Carlos Arenas Vargas

Doctoral Researcher

RD 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
RU Marine Geodynamics

Office:
Phone: +49 431 600-2323
E-Mail: carenas(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Education and Career

Since 2021: Doctoral Researcher in geophysics at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Since 2021: Master in Marine Geosciences at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)

2020 - 2021: Project geologist at AFRY, Chile

2020 - 2021: Diploma in Project Management and Administration at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

2018 - 2019: Business Developer at SNC-Lavalin Group, Chile.

2018 - 2019: Consultant Geologist at SNC-Lavalin Group, Chile.

2017: Internship as a geotechnical geologist at Golder Associates, Chile.

2012 - 2017: B.Sc. (honours) in Geology at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (UNAB), Chile.

Awards

2023: Award for the best poster presentation at the 10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates in Singapore (ICGH10). Issued by the National University of Singapore.

2020: PhD scholarship awarded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) of the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Research Projects

Since 2021: Geoenvironmental risks associated with gas hydrate stability in subduction zones. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) of the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Expeditions

RV SONNE (SO294) | Northern Cascadia: Extent of locked zone, prism deformation,slip-to-toe, and the edge of subduction (CLOCKS), North Pacific Ocean, Vancouver-Port Hueneme, September/October, 2022

RV ALKOR (AL574) | Baltic Sea, June, 2022

Conferences

Arenas, C., Crutchley, G., Berndt, C., Pecher, I., Mountjoy, J.: Thermal and geological controls on shallow gas hydrate stability , Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Poster. 10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10) in Singapore, 2023.

Arenas-Vargas, C., Vargas-Cordero, I., Villar-Munoz, L.: Morphostructural characterization and identification of gas hydrates and free gas (Bío-Bío, Chile). Poster. Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias del Mar (COLACMAR XVII) in Balneário Camboriú, Brasil, 2017.