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lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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lang="EN-GB">We kindly invite you to participate in the <b>EGU26
session ERE1.8 “Multi-scale subsurface processes, fluid
systems and raw materials supporting the energy transition:
scientific challenges and interdisciplinary approaches”</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Please submit your abstract via the following link:
</span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Q2wCCE8wmrt0mjxRrtNfMF7NDS6?domain=meetingorganizer.copernicus.org"><span
lang="EN-GB">https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstractsubmission/58052</span></a><span
lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Note the <b>abstract submission deadline is 15
January 2026 at 13:00 CET</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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lang="EN-GB">Session abstract</span></u><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Geodynamic and tectonic processes interacting
across scales are the key engines in shaping the structural,
thermal and petrological configuration of the crust and
lithosphere. They constantly modify the thermal, hydraulic and
mechanical rock properties, ultimately leading to a
heterogeneous endowment of (often co-located) subsurface
resources. Supporting the transition to sustainable low-carbon
economies at scale poses significant challenges and
opportunities for the global geoscience community. Improved
integration and tighter interdisciplinary understanding of the
subsurface processes that can provide access to alternative
energy supplies and critical raw materials is needed, as are
unifying science-backed exploration strategies and resource
assessment workflows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">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 the formation of exploitable
geothermal reservoirs. Further, it also focuses on providing
input for exploration decision-making and scientific input for
policy making as well as for the strategic planning of
collaborative research initiatives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">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:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span
lang="EN-GB">Geothermal systems</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:
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.</span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span
lang="EN-GB">Geological (white/natural) hydrogen (H2) and
helium (He) resources</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:
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.</span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-right:36.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <b><span
lang="EN-GB">Ore deposits</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: To
meet the global continued 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.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Please feel free to<b> forward this invitation</b>
to any people you think may be interested.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">If you have any questions, do not hesitate to
contact us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Looking forward to your contribution.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Your convener team </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">Meike Bagge, Christian Heine, Judith Bott,
Maximilian Hasch, Sascha Brune</span></p>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Dr. Judith Bott<br>
Section 4.5 Subsurface Process Modelling<br>
Phone +49 (0)331 6264 1342<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:judith.bott@gfz.de">judith.bott@gfz.de</a><br>
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<b>GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences</b><br>
Foundation under public law of the federal state of Brandenburg<br>
Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam<br>
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