Primary Convener:
Philip Ball, Keele University

Convener:
Christian Heine, Royal Dutch Shell plc
Graham Banks, Route2Reserves
C. Nur Schuba, The University of Texas at Austin

Chair:
C. Nur Schuba, The University of Texas at Austin
Philip Ball, Keele University

Geodynamic and tectonic processes are key drivers shaping the structural, thermal, and petrological configuration of the lithosphere. Supporting the transition to sustainable, low-carbon economies — at scale and economically — poses both challenges and opportunities for the global geoscience community. An integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of subsurface processes is needed to improve identification of viable economic resources across the geothermal, geologic/natural hydrogen, and energy-critical mineral industries. However, integrated science-backed exploration strategies are often absent or underdeveloped. This session aims to improve our scientific understanding of the integrated geodynamic and tectonic processes relevant to geothermal energy, geologic/natural hydrogen and helium, and energy-critical mineral deposits. We invite studies based on observational data analysis, instrumentation, numerical modelling, laboratory experiments, and geological engineering —particularly those that emphasize integrated approaches of systems. We are also interested in strategies involved in decision-making, engineering, and policy requirements needed to facilitate the discovery and development of economic resources.

Index Terms
8110 Continental tectonics: general
8120 Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general
8164 Stresses: crust and lithosphere
8178 Tectonics and magmatism

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
GAC： Geological Association of Canada
SEG： Society of Exploration Geophysicists
CGU： Canadian Geophysical Union
EGU： European Geosciences Union

Co-Organized Sessions:
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
V - Volcanology‚ Geochemistry and Petrology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Suggested Itineraries:
Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior
3. Earth Covering