Lecture 13 — March 10, 2022
Induced Seismicity

Speakers

Ali Yaghoubi

Ali is currently a Ph.D. in geophysics working with Professors Dusseault and Leonenko at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has received his MSc in geophysics from Stanford University and BSc in Mining Engineering from Shahroud University, Iran. He is currently involved in developing a framework for Probabilistic Injection-Induced Fault Slip Assessment.

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