical structure, city's seismic response, strong earthquake shaking prediction.

Exchange participants will join a active interdisciplinary group of students and have the opportunity to participate field campaigns to collect geophysical and geotechnical.

Hosting Period

March to December 2026

Facilities & Resources

Our lab has office space, internet access, physical and online library access, Seismic Cone Penetration tests rig (sCPTu), boring rig (with SPT), 7 portable seismometers, a permanent local network, a Dynamic triaxial test.

Project Language

English-Spanish

Keywords

Ground Motion Modeling, Seismic Hazard, Site characterization, Basin Response, Time evolution of Seismic Risk.

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