Overview
Background
Dr Mojtaba Rajabi has over 15 years of extensive experience in crustal stress analysis, geomechanics, geomechanical-numerical modelling and petrophysics. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Adelaide in 2017. Dr Rajabi has worked on the geomechanical analyses of >30 sedimentary basins from across the world including Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Mozambique, Iceland and Western Mediterranean. Since 2012, Dr Rajabi has worked on the Australian and World Stress Map projects, and currently is the Deputy-Head of the World Stress Map project. Dr Rajabi has received over 15 prestigious awards and prizes for his research including the ARC-DECRA Award, the Australian SEG Early Achievement Award, EAGE Louis Cagniard Award, EGU TS Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, the Royal Society of South Australia's H.G. Andrewartha Medal, and the International Lithosphere Program’s Flinn-Hart Award.
Availability
- Dr Mojtaba Rajabi is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Research interests
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Geomechanics of Geo-Storage
Geomechanical considerations for underground CO2 & hydrogen storage.
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Structural Geology and Geomechanics
Analyses of in-situ stresses, and subsurface fractures and their implications in reservoirs and mines.
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Geomechanical-Numerical Modelling
Construction of 1D to 3D geomechanical models for safe and sustainable usage of underground.
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Neotectonic Stress Analyses
Determination of the contemporary state of stress and its relationships with recent structural styles.
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Petrophysics and Subsurface Geology
Analysis of geophysical logs and seismic data to characterise subsurface geology.
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Machine Learning and Artificial intelligence
Application of AI and ML in geosciences.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
History, geology, in situ stress pattern, gas content and permeability of coal seam gas basins in Australia: a review
Salmachi, Alireza, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Wainman, Carmine, Mackie, Steven, McCabe, Peter, Camac, Bronwyn and Clarkson, Christopher (2021). History, geology, in situ stress pattern, gas content and permeability of coal seam gas basins in Australia: a review. Energies, 14 (9) 2651, 2651. doi: 10.3390/en14092651
2021
Journal Article
Relationship between coal composition, fracture abundance and initial reservoir permeability: a case study in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Relationship between coal composition, fracture abundance and initial reservoir permeability: a case study in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 240 103726, 103726. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103726
2021
Conference Publication
In-situ stress pattern of Australia across spatial scales
Rajabi, Mojtaba (2021). In-situ stress pattern of Australia across spatial scales . Australian Earth Sciences Convention – ‘Core to Cosmos’ (AESC-2021), Virtual, 9-12 February 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
In-situ stress and geological structure influence on the coal fractures and initial reservoir permeability within Coal Seam Gas reservoirs, eastern Surat Basin
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). In-situ stress and geological structure influence on the coal fractures and initial reservoir permeability within Coal Seam Gas reservoirs, eastern Surat Basin . Australian Earth Sciences Convention – ‘Core to Cosmos’ (AESC2021), Virtual, 9-12 February 2021.
2020
Journal Article
An open-access stress magnitude database for Germany and adjacent regions
Morawietz, Sophia, Heidbach, Oliver, Reiter, Karsten, Ziegler, Moritz, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Zimmermann, Günter, Müller, Birgit and Tingay, Mark (2020). An open-access stress magnitude database for Germany and adjacent regions. Geothermal Energy, 8 (1) 25. doi: 10.1186/s40517-020-00178-5
2020
Journal Article
Deformation styles related to intraplate strike-slip fault systems of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas (North Africa): New kinematic models
Soumaya, Abdelkader, Kadri, Ali, Ben Ayed, Noureddine, Kim, Young-Seog, Dooley, Tim P., Rajabi, Mojtaba and Braham, Ahmed (2020). Deformation styles related to intraplate strike-slip fault systems of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas (North Africa): New kinematic models. Journal of Structural Geology, 140 104175, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104175
2020
Conference Publication
World Stress Map Beyond Orientations - The First Quality Ranking Scheme for Stress Magnitude Data
Morawietz, Sophia, Heidbach, Oliver, Ziegler, Moritz, Reiter, Karsten, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Zimmermann, Günter, Müller, Birgit and Tingay, Mark (2020). World Stress Map Beyond Orientations - The First Quality Ranking Scheme for Stress Magnitude Data. EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2020. EGU General Assembly. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2884
2020
Journal Article
Subsurface fractures, in-situ stress and permeability variations in the Walloon Coal Measures, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan and Copley, Jeff (2020). Subsurface fractures, in-situ stress and permeability variations in the Walloon Coal Measures, eastern Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 222 103449, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103449
2019
Journal Article
Automated classification of metamorphosed coal from geophysical log data using supervised machine learning techniques
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2019). Automated classification of metamorphosed coal from geophysical log data using supervised machine learning techniques. International Journal of Coal Geology, 214 103284, 103284. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2019.103284
2019
Journal Article
Contemporary tectonic stress pattern of the Persian Gulf Basin, Iran
Ranjbar-Karami, Rasoul, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Gavidel, Ali and Afroogh, Abdolvahab (2019). Contemporary tectonic stress pattern of the Persian Gulf Basin, Iran. Tectonophysics, 766, 219-231. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.06.017
2019
Book Chapter
World stress map
Heidbach, Oliver, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Reiter, Karsten and Ziegler, Moritz O. (2019). World stress map. Encyclopedia of petroleum geoscience. (pp. 1-8) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-02330-4_195-1
2019
Conference Publication
Thermal maturation & uplift in the Moatize Basin, Mozambique
Esterle, Joan, Rodrigues, Sandra, Ward, Valerie and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2019). Thermal maturation & uplift in the Moatize Basin, Mozambique. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 7-11 September 2019. Society for Organic Petrology.
