Publications

My research is focused on physical volcanology, volcanic hazards, geological field mapping, igneous petrology & geochemistry, debris flows and debris rock avalanches.

Full list of journal publications

2024

Romero, J., Vergara-Pinto, F., Forte, P., Ovalle, J., Sánchez, F. (2024) The Andean Southern Volcanic Zone: a review on the legacy of the latest volcanic eruptions. Andean Geology 51 (2) : 379-412.

Sánchez, F., Romero, J., Pereira, P., Schilling, M. (2024) Geological heritage sites assessment in the northern flank of the Calbuco volcano (Southern Andes, Chile). Andean Geology 51 (2) : 357-378.

Bonechi, B., Polacci, M., Arzilli, F., Romero, J., Fellowes, J. and Burton, M. (2024) “Magma residence time, ascent rate and eruptive style of the November ash-laden activity during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (La Palma, Spain)”, Volcanica, 7(1), pp. 51–65. doi: 10.30909/vol.07.01.5165.

Naranjo, J. A., Romero, J., Contreras, J. P., Orihashi, Y., Scott, K., Haller, M. and Sumino, H. (2024) “Rapid growth and catastrophic destruction events of Planchón Volcano, Southern Andes”, Volcanica, 7(1), pp. 21–49. doi: 10.30909/vol.07.01.2149.

Basualto, D., Fustos-Toribio, I., Prieto-Santibañez, E., Romero, J.E., Maragaño-Carmona, G., Jara-Muñoz, J., Ramírez, E., Kunstmann, C., Jullian, A., (2024). The role of intra-arc strike-slip fault systems on landslide generation at curarrehue (Central Southern chilean andes), Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

2023

Burton, M., Aiuppa, A., Allard, P. Asensio-Ramos, M., Pardo, A., La Spina, L., Nicholson, E.J., Zanon, V., Barrancos, J., Bitetto, M., Hartley, M., Romero, J.E., Waters, E., Stewart, A., Hernández, P.A., Lages, J.P., Padrón, E., Wood, K., Esse, B., Hayer, C., Cyrzan, K., Rose-Koga, E.F., Schiavi, F., D’Auria L., Pérez, N.M. (2023). Exceptional eruptive CO2 emissions from intra-plate alkaline magmatism in the Canary volcanic archipelago. Commun Earth Environ 4, 467 (2023).

Fabbrizio, A., Bamber, E. C., Michailidou, E., Romero, J. E., Arzilli, F., Bonechi, B., Polacci, M., Burton, M. (2023). Phase equilibrium experiments and thermodynamic simulations to constrain the pre-eruptive conditions of the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 107901.

Romero, J.E., Polacci, M., Arzilli, Schipper, I.C., La Spina, G., Parada, M.A., Norambuena, J., Guevara, A., Watt, S., Moreno, H., Franco, L. 2023. Long-term volcano evolution controlled by lateral collapse at Antuco volcano, southern Andes, Chile. Commun Earth Environ 4, 292 (2023).

Romero, J., Swanson, F., Jones, J., Morgavi, D., Giordano, G., Trolese, M., Aguilera, F., Izquierdo, T., Perugini, D. 2023, The April 2015 Calbuco eruption pyroclastic density currents: deposition, impacts on woody vegetation, and cooling on the northern flank of the cone. Andean Geology 50 (3).

Vergara-Pinto, F., Romero, J.E. (2023). Perceptions of past and future eruptions of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Southern Chile): connecting neighbourhood, social cohesion and disaster memory in volcanic risk research. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER, 7(2), 88-110.

Bonadonna, C., Pistolesi, M., Dominguez, L., Freret-Lorgeril, V., Rossi, E., Fries, A.A., Biass, S., Voloschina, M., Lemus, J., Romero, J.E., Pastore, C., Reyes Hardy, M.-P., Di Maio, L.S., Gabellini, P., Martin, A., Rodríguez García, F., and Pérez, N. Tephra sedimentation and grainsize associated with pulsatory activity: the 2021 Tajogaite eruption of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain). Front. Earth Sci. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1166073.

