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.
Journal Article: Characterizing the contemporary stress orientations near an active continental rifting zone: A case study from the Moatize Basin, central Mozambique
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Heidbach, Oliver, Travassos, Daniel and Fumo, Silvestre (2022). Characterizing the contemporary stress orientations near an active continental rifting zone: A case study from the Moatize Basin, central Mozambique. Basin Research, 34 (4), 1292-1313. doi: 10.1111/bre.12660
Journal Article: The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales
Heidbach, Oliver, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Cui, Xiaofeng, Fuchs, Karl, Mueller, Birgit, Reinecker, John, Reiter, Karsten, Tingay, Mark, Wenzel, Friedemann, Xie, Furen, Ziegler, Moritz O., Zoback, Mary-Lou and Zoback, Mark (2018). The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales. Tectonophysics, 744, 484-498. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.007
Journal Article: The present- day stress field of Australia
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, Hillis, Richard and Reynolds, Scott (2017). The present- day stress field of Australia. Earth-Science Reviews, 168, 165-189. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.003
Journal Article: Present-day stress orientation in the Clarence-Moreton Basin of New South Wales, Australia: a new high density dataset reveals local stress rotations
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, King, Rosalind and Heidbach, Oliver (2017). Present-day stress orientation in the Clarence-Moreton Basin of New South Wales, Australia: a new high density dataset reveals local stress rotations. Basin Research, 29 (S1), 622-640. doi: 10.1111/bre.12175
Journal Article: Prediction of the present-day stress field in the Australian continental crust using 3D geomechanical-numerical models
Rajabi, M., Heidbach, O., Tingay, M. and Reiter, K. (2017). Prediction of the present-day stress field in the Australian continental crust using 3D geomechanical-numerical models. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (4), 435-454. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1294109
(2023–2024) University of Adelaide
A guideline towards standardising structure interpretation in ATV/OTV logs
(2022–2024) Australian Coal Association Research Program
The Australian tectonic stress state: Far-field forces and local impacts
(2020–2024) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Geomechanical and structural characterization of Australian sedimentary basins using multi-disciplinary and multi-scale approaches
Doctor Philosophy
Application of machine learning and Big data techniques to mining geology
Doctor Philosophy
Structural architecture of South DAguilar-Beenleigh Subprovinces: Implications for development of critical infrastructure in Southeast Queensland
Master Philosophy
Research Projects for Honours, Masters and PhD Students
There are several projects for Honours, Masters and PhD studies for both domestic and international candidates. If you are interested in working on any aspects of Geomechanics, Geo-Storage, Petrophysics, and Machine Learning, please send me an email to discuss the details.
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Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Heidbach, Oliver, Travassos, Daniel and Fumo, Silvestre (2022). Characterizing the contemporary stress orientations near an active continental rifting zone: A case study from the Moatize Basin, central Mozambique. Basin Research, 34 (4), 1292-1313. doi: 10.1111/bre.12660
The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales
Heidbach, Oliver, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Cui, Xiaofeng, Fuchs, Karl, Mueller, Birgit, Reinecker, John, Reiter, Karsten, Tingay, Mark, Wenzel, Friedemann, Xie, Furen, Ziegler, Moritz O., Zoback, Mary-Lou and Zoback, Mark (2018). The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales. Tectonophysics, 744, 484-498. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.007
The present- day stress field of Australia
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, Hillis, Richard and Reynolds, Scott (2017). The present- day stress field of Australia. Earth-Science Reviews, 168, 165-189. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.003
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, King, Rosalind and Heidbach, Oliver (2017). Present-day stress orientation in the Clarence-Moreton Basin of New South Wales, Australia: a new high density dataset reveals local stress rotations. Basin Research, 29 (S1), 622-640. doi: 10.1111/bre.12175
Rajabi, M., Heidbach, O., Tingay, M. and Reiter, K. (2017). Prediction of the present-day stress field in the Australian continental crust using 3D geomechanical-numerical models. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (4), 435-454. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1294109
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
No data instead of big data – a novel approach to stress modelling
Ziegler, Moritz O., Heidbach, Oliver and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2023). No data instead of big data – a novel approach to stress modelling. Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal, 2, 79-80. doi: 10.5194/sand-2-79-2023
Salmachi, Alireza, Zeinijahromi, Abbas, Algarni, Mohammed Said, Abahussain, Nawaf Abdullah, Alqahtani, Saad Abdullah, Badalyan, Alex, Rezaee, Mohammad and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2023). Experimental study of the impact of carbon dioxide injection on the pore structure of coal: a case study from the Bowen Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 275 104314, 104314. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104314
Automatic coal mine roof rating calculation using machine learning
Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Tsang, Matt, Zhong, Ruizhi, Esterle, Joan, Pirona, Claire, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Chen, Zhongwei (2023). Automatic coal mine roof rating calculation using machine learning. International Journal of Coal Geology, 274 104292, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104292
Tavoosi Iraj, Parisa, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Ranjbar-Karami, Rasoul (2023). Integrated Petrophysical and Heterogeneity Assessment of the Karstified Fahliyan Formation in the Abadan Plain, Iran. Natural Resources Research, 32 (3), 1067-1092. doi: 10.1007/s11053-023-10175-7
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Heidbach, Oliver, Travassos, Daniel and Fumo, Silvestre (2022). Characterizing the contemporary stress orientations near an active continental rifting zone: A case study from the Moatize Basin, central Mozambique. Basin Research, 34 (4), 1292-1313. doi: 10.1111/bre.12660
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2022). Impact of in-situ density spatial model methods on resource tonnages in highly intruded coal deposits. Natural Resources Research, 31 (1), 499-515. doi: 10.1007/s11053-021-09989-0
Spatial interpolation of coal properties using geographic quantile regression forest
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Spatial interpolation of coal properties using geographic quantile regression forest. International Journal of Coal Geology 103869, 103869. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103869
Soumaya, Abdelkader, Kadri, Ali, Ben Ayed, Noureddine, Kim, Young-Seog, Dooley, Tim P., Rajabi, Mojtaba and Braham, Ahmed (2021). Reply to Belkhiria W. and Inoubli M.H. comment on “Deformation styles related to intraplate strike-slip fault systems of the Saharan-Tunisian Southern Atlas (North Africa): new kinematic models”. Journal of Structural Geology, 148 104354, 104354. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104354
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales
Heidbach, Oliver, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Cui, Xiaofeng, Fuchs, Karl, Mueller, Birgit, Reinecker, John, Reiter, Karsten, Tingay, Mark, Wenzel, Friedemann, Xie, Furen, Ziegler, Moritz O., Zoback, Mary-Lou and Zoback, Mark (2018). The World Stress Map database release 2016: crustal stress pattern across scales. Tectonophysics, 744, 484-498. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.007
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
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
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
Burgin, Hugo B., Amrouch, Khalid, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Kulikowski, David and Holford, Simon P. (2018). Determining paleo-structural environments through natural fracture and calcite twin analyses: a case study in the Otway Basin, Australia. APPEA Journal, 58 (1), 238-254. doi: 10.1071/aj17099
The present- day stress field of Australia
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, Hillis, Richard and Reynolds, Scott (2017). The present- day stress field of Australia. Earth-Science Reviews, 168, 165-189. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.003
Yarmohammadtooski, Z., Salmachi, A., White, A. and Rajabi, M. (2017). Fluid flow characteristics of Bandanna Coal Formation: a case study from the Fairview Field, eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (3), 319-333. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1292316
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, King, Rosalind and Heidbach, Oliver (2017). Present-day stress orientation in the Clarence-Moreton Basin of New South Wales, Australia: a new high density dataset reveals local stress rotations. Basin Research, 29 (S1), 622-640. doi: 10.1111/bre.12175
Rajabi, M., Heidbach, O., Tingay, M. and Reiter, K. (2017). Prediction of the present-day stress field in the Australian continental crust using 3D geomechanical-numerical models. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (4), 435-454. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1294109
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark and Heidbach, Oliver (2016). The present-day state of tectonic stress in the Darling Basin, Australia: implications for exploration and production. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 776-790. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.021
Contemporary tectonic stress pattern of the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Ziegler, Moritz, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver and Reynolds, Scott (2016). Contemporary tectonic stress pattern of the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121 (8), 6053-6070. doi: 10.1002/2016JB013178
Salmachi, Alireza, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Reynolds, Peter, Yarmohammadtooski, Zahra and Wainman, Carmine (2016). The effect of magmatic intrusions on coalbed methane reservoir characteristics: a case study from the Hoskissons coalbed, Gunnedah Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 165, 278-289. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.08.025
Ziegler, Moritz, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Heidbach, Oliver, Hersir, Gylfi Pall, Agustsson, Kristjan, Arnadottir, Sigurveig and Zang, Arno (2016). The stress pattern of Iceland. Tectonophysics, 674, 101-113. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.008
The present-day stress field of New South Wales, Australia
Rajabi, M., Tingay, M. and Heidbach, O. (2016). The present-day stress field of New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2016.1135821
Pattern and origin of the present-day tectonic stress in the Australian sedimentary basins
Rajabi, Mojtaba and Tingay, Mark (2016). Pattern and origin of the present-day tectonic stress in the Australian sedimentary basins. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2016 (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1071/aseg2016ab275
The present-day stress field of Australia: New release of the Australian Stress Map
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, King, Rosalind and Cooke, Dennis (2015). The present-day stress field of Australia: New release of the Australian Stress Map. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2015 (1). doi: 10.1071/aseg2015ab303
Alizadeh, Bahram, Sarafdokht, Hashem, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Opera, Ali and Janbaz, Mohadeseh (2012). Organic geochemistry and petrography of Kazhdumi (Albian-Cenomanian) and Pabdeh (Paleogene) potential source rocks in southern part of the Dezful Embayment, Iran. Organic Geochemistry, 49, 36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.05.004
Rajabi, Mojtaba , Bohloli, Bahman , Mohammadinia, Majid and Gholampour-Ahangar, Esmaeil (2011). Prediction of shear wave velocity from porosity logs using fuzzy logic & neuro-fuzzy techniques in one of the Iranian southern carbonate reservoirs. Geoscience (Geological Survey of Iran), 20 (80), 63-70.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Sherkati, Shahram, Bohloli, Bahman and Tingay, Mark (2010). Subsurface fracture analysis and determination of in-situ stress direction using FMI logs: an example from the Santonian carbonates (Ilam Formation) in the Abadan Plain, Iran. Tectonophysics, 492 (1-4), 192-200. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.06.014
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Bohloli, Bahman and Ahangar, Esmaeil Gholampour (2010). Intelligent approaches for prediction of compressional, shear and Stoneley wave velocities from conventional well log data: a case study from the Sarvak carbonate reservoir in the Abadan Plain (Southwestern Iran). Computers & Geosciences, 36 (5), 647-664. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.09.008
Rajabi, Mojtaba , Bohloli, B. and Mousavi, S. J. (2009). Prediction of Stoneley wave velocity from petrophysical logs using intelligent committee machine in Sarvak Formation, Abadan Plain. Journal of Science, 35 (2), 1-10.
Finding opportunities in the uncertainties of geomechanical-numerical models
Ziegler, Moritz, Heidbach, Oliver, Reiter, Karsten and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2023). Finding opportunities in the uncertainties of geomechanical-numerical models. GeoBerlin 2023 - Geosciences Beyond Boundaries - Research, Society, Future, Berlin, Germany, 3-7 September 2023.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Ziegler, Moritz, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). 3D geomechanical-numerical model of northern Bowen basin: implications for fault characteristics in the present-day stress regime. 2nd EAGE Workshop on Fluid Flow in Faults and Fracture - Modelling, Uncertainty and Risk, Canberra, ACT Australia, 15-16 August 2023. Utrecht, the Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.202373016
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Salmachi, Alireza and Tavoosiiraj, Parisa (2023). Effects of localised stress perturbations on natural fractures and permeability: an example from the Gunnedah basin. 2nd EAGE Workshop on Fluid Flow in Faults and Fracture - Modelling, Uncertainty and Risk, Canberra, ACT Australia, 15-16 August 2023. Utrecht, the Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.202373017
Spatial modelling using geographic quantile regression forest in multi-domain deposits
Maxwell, K., Rajabi, M., Esterle, J. and Tivane, M. (2023). Spatial modelling using geographic quantile regression forest in multi-domain deposits. 26th World Mining Congress (WMC2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.
The contribution of mine data for multi-scale geomechanical analysis
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). The contribution of mine data for multi-scale geomechanical analysis. 26th World Mining Congress (WMC 2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Ziegler, Moritz, Sliwa, Renate and Esterle, Joan (2023). From pointwise data toward a continuous description of 3D stress tensor: an example from the Northern Bowen Basin. 4th Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC 2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13-18 March 2023.
Prediction of geomechanical properties from geophysical logs using machine learning approach
Ranjbarkarami, Rasoul, Tavoosi, Parisa and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2023). Prediction of geomechanical properties from geophysical logs using machine learning approach. 4th Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC 2023), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13-18 March 2023.
In-situ Stress Pattern of the Bowen Basin, Queensland
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan, Mukherjee, Saswata and Sliwa Renate (2022). In-situ Stress Pattern of the Bowen Basin, Queensland. 2021 Bowen Basin Symposium, Mackay, QLD, Australia, 28-30 March 2022.
Crustal stress across spatial scales
Rajabi, Mojtaba and Heidbach, Oliver (2022). Crustal stress across spatial scales. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria & Online, 23–27 May 2022. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12964
UCS prediction by group-based machine learning method
Li, Jimmy Xuekai, Tsang, Matt, Giese, Stephen, Zhong, Ruizhi, Esterle, Joan, Pirona, Claire, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Chen, Zhongwei (2022). UCS prediction by group-based machine learning method. Resource Operators Conference, Virtual, 10-11 February 2022. Wollongong, NSW, Australia: University of Wollongong and University of Southern Queensland.
Start, Current Status and Future of the World Stress Map Project (Invited Speaker)
Rajabi, Mojtaba and Heidbach, Oliver (2021). Start, Current Status and Future of the World Stress Map Project (Invited Speaker). AGU 2021 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, United States, 13-17 December 2021. American Geophysical Union.
Geographic quantile regression forest: a new method for spatial modelling of mineral commodities
Maxwell, Kane, Rajabi, Mojtaba and Esterle, Joan (2021). Geographic quantile regression forest: a new method for spatial modelling of mineral commodities. 3rd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Online, 13-17 September 2021. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
In-situ stress pattern along the Jellinbah Fold Thrust Belt in the Bowen Basin, Australia
Mukherjee, Saswata, Rajabi, Mojtaba, Esterle, Joan and Sliwa, Renate (2021). In-situ stress pattern along the Jellinbah Fold Thrust Belt in the Bowen Basin, Australia. 3rd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Online, 13-17 September 2021. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
The present-day state of tectonic stress in eastern Australia
Rajabi, Mojtaba (2021). The present-day state of tectonic stress in eastern Australia. 3rd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, Online, 13-17 September 2021. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Geomechanical considerations for underground hydrogen storage and utilisation
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Mildren, Scott and Holford, Simon (2021). Geomechanical considerations for underground hydrogen storage and utilisation. First EAGE Workshop on Faults in Groundwater, CO2 and Hydrocarbons In the Asia Pacific , Canberra, ACT Australia & Online, 24-25 August 2021 . Houten, Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Mohammadreza, Zare-Reisabadi, Rajabi, Mojtaba , Haghighi, Manouchehr , Velayati, Arian and Pourmazaheri, Yasser (2018). 1D Mechanical Earth Model in a carbonate reservoir of the Abadan Plain, southwestern Iran: implications for wellbore stability. AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop: Pore Pressure and Geomechanics: From Exploration to Abandonment, Perth, Australia, 6-7 June 2018.
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
New advancement of the World Stress Map project on the stress perturbation in sedimentary basins
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Heidbach, Oliver, Tingay, Mark, Reiter, Karsten and Ziegler, Moritz (2018). New advancement of the World Stress Map project on the stress perturbation in sedimentary basins. AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop: Pore Pressure and Geomechanics: From Exploration to Abandonment, Perth, Australia, 6-7 June 2018. American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Bridging scales of crustal stress patterns using the new World Stress Map (Invited Paper: 269769)
Heidbach, Oliver , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Xiaofeng, Cui , Fuchs, Karl , Müller, Birgit , Reinecker, John , Reiter, Karsten , Tingay, Mark , Wenzel, Friedemann , Xie, Furen , Ziegler, Moritz , Zoback, Mark and Zoback, Mary Lou (2017). Bridging scales of crustal stress patterns using the new World Stress Map (Invited Paper: 269769). AGU 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, 11-15 December 2017. American Geophysical Union.
Crustal stress pattern of Iceland
Ziegler, Moritz , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Heidbach, Oliver , Hersir, Gylfi , Ágústsson, Kristján , Árnadóttir, Sigurveig and Zang, Arno (2017). Crustal stress pattern of Iceland. IMAGE (Integrated Methods for Advanced Geothermal Exploration) Final Conference: Novel Approaches for Geothermal Exploration, Akureyri, Iceland, 4-6 October 2017. Akureyri, Iceland: Iceland GeoSurvey.
Heidbach, Oliver , Mojtaba Rajabi, Reiter, Karsten , Ziegler, Moritz and WSM Team (2017). The new World Stress Map database release 2016 - global crustal stress pattern across scales vs. absolute plate motion. 77th Annual Meeting of the German Geophysical Society (DGG), Potsdam, Germany, 27-30 March 2017. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft.
Wavelength of the crustal stress pattern in Western Europe and the Mediterranean
Heidbach, Oliver , Ziegler, Moritz , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Reiter, Karsten and WSM Team (2017). Wavelength of the crustal stress pattern in Western Europe and the Mediterranean. IMAGE (Integrated Methods for Advanced Geothermal Exploration) Final Conference: Novel Approaches for Geothermal Exploration, Akureyri, Iceland, 4-6 October 2017. Akureyri, Iceland: Iceland GeoSurvey.
4D fracture distribution as a signature of structural evolution in the Otway Basin
Burgin, Hugo , Amrouch, Khalid and Rajabi, Mojtaba (2016). 4D fracture distribution as a signature of structural evolution in the Otway Basin. Australian Earth Science Convention - Uncover Earth’s Past to Discover our Future, Adelaide, Australia, 26-30 June 2016. Geological Society of Australia.
New crustal stress map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe (EGU2016-4851)
Heidbach, Oliver , Custodio, Susana , Kingdon, Andrew , Mariucci, Maria Teresa , Montone, Paola , Müller, Birgit , Pierdominicini, Simona , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Reinecker, John , Reiter, Karsten , Tingay, Mark , Williams, John and Ziegler, Moritz (2016). New crustal stress map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe (EGU2016-4851). EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17–22 April 2016. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union.
The World Stress Map database release 2016 - Global crustal stress pattern vs. absolute plate motion
Heidbach, Oliver , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Ziegler, Moritz , Reiter, Karsten and WSM Team (2016). The World Stress Map database release 2016 - Global crustal stress pattern vs. absolute plate motion. Arthur Holmes Meeting 2016 – The Wilson Cycle: Plate Tectonic and Structural Inheritance During Continental Deformation, London, United Kingdom, 23-25 May 2016. London, United Kingdom: Geological Society of London.
Heidbach, Oliver , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Ziegler, Moritz , Reiter, Karsten and WSM Team (2016). The World Stress Map database release 2016 - Global crustal stress pattern vs. absolute plate motion (EGU2016-4861). EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17–22 April 2016. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union.
Rajabi, Mojtaba , Tingay, Mark and Heidbach, Oliver (2016). The present-day tectonic stress pattern of Australia: the new release of the Australian stress map project (Invited). Neotectonics on the Australian Plate: New Science for Energy, Mineral and Groundwater Systems, and Hazard Assessment, Canberra, Australia, 27 February - 1 March 2016. Canberra, Australia: Geoscience Australia.
Ziegler, Moritz , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Heidbach, Oliver , Hersir, Gylfi Páll , Ágústsson, Kristján , Árnadóttir, Sigurveig and Zang, Arno (2016). The stress pattern of Iceland. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016. Vienna, Austria: European Geosciences Union.
Salmachi, Alireza, Wainman, Carmine C., Rajabi, Mojtaba and McCabe, Peter (2015). Effect of volcanic intrusions and mineral matters on desorption characteristics of coals (Case Study). SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 9-11 November, 2015. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/176841-ms
The World Stress Map Project – an ILP Success Story
Heidbach, Oliver , Rajabi, Mojtaba , Ziegler, Moritz , Reiter, Karsten and WSM Team (2015). The World Stress Map Project – an ILP Success Story. 35 Years of ILP "Celebrating excellence in solid earth sciences", ILP’s Third Potsdam Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 21-23 September 2015. Potsdam, Germany: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
The contemporary state of stress in Australia from regional to local scale
Rajabi, Mojtaba , Tingay, Mark , Heidbach, Oliver and King, Rosalind (2015). The contemporary state of stress in Australia from regional to local scale. The Geology of Geomechanics, London, United Kingdom, 28-29 October 2015. London, United Kingdom: The Geological Society of London.
