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Benigno Godoy

Courtesy Appointment

Benigno Godoy Neira

Sponsor: Adam Kent

2008 Universidad Católica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) – B.Sc. Geological Sciences
2008 Universidad Católica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) – Geologist (Major)
2014 Universidad Católica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) – Ph.D.

2024 – 2027: Principal Researcher: ANID-FONDECYT Regular Project n°1240153 “How much water in the crust? Disentangling the current upper crustal hydration state at the Central Andes, northern Chile.
2024 – 2025: Associated Researcher: ANID-FOVI240236 “Fortalecimiento de redes para el estudio de futuros colapsos de volcanes, con casos de los volcanes Antuco y Calbuco (sur de Chile)” Dra. Inés Rodríguez Araneda (Principal Researcher; Universidad Católica de Temuco); Professor Benjamin van Wyk de Vries (International Associated Researcher; University of Clermont Auvergne, Francia).
2023 – 2026: Associated Researcher: ANID-ECOS230004 “Volcanism in the Atacama Desert as an analog to Mars” Dra. Patricia Larrea (Principal Researcher; Universidad de Chile); Dra. Jessica Flahaut (International Associated Researcher; University National Center for Scientific Research, Francia).
2020 – 2023: Principal Researcher: ANID-FONDECYT Iniciación Project n°11200013 “Boron and Oxygen isotopes systematics constraining slab-derived fluids contribution to arc magmatism at the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex (Central Andes, northern Chile)”.

Harris, C., Sigauke, C., Le Roux, P., Godoy, B., & Maurel, O. G. (2026). A possible role for magmatic water in the scarcity of low-δ18O magmas in the central Andes of northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 106240.

Riquelme-Ríos, S., Rodríguez, I., Godoy, B., González-Maurel, O., le Roux, P., Ramírez, E., Geiger, H., Acuña, A., Guzmán-Marusic, G., Chanqueo, S. (2026). Magma storage conditions of Navidad Cone and its relation with the latest eruptions of Lonquimay Volcano, Andean Southern Volcanic Zone. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 105975.

Pérez-Sanhueza, G., González-Maurel, O., Godoy, B., Rodríguez, I., Le Roux, P., Guzmán-Marusić, G., Dosseto, A., Dux, F., Bertin, L. (2026). Amphibole textures, and Sr and U-Th radiogenic compositions revealing changes in magma dynamics at Guallatiri volcano (18° 25’S, 69° 05’W), northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 106041.

Loaiza, C., Godoy, B., Freire, N., González-Maurel, O., Araneda, I. R., le Roux, P., Figueroa, J., 2026. Petrogenesis of a highly contaminated magmas by ascent through a thick continental crust: The case of Sairecabur volcano, Central Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 105898.

Godoy, B., Cascante, M., Prat, L. H., González-Maurel, O., Rodríguez, I., le Roux, P., Contreras, C., Contreras-Higueras, V., Chanqueo, S., Polanco, E., Clavero, J.E., Castruccio, A., 2026. Magmatic evolution of Isluga volcano: Insights for the differences in sub-arc magmatic inputs and crustal contribution in the Central Andes of northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 105836.

Prat, L. H., Godoy, B., Cannatelli, C., Manosalva, D. A., Castruccio, A., Elardo, S. M., Monteleone, B., 2025. The role of mafic input in highly evolved volcanism within the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic complex: A geochemical study of Cerro Chao. Lithos, 504, 108024.

Godoy, B., González-Maurel, O., Harris, C., le Roux, P., Lister, J., 2023. Oxygen and radiogenic isotopes require different contamination paths in the Azufre volcano, Central Andes, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 128, 104451.

Godoy, B., Deegan, F. M., González-Maurel, O., le Roux, P., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Rodríguez, I., Guzmán-Marusic, G., Marín, C., 2023. Boron isotope variations in a single monogenetic cone: La Poruña (21° 53′ S, 68° 30′ W), Central Andes, Chile. Lithos, 440, 107030.

Ito, G., Flahaut, J., González-Maurel, O., Godoy, B., Payet, V., Barthez, M., 2022. Remote Sensing Survey of Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex Rocks and Minerals for Planetary Analog Use. Remote Sensing. 14(9):2081.

Parra-Encalada, D., Larrea, P., Loaiza, C., Cartagena, R., Salinas, S., Godoy, B., Grosse, P., Le Roux, P., 2022. Physical and chemical evolution of the largest monogenetic lava field in the Central Andes: El Negrillar Volcanic Field, Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 426, 107541.

Godoy, B., Taussi, M., González-Maurel, O., Hübner, D., Lister, J., Sellés, D., le Roux, P., Renzulli, A., Rivera, G., Morata, D., 2022. Evolution of the Azufre volcano (northern Chile): implications for the Cerro Pabellón Geothermal Field as inferred from long-lasting eruptive activity. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 423, 107472.

Marín, C., Rodríguez, I., Godoy, B., González-Maurel, O., Le Roux, P., Medina, E., Bertín, D., 2020. Eruptive history of La Poruña scoria cone, Central Andes, Northern Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology, 82(11), 1-19.

Rodríguez, I., Páez, J., van Wyk de Vries, M., van Wyk de Vries, B., Godoy, B., 2020 Dynamics and physical parameters of the Lastarria debris avalanche, Central Andes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 402, 106990.

Godoy, B., McGee, L., González-Maurel, O., Rodríguez, I., le Roux, P., Morata, D., Menzies, A., 2020. Upper crustal differentiation processes and their role in 238U-230Th disequilibria at the San Pedro-Linzor volcanic chain (Central Andes). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 102:102672.

Veloso, E.E., Tardani, D., Elizalde, D., Godoy, B., Sánchez-Alfaro, P.A., Aron, F., Reich, M., Morata, D., 2020. A review of the geodynamic constraints on the development and evolution of geotermal systems in the Central Andean Volcanic Zone (18-28°Lat.S). International Geology Review, 1644678.