Romero, J.E. Eruptions from the deep. Nat. Geosci. (2023).

2022

Romero, J.E., Morgado, E., Pisello, A., Boschetty, F., Petrelli, M., Cáceres, F., Alam, M.A., Polacci, M., Palma, J.L., Arzilli, F., Vera, F., Gutiérrez, R., Morgavi, D. Pre-eruptive conditions of the 3 March 2015 paroxysmal eruption of Villarrica volcano (Southern Andes). Bull Volcanol.

Bonadonna, C., Pistolesi, M., Biass, S., Voloschina, M., Romero, J., Coppola, D., Folch, A., D’Auria, L., Martin-Lorenzo, A., Dominguez, L., Pastore, C., Reyes Hardy, M-P., Rodríguez, F. Physical Characterization of Long-Lasting Hybrid Eruptions: The 2021 Tajogaite Eruption of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands). JGR Solid Earth.

Romero, J. E., Burton, M., Cáceres, F., Taddeucci, J., Civico, R., Ricci, T., Pankhurst, M., Hernández, P., Bonadonna, C., Llewellin, E.W., Pistolesi, M., Polacci, M., Solana, C., D'Auria, L., Arzilli, F., Andronico, D., Rodríguez, F., Asensio-Ramos, M., Martín-Lorenzo, A., Hayer, C., Pérez, N. Magmatically induced edifice collapse during the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption: implications for newly formed small-volume volcanoes. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Boschetty, F. O., Ferguson, D. J., Cortés, J. A., Morgado, E., Ebmeier, S. K., Morgan, D. J., Romero, J.E., Silva Parejas, C. Insights into Magma Storage Beneath a Frequently Erupting Arc Volcano (Villarrica, Chile) from Unsupervised Machine Learning Analysis of Mineral Compositions. Geochem, Geophys, Geosyst.

Romero, J.E., Ureta, G., Fuentes, P., Corgne, A., Naranjo, J. A., Ramírez, C. F., Chako-Tchamabé, B., Cáceres, M., Lazcano, J. The eruptive history and magma composition of Pleistocene Cerro Negro volcano (Northern Chile): Implications for the complex evolution of large monogenetic volcanoes. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Romero, J.E., Moreno, H., Polacci, M., Burton, M., Guzmán, D. Mid-Holocene volcanic landslide at Antuco (Chile): avalanche deposit and landscape reconfiguration. Landslides.

Romero, J.E., Vergara-Pinto, F., Aguilar, G., Garcés, A., Montserrat, A. Triggering, behavior and social impacts of january 2021 hail-debris flows at the Central Valley of Chile. Landslides.

2021

Romero, J.E., Alloway, B. V., Gutiérrez, R., Bertín, D., Castruccio, A., Villarosa, G., Schipper, C.I., Guevara, A., Bustillos, J., Pisello, A., Daga, R., Montiel, M., Gleeman, E., González, M., Morgavi, D., Ribeiro Guevara, S., Mella, M. Centennial-scale eruptive diversity at Volcán Calbuco (41.3°S; northwest Patagonia) deduced from historic tephra cover-bed and dendrochronologic archives. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Romero J.E., Polacci, M., Watt, S., Kitamura, S., Tormey, D., Sielfeld, G., Arzilli, F., La Spina, G., Franco, L., Burton, M. & Polanco, E. Volcanic lateral collapse processes in mafic arc edifices: A review of their driving processes, types and consequences. Frontiers in Earth Science.

2020

Romero, J.E., Aguilera, F., Delgado, F., Guzmán, D., Van Eaton, A., Luengo, N., Caro, J., Bustillos, J., Guevara, A., Holbik, S., Tormey, D., Zegarra, I. Combining ash analyses with remote sensing to identify juvenile magma involvement and fragmentation mechanisms during the 2018/19 small eruption of Peteroa volcano (Southern Andes). J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Romero, J.E., Ramírez, V., Alam, M. A., Bustillos, J., Guevara, A., Urrutia, R., Pisello, A., Morgavi, D., Criollo, E. Pyroclastic deposits and eruptive heterogeneity of Volcán Antuco (37° S; Southern Andes) during the Mid to Late Holocene (< 7.2 ka). J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