2019
Conference Publication
The present-day stress pattern of New South Wales (Invited Speaker)
Rajabi, Mojtaba (2019). The present-day stress pattern of New South Wales (Invited Speaker). 41st Sydney Basin Symposium, Dalwood, NSW, Australia, 21-22 March 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Investigation of permeability change in ultradeep coal seams using time-lapse pressure transient analysis: A pilot project in the Cooper Basin, Australia
Salmachi, Alireza, Dunlap, Erik, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Yarmohammadtooski, Zahra and Begg, Steve (2019). Investigation of permeability change in ultradeep coal seams using time-lapse pressure transient analysis: A pilot project in the Cooper Basin, Australia. AAPG Bulletin, 103 (1), 91-107. doi: 10.1306/05111817277
2018
Journal Article
New constraints on the neotectonic stress pattern of the Flinders and Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, Belton, David, Balfour, Natalie and Bendall, Betina (2018). New constraints on the neotectonic stress pattern of the Flinders and Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Exploration Geophysics, 49 (1), 111-124. doi: 10.1071/EG16076
2018
Journal Article
New constraints on the neotectonic stress pattern of the Flinders and Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia (vol 49, pg 111, 2018)
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, Belton, David, Balfour, Natalie and Bendall, Betina (2018). New constraints on the neotectonic stress pattern of the Flinders and Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia (vol 49, pg 111, 2018). Exploration Geophysics, 49 (1), 125-125. doi: 10.1071/EG16076_CO
2018
Journal Article
Active faulting geometry and stress pattern near complex strike-slip systems along the Maghreb Region: constraints on active convergence in the Western Mediterranean
Soumaya, Abdelkader, Ben Ayed, Noureddine, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Meghraoui, Mustapha, Delvaux, Damien, Kadri, Ali, Ziegler, Moritz, Maouche, Said and Braham, Ahmed (2018). Active faulting geometry and stress pattern near complex strike-slip systems along the Maghreb Region: constraints on active convergence in the Western Mediterranean. Tectonics, 37 (9), 3148-3173. doi: 10.1029/2018TC004983
2018
Journal Article
Drilling data of deep coal seams of the Cooper Basin: analysis and lessons learned
Salmachi, Alireza, Dunlop, Erik and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2018). Drilling data of deep coal seams of the Cooper Basin: analysis and lessons learned. APPEA Journal, 58 (1), 381-394. doi: 10.1071/aj17055
2018
Journal Article
Style and intensity of Late Cenozoic deformation in the Nagoorin Basin (eastern Queensland, Australia) and implications for the pattern of strain in an intraplate setting
Babaahmadi, Abbas, Rosenbaum, Gideon, Sliwa, Renate, Esterle, Joan and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2018). Style and intensity of Late Cenozoic deformation in the Nagoorin Basin (eastern Queensland, Australia) and implications for the pattern of strain in an intraplate setting. Geological Magazine, 156 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0016756817001078
2018
Conference Publication
Brine estimation in shale gas reservoirs using wireline logging and laboratory data: a case study from Murteree shale, Cooper Basin, South Australia
Ahmad, Maqsood, Padmanabhan, Eswaran, Haghighi, Manouchehr and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2018). Brine estimation in shale gas reservoirs using wireline logging and laboratory data: a case study from Murteree shale, Cooper Basin, South Australia. EAGE Conference on Reservoir Geoscience, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3–5 December 2018. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201803266
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Mojtaba Rajabi is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Available PhD projects
If you are interested in any of the below topics, please:
1: Check the scholarship round deadline at the University of Queensland, here: https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/graduate-school-scholarships-uqgss-%E2%80%93-includes-rtp
2: Check your eligibility (including English language requirement) for doing a PhD at the University of Queensland, here: https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/programs/doctor-philosophy-7501#how-to-apply
3: If you meet the criteria, please send me an email (explaining your preferred topic for your PhD) with your CV to discuss the project.
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Project 1: Maximum sustainable injection pressure and fault-slip analysis during geological CO2 & H2 storage.
Project 2: In-situ stress, geological structures, and fluid flow in eastern Australian basins.
Project 3: Impacts of dynamic topography on the Australian stress pattern.
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Geomechanical modelling of basin-scale CO2 storage
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Geomechanical and structural characterization of Australian sedimentary basins using multi-disciplinary and multi-scale approaches
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Application of machine learning methods for improved resource estimation in intruded coal deposits
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hassan Khosravi
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Master Philosophy
Structural architecture of South DAguilar-Beenleigh Subprovinces: Implications for development of critical infrastructure in Southeast Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Renjie Zhou
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Doctor Philosophy
How wide can a rock reinforced cavern be opened?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jurij Karlovsek
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Master Philosophy
Structural architecture of South DAguilar-Beenleigh Subprovinces: Implications for development of critical infrastructure in Southeast Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Renjie Zhou
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Application of machine learning methods for improved resource estimation in intruded coal deposits
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hassan Khosravi
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Variability in stress, fracture and key coal reservoir parameters in the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Joan Esterle
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Mojtaba Rajabi directly for media enquiries about:
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Crustal Stress
- Earthquakes
- Fault Reactivation
- Faults and Fractures
- Geo-Storage
- Geomechanical-Numerical Modelling
- Geomechanics
- Induced Seismicity
- Rock Mechanics
- Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Tectonics
- Tectonophysics
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