Publications

Moein MJA., Langenbruch C.  and Shapiro S.  (2024), Longer durations of injection protocol can trigger larger earthquakes. 

Langenbruch C., Moein MJA.,  and Shapiro S.  (2024), Are Maximum Induced Earthquake Magnitudes Controlled by Pressure Diffusion?, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.38220230184.

Moein MJA., Langenbruch C., Schultz R., Grigoli F., Ellsoworth W.,Wang R., Rinaldi AP and Shapiro S. (2023), The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes. Nature Reviews-Earth and Environment 4, 847–863.

Moein MJA., Evans K.F., Valley B., Bär K. and Genter A. (2022), Fractal characteristics of fractures in crystalline basement rocks: Insights from depth-dependent correlation analyses to 5 km depth. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 155, 105138.

Moein MJA., Valley B. and Evans KF. (2019), Scaling of Fracture Patterns in Three Deep Boreholes and Implications for Constraining Fractal Discrete Fracture Network Models. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-21.

Moein MJA., Tormann T., Valley B., and Wiemer S. (2018), Maximum Magnitude Forecast in Hydraulic Stimulation Based on Clustering and Size Distribution of Early Microseismicity. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 6907–6917.

Moein MJA.,  Somogyvari M., Valley B., Jalali M., Loew S., and Bayer P. (2018), Fracture Network Characterization Using Stress‐based Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid-Earth, 123.

Shaabani E., Rezaeian M., Moein MJA.,  and Maarefvand P. (2016), Experimental Investigation into Rate of Penetration in Carbonated Rocks. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 11(4), 339-349.

Khormali A., Petrakov DG.  and Moein MJA. (2016), Experimental Analysis of Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Inhibition in Waterflooding of Carbonate Reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 147, 843-850.}

Rajabi A., Moein MJA. and Rabbani AR. (2015)., Improvement of Petrophysical Evaluation in a Gas Bearing Carbonate Reservoir–A case in Persian Gulf. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 24, 238-244.

Moein MJA., Shaabani E., and Rezaeian M. (2014), Experimental Evaluation of Hardness Models by Drillability Tests for Carbonate Rocks. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 113, 104-108.

Moein MJA., Langenbruch C. and Shapiro S. (2024), The duration of injection protocol likely controls the maximum magnitude of induced earthquakes, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.

Moein MJA., Langenbruch C. and Shapiro S. (2024), The duration of injection protocol likely controls the maximum magnitude of induced earthquakes, DGG, Jena.

Borman A. and Moein MJA. (2023), Physical modeling of injection-induced earthquakes in fractured rocks, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin, Germany.

Langenbruch C., Moein MJA. and Shapiro S. (2023), Pressure diffusion controls maximum induced earthquake magnitudes, EGU, Vienna, Austria.

Langenbruch C., Moein MJA. and Shapiro S. (2022), Pressure Diffusion Controls Maximum Earthquake Magnitudes Induced by Geo-Energy Applications, AGU, Chicago, US.

Moein MJA. (2022), Impact of fracture length distribution on the injection-induced seismicity in fractured rocks, EGU, Vienna, Austria.

Moein MJA., Evans K., Valley B., Bär K. and Genter A. (2021), Depth-dependent Clustering Analysis of Fractures in Crystalline Basement Rocks, EGU, Vienna, Austria.

Moein MJA., Bär K., Valley B., Genter A. and Sass I. (2020+1), Depth-Dependence of Fracture Patterns Inferred from Borehole Images in GPK3 and GPK4 Wells at Soultz-sous-Forêts Geothermal Site. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Bayer P., Moein MJA., Somogyvari M., Ringel L., and Jalali MR. (2020). Stress-based Tomography: Potential, Open Questions and Future Developments, EGU, Vienna, Austria.

Weinert S., Bär K., Moein MJA., Zimmermann G. and Sass I. (2020), Quantification and Classification of Petrothermal Potentials: An Exploration Scheme for Mid-German Crystalline High Basement Rocks. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Turan, A., Bär, K., Moein MJA.,  and Sass I. (2019). Geothermal Modelling of Variscan EGS in Granitic and Metamorphic Rocks, European Geothermal PhD day, Potsdam, Germany. 

Moein, MJA.,  Evans K.F., Wiemer, S. , Herrmann M., Karvounis D., and Valley B. (2018),Characterization of Deep Geothermal Reservoir Using Fractal Models and Linking Observed Fractures, Stress Heterogeneities and Microseismicity. IMAGE Final Conference, Akureyri, Iceland.

Moein, MJA., Somogyvari, M., Valley B., Jalali, MR. (2018), Fracture Network Characterization Constrained with Information on the In-situ Stress Heterogeneities, EGU, Vienna, Austria.

Moein MJA., Valley B., Tormann T. and Wiemer S. (2018), Relation between Induced Microseismicity and Fracture Network in the Basel Geothermal Site. 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Moein, MJA., Tormann T., Valley B., Wiemer S. and Evans KF. (2017), Constraining the Stochastic Fracture Network using Induced Micro-seismicity in Basel Geothermal Reservoir. Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Davos, Switzerland. 

Moein, MJA., Valley B. and Evans KF. (2017), Scaling Spatial Distribution of Fractures Inferred from Borehole Images: An Application to Basel Geothermal Reservoir. SCCER-SoE Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.

Moein MJA., Valley B. and Ziegler M. (2016), Preliminary Fractal Analysis of Fracture Spacing Inferred from an Acoustic Televiewer Log Run in the Basel-1 Geothermal Well (Switzerland).  Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: From the Past to the Future: CRC Press, 1103-1107.

Moein, MJA., Valley B. and Evans KF. (2015), Relation between Natural Fracturing System and Borehole Breakouts in Basel Geothermal System (BS-1 well). IMAGE Midterm Conference, Pisa, Italy.

Yasin N., Kulchitskiy V., Khormali A., Aygunian V., Borozdin SO. andMoein MJA. (2015), Deviation from Planned Well Path through Accumulated Cutting Bed in High-Angle and Horizontal Wells–a Case Study in one Western-Siberian Oilfield. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Moscow, Russia.