T187 Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning in the Geosciences. How Can We Solve Today’s Challenges through Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence?

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
502

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  IMPROVING RESOURCE MODELS WITH RECURSIVE PARTITIONING FOR DOMAIN DEFINITION: CASE STUDY OF MNCO3 AT NSUTA, SOUTH WESTERN GHANA
  Francis Fosu, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa , Ghana, Nsuta, Tarkwa
  382068 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  A CORE COMPETENCY: DIGITALIZING CORE DATA FOR BETTER ENERGY-RESOURCE, CRITICAL-MINERAL, AND WATER-RESOURCE PREDICTION
  Zane Jobe, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Nick Howes, Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA
  377954 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  MINERALOGY ACROSS SCALES – MAPPING THE SUBSURFACE FOR ADVANCED MINERAL EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT
  Katharina Pfaff, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Raymond F. Kokaly, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Geoff Phelps, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffet Field, CA and Garth Graham, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Reed S. Lewis, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Warren Day, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Sean Muller, Grand Island Resources, Nederland, CO and Brian Goolsby, Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Toronto, ON and Chad Ostrander, Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Toronto, ON and Nigel Kelly, Madison, SC and Jonathan Knapp, Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Toronto, ON and Thomas Monecke, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Matthias Chung, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Matthias Chung, Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Aaron Noble, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Annelie Lundstrom, Minalyze AB, Sävedalen and Trond Løke, Norsk Elektro Optikk AS, Oslo and Seth Simonson, North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, ND and Daniel Schmidt, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Sage Langston-Stewart, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Alexander Vidal, Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Golden, CO and Amit Rotem, Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Golden, CO and Luis Tenorio, Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Golden, CO and Albert H. Hofstra, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Todd M. Hoefen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  382747 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  AUTOMATING OREBODY MODELING USING COST-EFFECTIVE ADAPTIVE ALPHA-SHAPE CONSTRUCTION
  Hoon Seo, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Hua Wang, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Thomas Monecke, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  382909 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  ADVANCEMENT OF EXPLORATION DRILL CORE SCANNING USING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING: CASE STUDY OF THE LARONDE PENNA AU-RICH VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT QUEBEC, CANADA
  Miranda Lehman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Thomas Monecke, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Friederike Körting, HySpex Division, Oslo and Julio Hernandez, HySpex Division, Oslo and Katharina Pfaff, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Patrick Mercier-Langevin, Natural Resources Canada, Quebec, QC
  379752 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  GEOPHYSICS GUIDED DEEP IMPUTATION NETWORKS FOR PREDICTING 3D GEOSPATIAL DATA
  Hoon Seo, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Elizabeth Bruce, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Hua Wang, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Thomas Monecke, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Erik Westman, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Kathi Dilworth, Skeena Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC and Tim McLennan, A Bentley company, Christchurch
  383618 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN PROSPECTIVITY MODELING OF CLASTIC-DOMINATED LEAD-ZINC MINERAL SYSTEMS FOR AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES
  Joshua Coyan, US Geological Survey, Spokane, WA and Jan M. Peter, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON and Nathan Hayward and Mike Barlow and Christopher Lawley and Garth Graham, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Anne McCafferty, Denver, CO and Carma A. San Juan, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Poul Emsbo, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Michael G. Gadd and David Huston, Geoscience Australia, Canberra and Karol Czarnota and Suzanne Paradis
  383248 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  WHAT MATTERS MOST? MEASURING FEATURE IMPORTANCE FOR GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES USING SUPERVISED LEARNING
  Stanley Mordensky, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR and John Lipor, Portland State University, Portland, OR and Jacob DeAngelo, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, CA and Erick Burns, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Portland, OR and Cary R. Lindsey, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR
  376621 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  GEOTHERMAL PLAY DEVELOPMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING AND MAGNETOTELLURICS DATA
  Bulbul Ahmmed, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Elisabeth Rau, Baylor University, Waco, NM
  381956 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  CLASSIFYING DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGE DISTRIBUTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING
  Jack Fekete, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  382023 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  BUILDING A COMMUNITY TOOL FOR AUTOMATED FACIES INTERPRETATION FROM SEDIMENTARY OUTCROP PHOTOS
  Elizabeth Hajek, Penn State University, State College, PA and Rachel Conn, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Ryan C. Ewing, Texas A&M, College Station, TX and Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Jung In Koh, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Sinead Lyster, Penn State University, University Park, PA and Elizabeth Mann, Texas A&M, College Station, TX and Mohit Tunwal, Penn State University, University Park, PA and Emily White, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
  382519 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  MARKOV-CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED TSUNAMIS
  Jake Callahan, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Jared Whitehead, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Ron Harris, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Taylor Paskett, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Raelynn Wonnacott, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Chelsey Noorda, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  382789 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  A METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES USING BAYESIAN INFERENCE
  Chelsey Noorda, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  383275 (Technical Sessions)