Primary Convener:
Andrea Giuliani, Carnegie Science

Convener:
Herve Rezeau, University of Arizona
Nicolas Saintilan, University of Alabama
Santiago Tassara, Universidad de O’Higgins

Chair:
Andrea Giuliani, ETH Zürich
Nicolas Saintilan, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Herve Rezeau, University of Arizona
Santiago Tassara, Universidad de O’Higgins

The transition towards economies with lowered carbon footprint requires increased access to a diverse range of metallic and non-metallic resources, both traditional (e.g., Cu-Ni-Fe-Pt) and not (e.g., REE-graphite-Co-Li). Exploration successes remain conditioned by a better scientific understanding of the physico-chemical processes controlling the origin and distribution of mineral resources across all scales. This session aims at creating a dynamic forum at AGU where Earth scientists within and peripheral to economic geology can share their most recent findings with implications for the genesis and evolution of ore deposits. We welcome contributions that use ore deposits and their geochemical footprint to inform broader geological processes, such as tectonic evolution, mantle and crustal melting, volatile cycling, metal solubility, fluid–rock interaction, and surface weathering. Ultimately, this session seeks to bridge disciplinary boundaries and highlight the fundamental links between Earth processes and the formation of mineral resources needed for a sustainable global energy transition.

Index Terms
3610 Geochemical modeling
3617 Alteration and weathering processes
3620 Mineral and crystal chemistry
3665 Mineral occurrences and deposits

Cross-Listed:
T - Tectonophysics
SY - Science and Society
GC - Global Environmental Change

Suggested Itineraries:
Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior