Dr James Verdon
MA (Cambr), MSci (Cambr), PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Earth Sciences
Contact
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Research interests
I am an applied geophysicist whose studies the geomechanical impacts of subsurface human activities. Particular research interests include fault reactivation and induced seismicity during subsurface fluid injection; using geophysical methods such as micro-seismicity and seismic anisotropy to image rock fractures; and using computational modelling to simulate the geomechanical impact of subsurface activities.
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
DarkSeis: Seismic imaging of the urban subsurface using dark fibre
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2026
Hydro-Mechanics of Fluid-Induced Seismicity in the Context of the Green-Energy Transition
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/11/2022 to 31/10/2027
8086 SHAPE-UK NE/R018006/1 studentship costs
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
31/08/2018 to 30/08/2022
Impact of hydraulic fracturing in the overburden of shale resource plays. Process-based evaluation (SHAPE-UK)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
31/08/2018 to 30/08/2022
Impact of hydraulic fracturing in the overburden of shale resource plays: Process-based evaluation (SHAPE-UK)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
31/08/2018 to 30/08/2022
Thesis supervisions
Analysis of microseismicity during thermally-assisted gas oil gravity drainage in a heavy oil field in the Sultanate of Oman
Supervisors
Assessment of CO₂ storage capacity in the Sureste Basin in Mexico.
Supervisors
Insights into the rupture physics and geomechanics of microseismicity induced during hydraulic fracturing operations
Supervisors
Fibre optic cables as Distributed Acoustic Sensors
Supervisors
The Reservoir Characterisation and Fault Investigation of the Bowland Shale Formation: The Applications of Seismic Attributes and Inversion to Identify Reactivated Faults and Sweet Spots
Supervisors
Microseismic and geomechanical investigation of injection-induced fault reactivation
Supervisors
Advancing Microseismic Event Detection with Deep Learning Phase Pickers
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/06/2026Continuous Waveform Analysis of Offshore DAS Arrays for Automatic Earthquake Detection and Magnitude Estimation in the UKCS
87th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition
Rupture directivity analysis data of hydraulic fracturing-induced seismic events in a shale gas field near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada
Induced Earthquakes in the Southern Delaware Basin, Texas, Are Bound by a Geomechanically Controlled Maximum Magnitude
Geophysical Research Letters
The UK and Ireland Geophysical Array – Concept and Design
Astronomy and Geophysics
Quantifying Seismic Detectability and Location Uncertainties of Offshore DAS Arrays
World CCUS Conference 2025
Thesis
Microseismic monitoring and geomechanical modelling of CO2 storage in subsurface reservoirs
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2011
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