Multi-scale subsurface processes, fluid systems and raw materials supporting the energy transition: scientific challenges and interdisciplinary approaches
Co-organized by EMRP1/ERE2/GI6/GMPV6/SSS5/TS8
Convener:
Judith Bott
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Co-conveners:
Christian Heine,
Meike BaggeECSECS,
Ajay KumarECSECS,
Helen Doran,
Annick Loschetter,
Juan Carlos Afonso
Orals
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Wed, 30 Apr, 14:00–17:55 (CEST) Room K1
Posters on site
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Attendance Tue, 29 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) | Display Tue, 29 Apr, 14:00–18:00 Hall X1
Supporting the transition to sustainable low-carbon economies at scale poses significant challenges and opportunities for the global geoscience community. An integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of the subsurface processes that can provide access to alternative energy supplies and critical raw materials is lacking, as are unifying science-backed exploration strategies and resource assessment workflows.
This session aims to improve our scientific understanding of the pathways and interdependencies that lead to the concentration of economic quantities of energy carriers or noble gases, mineral resources, and sufficient geothermal gradients. Further, it also focuses on providing input for exploration decision-making, the engineering of access strategies to the policy makers as well as for the strategic planning of collaborative research initiatives.
In particular, we invite studies on observational data analysis, instrumentation, numerical modeling, laboratory experiments, and geological engineering, with an emphasis on integrated approaches/datasets which address the geological history of such systems as well as their spatial characteristics for sub-topics such as:
- Geothermal systems: key challenges in successfully exploiting geothermal energy are related to observational gaps in lithological heterogeneities and tectonic (fault) structures and sweet-spotting zones of sufficient permeability for fluid extraction.
- Geological (white/natural) hydrogen and helium resources: potential of source rocks, conversion kinetics, migration and possible accumulation processes through geological time, along with detection, characterisation, and quantification of sources, fluxes, shallow subsurface interactions and surface leakage of hydrogen (H2) and Helium (He).
- Ore deposits: To meet the growing global demand for metal resources, new methods are required to discover new ore deposits and assess the spatio-temporal and geodynamic characteristics of favourable conditions to generate metallogenic deposits, transport pathways, and host sequences.
14:00–14:05
5-minute convener introduction
14:05–14:15
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EGU25-19964
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solicited
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On-site presentation
14:15–14:25
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EGU25-2570
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ECS
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On-site presentation
14:25–14:35
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EGU25-10415
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On-site presentation
14:35–14:45
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EGU25-6373
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On-site presentation
14:45–14:55
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EGU25-11375
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On-site presentation
14:55–15:05
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EGU25-1857
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ECS
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On-site presentation
15:05–15:15
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EGU25-7356
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ECS
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Virtual presentation
15:15–15:25
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EGU25-12600
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ECS
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On-site presentation
15:25–15:35
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EGU25-1138
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ECS
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Virtual presentation
15:35–15:45
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EGU25-16617
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ECS
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On-site presentation
Coffee break
Chairpersons: Judith Bott, Ajay Kumar, Juan Carlos Afonso
16:15–16:25
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EGU25-16399
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ECS
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On-site presentation
16:25–16:35
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EGU25-16903
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On-site presentation
16:35–16:45
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EGU25-11735
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ECS
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On-site presentation
16:45–16:55
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EGU25-12845
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On-site presentation
16:55–17:05
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EGU25-10972
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ECS
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On-site presentation
17:05–17:15
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EGU25-3367
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On-site presentation
17:15–17:25
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EGU25-3033
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ECS
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On-site presentation
17:25–17:35
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EGU25-7103
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ECS
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On-site presentation
17:35–17:45
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EGU25-13046
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ECS
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On-site presentation
17:45–17:55
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EGU25-7428
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On-site presentation
X1.175
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EGU25-3734
“Nouvelle-Aquitaine” Region : The birth of natural hydrogen exploration in France ?
(withdrawn)
X1.177
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EGU25-20357
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ECS
X1.179
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EGU25-3694
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ECS