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Physics and Geosciences

Department of Physics and Geosciences

Dr. Subbarao Yelisetti, Associate Professor of Geophysics, Graduate Coordinator for Petrophysics

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Background

Undergraduate work:

  • BSc, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India

Graduate work:

  • MSc, Physics, University of Hyderabad, India

  • MTech, Mineral Exploration, University of Hyderabad, India

  • Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Victoria, Canada

Research Interests:

  • Continental margin and ocean basin processes, crustal structure, sediment deformation and physical properties, gas hydrates, slope failure.

  • 2D/3D seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation, seismic imaging.

  • 2D/3D travel time and full-waveform inversion, multiple migration, effective medium modeling, visco-acoustic and elastic finite-difference modeling.

Publications

  • Subbarao Yelisetti, Ghosal, D., Perkins, L., Hyndman, R. D., 2024, Mapping of fluid venting and attenuation of hydrate bearing sediments from offshore Oregon, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, accepted (IF=1.3).
  • Osunrinde, T., Yelisetti, S., Sanchez, V., 2023, The effect of depositional environment on sustaining a carbon storage site, The Leading Edge, 42(11), pp. 737-747, .
  • Cheong, S., Yelisetti, S., Park, CH., 2022, Porosity Estimation by Neural Networks for CO2 storage in Otway Site, Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8(5), 162, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-022-00465-4 (IF=4.9).
  • Kumar, V.; Patil, R.; Bhawar, R.L.; Rahul, P.R.C.; Yelisetti, S. 2022, Increasing Wind Speeds Fuel the Wider Spreading of Pollution Caused by Fires over the IGP Region during the Indian Post-Monsoon Season. Atmosphere, 13, 1525. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091525 (IF=3.1).
  • Cheong, S.; Yelisetti, S.; Chun, J.-H., 2022, Numerical Imaging of the Seabed and Acoustic Flares with Topography and Velocity Variance. Remote Sens., 14, 4652. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14184652 (IF=5.3).
  • Tréhu, A.M., Tominaga, M., Lyle, M., Davenport, K., Phrampus, B.J., Favorito, J., Zhang, E., Lenz, B.L., Shreedharan, S. and Yelisetti, S., 2022, The hidden history of the south‐central Cascadia subduction zone recorded on the Juan de Fuca plate offshore southwest Oregon. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, p.e2021GC010318, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010318 (IF=4.5).
  • Shubham Tiwari, Dibakar Ghosal, Rahul Kumar Singh, Subbarao Yelisetti, 2022, Mapping of hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs using frequency-dependent amplitude vs. offset (FAVO). J Earth Syst Sci 131, 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01783-z (IF=2.0).
  • Subbarao Yelisetti and Spence, G.D., 2021, Seismic velocity structure beneath the Vancouver Island continental shelf using full waveform inversion of multichannel seismic data. Energies, 14(11), 3099, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14113099 (IF=3.3).
  • Hongqiang Li, Rui Gao, Wenhui Li, Ramon Carbonell, Subbarao Yelisetti, Xingfu Huang, Zhuoxuan Shi and Zhanwu Lu, 2021, The Mabja Dome Structure in Southern Tibet Revealed by Deep Seismic Reflection Data and Its Tectonic Implications, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020265. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020265 (IF=4.4).
  • M. Riedel, S. Yelisetti, C. Papenberg, K. M. M. Rohr, M. M. Côté, G. D. Spence,
    R. D. Hyndman, T. James, 2020, 2012 Haida Gwaii Mw 7.8 Earthquake – Seismic velocity structure of the Queen Charlotte Terrace region from wide-angle seismic refraction tomography, Geosphere, DOI:10.1130/GES02258.1. (IF=4.2).
  • Smith, L.M., T.J. Cowles, R.D. Vaillancourt, and S. Yelisetti; 2018, Introduction to the special issue on the Ocean Observatories Initiative, Oceanography, 31(1):12–15, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.104 (IF=3.4).
  • Yanchilina, A.G., Yelisetti, S., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Voss, N., Kelly, T. B., Brizzolara, J., Brown, K.L., Fung, M., Guerra, M., Zayac, J.M., Coakley, B., and R. Pockalny; 2017, Exploring methane gas seepage in the California Borderlands, Eos, 98, doi: 10.1029/2017EO087843.
  • Subbarao Yelisetti, Spence, G.D., Scherwath, M., Riedel, M., and Klaeschen, D.; 2017, Dual-vergence structure from multiple migration of widely spaced OBSs from northern Cascadia margin. Tectonophysics, volume 718, pages 45-60, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.04.005. (IF=3.7).
  • Subbarao Yelisetti, G. D. Spence, M. Riedel; 2014, Role of gas hydrates in slope failure on frontal ridge of northern Cascadia margin, Geophysical Journal International, 199(1), 441-458, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu254. (IF=3.4).

Contact Information

Department of Physics and Geosciences
Hill Hall 207
MSC 175 91AV
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-4894
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email: subbarao.yelisetti@tamuk.edu