2019

Arzilli, F., Morgavi, D., Petrelli, M., Polacci, M., Burton, M., Di Genova, D., Spina, L., La Spina, G., Hartley, M., Romero, J.E., Fellowes, J., Díaz-Alvarado, J., Perugini, D. (2019). The unexpected explosive sub-Plinian eruption of Calbuco volcano (22–23 April 2015; southern Chile): Triggering mechanism implications. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

2018

Bustillos, J., Romero, J. E., Guevara, A., & Díaz-Alvarado, J. Tephra fallout from the long-lasting Tungurahua eruptive cycle (1999-2014): Variations through eruptive style transition and deposition processes. Andean Geology.

Romero, J.E., Vera, F., Polacci, M., Morgavi, D., Arzilli, F., Alam, M.A., Bustillos, J.E., Guevara, A., Johnson, J.B., Palma, J.L., Burton, M., Cuenca, E., & Keller, W. Tephra from the 3 March 2015 sustained column related to explosive lava fountain activity at Volcán Villarrica (Chile). Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

2017

Troncoso, L., Bustillos, J., Romero, J. E., Guevara, A., Carrillo, J., Montalvo, E., & Izquierdo, T. Hydrovolcanic ash emission between August 14 and 24, 2015 at Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador): Characterization and eruption mechanisms. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Romero, J.E., Douillet, G. A., Vallejo Vargas, S., Bustillos, J., Troncoso, L., Díaz Alvarado, J., & Ramón, P. Dynamics and style transition of a Vulcanian-driven moderate eruption at Tungurahua (Ecuador) on February 2014: Its pyroclastic deposits and hazard considerations. Solid Earth.

2016

Aguilera, F., Benavente, Ó., Gutiérrez, F., Romero, J., Saltori, O., González, R., Agusto, M., Caselli, A., & Pizarro, M. (2016). Eruptive activity of Planchón-Peteroa volcano for period 2010-2011, Southern Andean Volcanic Zone, Chile. Andean Geology.

Bustillos A, J., Romero, J. E., Troncoso, L., & Guevara C, A. Tephra fall at Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador)-1999-2014: An example of tephra accumulation from a long-lasting eruptive cycle. Geofísica Internacional.

Reckziegel, F., Bustos, E., Mingari, L., Báez, W., Villarosa, G., Folch, A., Collini, E., Viramonte, J., Romero, J.E., & Osores, S. Forecasting volcanic ash dispersal and coeval resuspension during the April-May 2015 Calbuco eruption. J Volcanol Geotherm Res.

Romero, J.E., Morgavi, D., Arzilli, F., Daga, R., Caselli, A., Reckzegiel, F., Viramonte, J., Díaz-Alvarado, J., Polacci, M., Burton, M., Perugini, D. Eruption dynamics of the 22-23 April 2015 Calbuco volcano (Southern Chile): analyses of tephra fall deposits. J Volcanol Geotherm Res

2014

Romero, J., Keller Ulrich, W., & Marfull, V. Short chronological analysis of the 2007-2009 eruptive cycle and its nested cones formation at Llaima volcano. Journal of Technological Possibilism.

2013

Romero, J., Viramonte, J. G., & Scasso, R. A. Indirect tephra volume estimations using theoretical models for some Chilean historical volcanic eruptions with sustained columns. Bolletino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata.

Conference proceedings

2024

Romero, J.E. (2024). Cascading volcanic hazards of collapsed mafic volcanoes: an overview of the types and timescales of magmatic response. In Cities on Volcanoes 12, Session 412, no. 97, Antigua, Guatemala.

Romero, J.E., Cáceres, F., Guevara, A., Morgado, E., Polacci, M., Vergara-Pinto, F., Contreras, C. (2024). Interpreting open conduit magma dynamics at Villarrica volcano using citizen-led petrological time series of pyroclastic products. In Cities on Volcanoes 12, Session 405, no. 307, Antigua, Guatemala.

