The conference consists of two days of dedicated talks, poster sessions and discussions. The scientific program will be finalized once all abstracts have been received.
In addition, there will be two full days of field trips on and around the Nevados de Chillan volcanic complex.
Both field days will involve a moderate amount of walking (up to 10 km round trip) with elevation gains of less than 500 m and maximum slope angles of around 15 degrees. The temperature at Nevados de Chillan in November may range from between 5 to 15 degrees celcius and at higher elevations there will likely be snow cover.
Travel and Accommodation
Travel within Chile is reasonably straightforward and the hotel is accessible by buses or taxis from Chillan. Two bus options will be arranged for direct transfer to the hotel at an additional cost.
A bus will depart from a point in downtown Santiago at a time to be announced during the morning of Sunday 1st November. That bus will make a stop at Chillan train station in the afternoon of Sunday 1st November. The options and costs will vary depending on how many opt for this arranged transport.
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Pre and post conference trips
An optional 1-day pre-conference fieldtrip to Punta de Tralca near El Quisco on the coast south of Valparaiso is available for a limited number of participants.
There may be the opportunity to visit the Southern Andean Volcano observatory in Temuco for a tour and discussions during the afternoon of Friday 6th November if a sufficient number of people would like to. It takes around 3 hours to get from Nevados de Chillan to Temuco but once there and after the visit, participants may wish to continue on to Pucon (the home of Villarrica volcano) or elsewhere.
Would you like to show the VIPS community your favourite outcrop? Please contact conference.vips@ckelar.org if you are interested in organizing any additional pre or post conference activities. Please also consider continuing your stay in Chile for a week and attending the 8th Colloquium on Geophysical Signatures of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Landslides which will be held at the University of Chile between 11-13th November.
Field Workshop: Magma Emplacement and Geomechanics at Punta de Tralca
Saturday 31 st October 2026
Located 110 km west of Santiago (~90 min), the Punta de Tralca sector in El Quisco city
offers a premier natural laboratory into the magmatic plumbing system of a Mesozoic
magmatic arc. The fundamental value of this site lies in the exceptional quality of
preservation and continuous exposure of its shore platforms; in both plan and vertical
sections, allows for geometric characterization of magma sheets.
During the field workshop, discussion will be focused on the following topics:
Kinematics and Paleostress: Discussing and contrasting the validity of classic
kinematic models applied to dike swarms and the ability accurately reconstruct
regional paleostresses.
- Fracture Mechanics: Debating the geomechanical conditions that determine
whether magma generates new fractures or utilizes pre-existing discontinuities. - Emplacement Parameters: Discussion on the methods used for precisely dating
magmatic event and the ways to estimate the emplacement depth of the exposed
dikes under observation.
Geochemical Signatures: Integrating questions regarding the information that
geochemical and trace element signatures can provide concerning the evolution and
connectivity of the magma source.
- Magnetic Fabric and Flow: Assessing the potential of anisotropy of magnetic
susceptibility (AMS) analysis to reveal internal flow fabrics and determine whether
magmatic transport was predominantly lateral, vertical or complex.
