Sessions > Symposium D: Economic geology - from ore deposits to non-conventional resources

Session D1: Mineral systems of the Late Paleozoic orogens

The understanding of mineral deposits of the Late Paleozoic orogenic belts has historically been a key for the development of Geology associated with the Industrial Revolution. Indeed, the first edited regional scale geological maps in North America, Great Britain, Germany and France, mostly representing the Variscan belt, were driven by the urge to find mineral and energy resources to build the infrastructures of the consumption society but also induced a spectacular development of geological concepts and knowledge. Two hundred years later, the world is facing new challenges related to access to the so-called high-tech metals such as Li or Nd but also to the reassessment of the potential for more classical metals such as Cu or Ni, in order to meet the needs of the numerical and energy transitions. In this session, we encourage contributions addressing mineral systems of the Late Paleozoic orogenic belts that might serve as a guide for future assessment of the potential of the Paleozoic basement for mineral and energy resources.

Session D2: Carboniferous-Permian basins in the energy transition

Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary basins have become vital components of the energy transition. This session will cover, without being restrictive, the themes of mineral resources (e.g. CRM), exploration and/or exploitation of underground reservoirs for geothermal energy, hydrogen and natural helium, and studies on the storage of resources (H2, thermal storage) or waste (i.e. CO₂). We aim to open this session up to a broad community addressing all related geological themes (e.g. sedimentology, stratigraphy, diagenesis, structural geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, etc.), and across all scales, from individual samples (collected in the field or through borehole drilling) to reservoirs and entire basins.