Vergara-Pinto, F., O'Grady, N., Fredriksen, A. Romero, J.E. (2024). Understanding rhythms: The role of social and volcanic temporalities in risk communication. In Cities on Volcanoes 12, Session 427, no. 181, Antigua, Guatemala.

2023

Naranjo, J.A., Romero, J.E., Contreras, J.P., Orihashi, Y., Scott, K., Haller, M., Hirochika, S. (2023). Rapid growth and catastrophic destruction events of Planchón Volcano. In XVI Congreso Geológico Chileno (CJ613CN), Santiago, Chile.

Romero, J.E., Serey, A., Becerril, L., Valenzuela, R., Villaseñor, T., Varas, J., Lobos, N., Piña, J., Navarro, C. (2023). Inundaciones catastróficas en el tramo medio-superior del río Cachapoal en junio 2023, Chile Central. Encuentro del Centro Internacional de Ciencias de La Tierra E-ICES 18, Malargüe, Argentina.

Vera, F., Romero, J.E., Perales, C., Amigo, A. (2023). Nuevas estimaciones de parámetros magmáticos intensivos en productos eruptivos del Grupo Volcánico Descabezados, Zona Volcánica Sur Transicional. In XVI Congreso Geológico Chileno (KS356PB), Santiago, Chile.

Vergara-Pinto, F., Romero, J.E. (2023). Construcción de riesgo aluvional en zonas agrícolas: el caso de Lolol, Chile Central. Encuentro del Centro Internacional de Ciencias de La Tierra E-ICES 18, Malargüe, Argentina.

Sánchez, F., Pereira, P., Romero, J., & Schilling, M. (2023). Fostering geoheritage in volcanic risk areas: the case of the Calbuco volcano, Southern Chile (No. EGU23-5806). Copernicus Meetings.

2022

Romero, J.E., Vergara-Pinto, F. (2022). Visualizing design thinking for volcanic risk communication. 5ta Conferenza Rittman, Catania, Italy (September, 2022).

Romero, J.E., Vergara-Pinto, F. (2022). Towards a community-based volcanic hazard-risk communication approach. Cities on Volcanoes 11. Crete, Greece.

Biagioli, E., La Spina, G., Polacci, M., Romero, J.E., Burton, M., De Michieli Vitturi, M. (2022). Numerical modelling of sudden eruptive style transitions at basaltic volcanoes. 5ta Conferenza Rittman, Catania, Italy (September, 2022).

Romero, J.E., Polacci, M., Arzilli, F., Kitamura, S., La Spina, G., Cáceres, F., Burton, M., Pankhurst, M. (2022). Relationship between edifice collapse and eruptive activity on instant time scales: insights from the Pacaya 1 ka and Cumbre Vieja 2021 eruptions. 5ta Conferenza Rittman, Catania, Italy (September, 2022).

Lorenzo, A. M., Andronico, D., Rodríguez, F., Coldwell, B., Pankhurst, M., Taddeucci, J., Scarlato, P., Bonadonna, C., Pistolesi, M., Romero, J.E., Melián, G., & Pérez, N. M. (2022). Preliminary results from textural studies on tephra deposits erupted during the 2021 eruption at Cumbre Vieja volcano (No. EGU22-9986). Copernicus Meetings.

Romero, J., Burton, M., Cáceres, F., Llewellin, E., Polacci, M., Asensio-Ramos, M., D'Auria, L., Ricci, T., Civico, R., Taddeucci, J., Andronico, D., Scarlato, P., Rodríguez, F., Pankhurst, M., Martín-Lorenzo, A., & Pérez, N. (2022). Syn-eruptive edifice collapses during the Cumbre Vieja (Canary Islands) 2021 eruption (No. EGU22-8873). Copernicus Meetings.

Romero, J. E., Andronico, D., Bonadonna, C., Taddeucci, J., Pistolesi, M., Burton, M., Polacci, M., Rodríguez, F., Scarlato, P., Hayer, C., & Pankhurst, M. (2022). Volume and stratigraphy of the Cumbre Vieja 2021 eruption tephra fallout, La Palma Island. In Conference: VMSG 2022.

