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Doug Angus Dr Doug Angus

RCUK Research Fellow / Proleptic Lecturer

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 31326
Email address: d.angus@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.141

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Biography

Dr Doug Angus has been involved in seismic research for over 15 years and has published on a diverse range of problems, spanning theoretical seismology, global seismology as well as hydrocarbon, carbon storage and engineering scale problems.

Although his research focuses on seismic modelling (elastic and acoustic waveform simulation of seismic body-waves), he is currently involved in Future Energy Scenarios studies related to CO2 storage modelling and monitoring.

This research ties in closely with his exploration geophysics work on integrating rock physics (stress, fracture and fluid), seismic and coupled fluid-flow and geo-mechanic simulation with InSAR, microseismic and time-lapse seismic observations. He is also active in global and theoretical seismology, concentrating on the structure of the crust and lithosphere using receiver function modelling and analysis, as well as waveform modelling of seismic anisotropy.

Qualifications

  • BSc Eng. Geophysics
  • MSc Eng. Seismology
  • PhD Theoretical Seismology at Queen's University, Canada.

Memberships/Fellowships

  • Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE)

Research Interests

  • Carbon storage monitoring and modelling
  • seismology (computational, theoretical, applied and microseismicity)
  • tectonics (lithospheric imaging, receiver functions and shear-wave splitting modelling)
  • reservoir characterization (integrated fluid-flow, geomechanics, InSAR and seismic)
  • rock and petro-physics.

Publications

  • Angus, DA; Kendall, JM; Fisher, QJ; Segura, JM; Skachkov, S; Crook, AJL; Dutko, M (2011) Modelling microseismicity of a producing reservoir from coupled fluid-flow and geomechanical simulation (vol 58, pg 901, 2010), GEOPHYS PROSPECT, 59, pp.195-195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00929.x
  • Verdon, JP; Kendall, JM; White, DJ; Angus, DA (2011) Linking microseismic event observations with geomechanical models to minimise the risks of storing CO2 in geological formations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 305, pp.143-152. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.048
  • Segura, JM; Fisher, QJ; Crook, AJL; Dutko, M; Yu, J; Skachkov, S; Angus, DA; Verdon, JP; Kendall, JM (2011) Reservoir stress path characterization and its implications for fluid-flow production simulation, Petroleum Geoscience, 17, pp.335-344. doi:10.1144/1354-079310-034
  • Angus, DAC; Verdon, JP; Fisher, QJ; Kendall, JM; Segura, JM; Kristiansen, TG; Crook, AJL; Skachkov, S; Yu, J; Dutko, M (2011) Integrated fluid-flow, geomechanical and seismic modelling for reservoir charcterization , Recorder, 36, pp.18-27.
  • Hammond, JOS; Kendall, J; Angus, DAC; Wookey, J (2010) Interpreting spatial variations in anisotropy: insights into the Main Ethiopian Rift from SKS waveform modelling, Geophysical Journal International, 181, pp.1701-1712. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04587.x
  • Angus, DAC; Kendall, J; Fisher, QJ; Segura, JM; Skachkov, S; Crook, AJL; Dutko, M (2010) Modelling microseismicity of a producing reservoir from coupled fluid-flow and geomechanical simulation, Geophysical Prospecting, 58, pp.901-914. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00913.x
  • Verdon, J; Kendall, J; White, D; Angus, D; Fisher, Q; Urbancic, T (2010) Passive Seismic Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Storage at Weyburn, The Leading Edge, 29, pp.200-206. doi:10.1190/1.3304825
  • Angus, DA; Verdon, JP; Fisher, QJ; Kendall, JM (2009) Exploring trends in microcrack properties of sedimentary rocks: An audit of dry-core velocity-stress measurements, GEOPHYSICS, 74, pp.E193-E203. doi:10.1190/1.3183940
  • Angus, DA; Kendall, JM; Wilson, DC; White, DJ; Sol, S; Thomson, CJ (2009) Stratigraphy of the Archean western Superior Province from P- and S-wave receiver functions: Further evidence for tectonic accretion?, PHYS EARTH PLANET IN, 177, pp.206-216. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.09.002
  • Verdon, JP; Angus, DA; Kendall, JM; Hall, SA (2008) The effect of microstructure and nonlinear stress on anisotropic seismic velocities, GEOPHYSICS, 73, pp.D41-D51. doi:10.1190/1.2931680
  • Angus, DA (2007) True amplitude corrections for a narrow-angle one-way elastic wave equation, GEOPHYSICS, 72, pp.T19-T26. doi:10.1190/1.2430694
  • Angus, DA; Thomson, CJ (2006) Numerical analysis of a narrow-angle, one-way, elastic-wave equation and extension to curvilinear coordinates, GEOPHYSICS, 71, pp.T137-T146. doi:10.1190/1.2236380
  • Wilson, DC; Angus, DA; Ni, JF; Grand, SP (2006) Constraints on the interpretation of S-to-P receiver functions, GEOPHYS J INT, 165, pp.969-980. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02981.x
  • Angus, DA; Wilson, DC; Sandvol, E; Ni, JF (2006) Lithospheric structure of the Arabian and Eurasian collision zone in eastern Turkey from S-wave receiver functions, GEOPHYS J INT, 166, pp.1335-1346. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03070.x
  • Angus, DA (2005) A one-way wave equation for modelling seismic waveform variations due to elastic heterogeneity, GEOPHYS J INT, 162, pp.882-898. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02695.x
  • Angus, DA; Thomson, CJ; Pratt, RG (2004) A one-way wave equation for modelling variations in seismic waveforms due to elastic anisotropy, GEOPHYS J INT, 156, pp.595-614. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02151.x
  • Trifu, CI; Angus, D; Shumila, V (2000) A Fast Evaluation of the Seismic Moment Tensor for Induced Seismicity, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90, pp.1521-1527. doi:10.1785/0120000034
  • Angus, DAC; Thomson, CJ (Not yet published) Modelling converted seismic waveforms in isotropic and anisotropic 1-D gradients: discontinuous versus continuous gradient representations, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, .
  • Gourmelen, N; Shepherd, A; Angus, DA; Fisher, QJ; Gouldson, A (Not yet published) Quantifying the success of onshore CO2 capture and storage, Nature Geoscience, .
  • Angus, DAC; Verdon, JP; Segura, JM; Kendall, JM; Fisher, QJ; Crook, AJL; Yu, J; Dutko, M (Not yet published) Reservoir stress path, seismic anisotropy, and microseismicity: Linked fluid-flow, geomechanical and seismic simulation,.
  • Usher, P; Angus, DA (Not yet published) Influence of velocity model and source frequency on microseismic waveforms: some implications for microseismic locations,.