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver, King, Rosalind C. and Cooke, Dennis (2015). The new release of the Australian stress map: Controls on the stress pattern from the plate to field scale. SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 13-16 September 2015. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists. doi: 10.1190/ice2015-2210754
The pattern of in situ stress in onshore basins of New South Wales
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark, Heidbach, Oliver and King, Rosalind C. (2015). The pattern of in situ stress in onshore basins of New South Wales. SEG International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia , 13-16 September 2015. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists. doi: 10.1190/ice2015-2210249
Rajabi, M., Tingay, M., Heidbach, O. and King, R. (2015). The role of faults and fractures in local and regional perturbation of present-day horizontal stresses - An example from the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Eastern Australia. 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015 , Madrid, Spain, 1 – 4 June, 2015. Netherlands: EAGE Publications BV. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201413346
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Tingay, Mark and Heidbach, Oliver (2014). The present-day stress pattern in the Middle East and Northern Africa and their importance: The World Stress Map database contains the lowest wellbore information in these petroliferous areas. International Petroleum Technology Conference 2014: Unlocking Energy Through Innovation, Technology and Capability, IPTC 2014, Doha, Qatar, 19-22 January 2014. International Petroleum Technology Conference. doi: 10.2523/iptc-17663-ms
Rajabi, M. and Tingay, M. (2013). Applications of intelligent systems in petroleum geomechanics - Prediction of geomechanical properties in different types of sedimentary rocks. International EAGE Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy , Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 - 28 November 2013. Netherlands: EAGE Publications BV. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.20131949
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Gholampour Ahangar, Esmaeil, Mousavi, S. Jalal and Moatazedian, Iman (2010). A genetic algorithms approach for prediction of compressional and shear wave velocities from petrophysical data: an example from Sarvak carbonate reservoir, Iran. 9th Middle East Geosciences Conference, GEO 2010, Manama, Bahrain, 7 - 10 March 2010.
Rajabi, M., Bohloli, B., J. Moosavi, S. and Gholampour-Ahangar, E. (2009). A neuro–fuzzy approach for estimating shear wave velocity form porosity logs – A case study from Sarvak Formation, Iran. 71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 - 11 June 2009. Netherlands: EAGE Publications BV. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201400574
Rajabi, Mojtaba, Bohloli, Bahman, Sherkati, Shahram, Mohammadinia, Majid and Jalal Moosavi, Seyed (2009). Subsurface Structures And In-Situ Stress Orientation Of Ilam And Sarvak Formations Using FMI: A Case Study Southwestern Iran. EAGE International Conference and Exhibition 2009, Tyumen, Russia, 2 - 5 March 2009. Netherlands: EAGE Publications BV. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201405295
Mojtaba Rajabi, Renate Sliwa and Joan Esterle (2023). Integrating In-Situ Stress Patterns with Basin to Local Scale Structures in the Nebo Synclinorium, Bowen Basin. ACARP Project C29011 Brisbane, QLD Australia: ACARP.
(2023–2024) University of Adelaide
A guideline towards standardising structure interpretation in ATV/OTV logs
(2022–2024) Australian Coal Association Research Program
The Australian tectonic stress state: Far-field forces and local impacts
(2020–2024) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
(2020–2022) Australian Coal Association Research Program
Geomechanical and structural characterization of Australian sedimentary basins using multi-disciplinary and multi-scale approaches
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Application of machine learning and Big data techniques to mining geology
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Structural architecture of South DAguilar-Beenleigh Subprovinces: Implications for development of critical infrastructure in Southeast Queensland
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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How wide can a rock reinforced cavern be opened?
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(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Research Projects for Honours, Masters and PhD Students
There are several projects for Honours, Masters and PhD studies for both domestic and international candidates. If you are interested in working on any aspects of Geomechanics, Geo-Storage, Petrophysics, and Machine Learning, please send me an email to discuss the details.
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