Hartley, M., Waters, E. C., Burgess, R., Burton, M. R., Halldorsson, S. A., Pankhurst, M. J., Romero, J.E., Shorttle, O., & Stewart, A. (2022, July). Halogens in melt inclusions trace recycled mantle lithologies. In 2022 Goldschmidt Conference. GOLDSCHMIDT.

Romero, J. E., Vergara-Pinto, F., Polanco, E., & Rojas, L. (2022). Combinando la volcanología física con la percepción humana en la evaluación del riesgo volcánico asociado al volcán Lonquimay en la localidad de Malalcahuello, Andes del Sur, Chile. XXI Congreso Geológico Argentino, Puerto Madryn, Chubut - Marzo de 2022.

2021

Romero, J., Polacci, M., Moreno, H., Watt, S., Parada, M. A., Valenzuela, K., Albornoz, L., Arzilli, F., La Spina, G., Rodríguez, I. & Burton, M. (2021, April). Multi-scale impacts of Antuco basaltic stratovolcano (Southern Andes, Chile) ca. 6.2 ka sector collapse: avalanche deposition, eruptive behavior transformation and hydrologic reconfiguration. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU21-16176).

Romero, J.E., Polacci, M., Arzilli, F., La Spinna, G., Watt, S., Parada, M.A., Burton, M., New stratigraphic and petrologic observations of the catastrophic ~4 ky sector collapse of Antuco, a basaltic stratovolcano (Southern Andes, Chile). Virtual VMSG Annual General Meeting.

2020

Romero, J., Vergara, F., Vergara, M. J., Troncoso, L., Ayala, L., Forte, P., .Vejar, V., Vallejo, S., Amigo, A., Palma, J.L., Farías, C., & Basualto, D. (2020, December). Quarantine volcanology: a free divulgation e-learning strategy in Latin America during the first-wave SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. ED054-05).

Romero, J., Polacci, M., Burton, M. R., La Spina, G., Arzilli, F., Parada, M. Á., Norambuena, J., Kitamura, S., Watt, S., Klugg, J., & Tormey, D. (2020, December). Unveiling changing eruptive style after sector collapses in basaltic, arc stratovolcanoes: Examples from the eastern Pacific. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. V026-03).

Klug, J., Singer, B. S., Jicha, B. R., Ramirez, A., & Romero, J. (2020, December). Pleistocene to recent magmatic evolution of the Planchon-Peteroa Volcanic Complex, Chile. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. V021-0021).

Romero, J.E., Pisello, A., Gutiérrez, R., Arzilli, F., Morgavi, D., Petrelli, M., Polacci, M., Morgado, E., Boschetty, F., Palma, J.L., Vera, F. (2020, October). Eruptive products of Volcán Villarrica (39.5°S) between 2015 and 2019: a preliminary petrological study. Encuentro del Centro Internacional de Ciencias de la Tierra (E-ICES 11). International Center for Earth Science (ICES), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Cuyo, Argentina.

2018

Romero, J.E., Alloway, B., Watt, S., Guevara, A., Bustillos, J., Díaz-Alvarado, J., Swanson, F., Morgavi, D., Arzilli, F., Mella, M. (2018, November). A late Last Glacial to present-day tephrostratigraphy of Volcan Calbuco northwest Patagonia: evaluation of glacio-volcanic history and associated volcanic hazards. XV Congreso Geológico Chileno, 18-23, Concepción (PD234PH).

Romero, J.E., Reckziegel, F., Anderson, J., Vera, F. (2018, November). Modelling the 3 March 2015 Villarrica (Chile) tephra fall: Comparison of two particle-tracking models. XV Congreso Geológico Chileno, 18-23, Concepción (LM628DS).

Romero, J.E., Vera, F., Polacci, M., Morgavi, D., Arzilli, F., Alam, M.A., Bustillos, J., Guevara, A., Johnson, J.B., Palma, J.L, Burton, M., Cuenca, E., Keller, W. (2018, November). Tephra from the 3 March 2015 Lava Fountain at Volcán Villarrica (Chile). XV Congreso Geológico Chileno, 18-23, Concepción (HF868PJ).