112 Geophysics in Investigating and Exploring for Mineral, Energy and Groundwater Resources (Posters)

Abstracts are requested for research that incorporates geophysics to investigate and explore for mineral, energy and groundwater resources.

Monday, 20 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

Participants

• Chair Kevin Mickus

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Comparison of Various Basement Depth Determination Approaches from Potential Field Data: A Case Study from the Rio Grande Rift and Big Bend Regions of SW Texas
  Rama Chandrudu Arasada, The University of Texas at Austin, United States, Austin, Texas and Shuvajit Bhattacharya, The University of Texas at Austin, United States, Austin, Texas
  412872 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Evaluating the Causational Relationship Between Increases in Induced Seismicity in the Texas Permian Basin and Wastewater Injection Volume Levels
  Madeleine Hosek, Hill Country College Preparatory High School, San Antonio, Texas
  412912 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geologic Hydrogen Potential of the Midcontinent Rift System in Iowa, USA: Background and Preliminary Research Efforts Using Legacy Data
  Avery Norman, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Joe Honings, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Ryan Clark, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and John Malone, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  413559 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Ground-Based and Airborne Geophysics Reveal New Insights Into Local Bedrock Topography
  Aiden Fanning, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Lillian Drager, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Caleb Ortman, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and Lani Kiene, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and Jason Thomason, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL and Steven Young, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois and Riley Balikian, Illinois State Geological Survey | Hydrogeology and Geophysics, Champaign, IL and David Malone, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Kisa Mwakanyamale-Gilkie, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois
  413700 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Hydrogeologic Characterization in a Sand and Silt Column
  Joseph Awuku, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX
  413818 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Aeromagnetic and radiometric analysis data targeting pegmatites and carbonatites enriched with anomalies of REE in the northwest of Oaxaca, Mexico.
  Perla Rodríguez Contreras, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas and James B. Chapman, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas and Antonio Arribas, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas and Luis Angel Jiménez López, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo del Instituto Politécnico Nacional CIIEMAD-IPN, Mexico, Mexico City
  413884 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Integrating Seismic Inversion Products into Multi-Attribute Analysis and Unsupervised Machine Learning for Reservoir Characterization
  Yasin UZUM, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma and Heather BEDLE, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  413932 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Ground-based Geophysics to Amend Previously Interpreted Buried Bedrock Valley Geometry
  Lani Kiene, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois and Aiden Fanning, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL and Caleb Ortman, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL and Lillian Drager, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL and Steven Young, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and Riley Balikian, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Jason Thomason, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Kisa Mwakanyamale-Gilkie, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and David Malone, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL
  414076 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Improved mapping of shallow geology: ground-based geophysics to support airborne electromagnetics.
  Lillian Drager, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and Aiden Fanning, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and Lani Kiene, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois and Caleb Ortman, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Steven Young, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and Riley Balikian, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Jason Thomason, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Kisa Mwakamanyale-Gilkie, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and David Malone, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
  414077 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Characterization of Ambient Seismic Data to Define Topography of an Incised Bedrock Valley
  Caleb Ortman, Illinois State University, Department of Geography & Geology, Normal, IL and Lillian Drager, Illinois State University, Department of Geography & Geology, Normal, IL and Aiden Fanning, Illinois State University, Department of Geography & Geology, Normal, IL and Lani Kiene, Illinois State University, Department of Geography & Geology, Normal, IL and Steven Young, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Riley Balikian, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Jason Thomason, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Kisa Mwakanyamale-Gilkie, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and David Malone, Illinois State University, Department of Geography and Geology, Normal, IL
  414080 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Improving Total Water Storage Estimates by Fusion of GPS-Derived Surface Deformation and Hydrological Models across the Contiguous United States
  Florence Onyike, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia and Susanna Werth, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia and Manoochehr Shirzaei, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  414820 (Technical Sessions)