Dr. ABBAS Aqeel
Postdoctoral Fellow (Honorary)
Supervisor: Prof. YANG Hongfeng
Room 307, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building
Education
| 2024 | Ph.D. Earth and Atmospheric Science | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2020 | M.S. Marine Geology | Ocean College, Zhejiang University, China |
| 2017 | B.S. Geophysics | Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan |
Academic Employments
| 2025 - present | Postdoctoral Fellow, Shenzhen Research Institute, CUHK, Shenzhen |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Observational Seismology
- Mechanisms Underlying Injection-Induced Seismicity
Representative Publications
| 2024 | Abbas, A., Yang, H., & Zi, J. (2024). Deciphering the low-frequency seismic signals in the Weiyuan Shale gas field: implications for reservoir and structural heterogeneity. Geophysical Journal International, 237(1), 109-122. |
| 2023 | Abbas, A., Zhu, G., Zi, J., Chen, H., & Yang, H. (2023). Evaluating and correcting short-term clock drift in data from temporary seismic deployments. Earthquake Research Advances, 3(2), 100199. |
Honours and Awards
| 2023-2024 | Reaching Out Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
| 2023 | Outstanding Student Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2023 | Excellent Paper Award, Earthquake Research Advances (ERA). |
| 2023-2024 | PhD International Mobility for Partnerships and Collaborations Award |
Professional Activities
Current
| Associate member: Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
Past
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
| Seismological Society of America (SSA) |
Selected Recent Publications
- Abbas, A., Yang, H., & Zi, J. (2024). Deciphering the low-frequency seismic signals in the Weiyuan Shale gas field: implications for reservoir and structural heterogeneity. Geophysical Journal International, 237(1), 109-122.
- Abbas, A., Zhu, G., Zi, J., Chen, H., & Yang, H. (2023). Evaluating and correcting short-term clock drift in data from temporary seismic deployments. Earthquake Research Advances, 3(2), 100199.
- Liu, Y., Wu, Y., Li, G., Abbas, A., & Shi, T. (2024). Submarine cable detection using an end-to-end neural network-based magnetic data inversion. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 21(3), 884-896.
- Li, Y., Abbas, A., Li, C. F., Sun, T., Zlotnik, S., Song, T., … & Yao, Y. (2020). Numerical modeling of failed rifts in the northern South China Sea margin: Implications for continental rifting and breakup. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 199, 104402.
- Abbas, A., De Siena, L., Yang, H., Gabrielli, S., & Zhu, W. M. (2024, April). Preliminary analysis of seismic attenuation and heterogeneities in Weiyuan Shale Gas Field: Coda Q and Peak delay time analysis. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 9417).
- Abbas, A., Yang, H., & Zi, J. (2023, July). Signatures of congregated injected fluid in Weiyuan Shale Gas Field, Sichuan, China. In XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Edited Conference Proceedings
- Preliminary analysis of seismic attenuation and heterogeneities in Weiyuan Shale Gas Field: Coda Q and Peak delay time analysis, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-9417.html
- Signatures of congregated injected fluid in Weiyuan Shale Gas Field, Sichuan, China, https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-5038
- Outcome and lessons from the Southern Mariana Ocean Bottom Seismic Experiments, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-10225.html
- Evaluating and correcting short-term clock drift in data from temporary seismic deployments, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.S25E0297A/abstract







