289 Estimating Natural Resources Using Geoscience Data

Methods to estimate the availability, location, and quantity of natural resources (e.g., geothermal, petroleum, critical minerals) vary by resource type, scale, and data availability. This session addresses modeling that targets any of these aspects.

Wednesday, 22 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 302C

Participants

• Chair Stanley Mordensky
• Chair Michael Chris Jenkins
• Chair Lily Jackson
• Chair Justin Birdwell

Presentations

• 1:55 PM
  Lithium Resources and Potential Technology Assessments in Wyoming
  Robert Gregory, University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY and Davin Bagdonas, University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY and Tyler Brown, University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY and Cole Messa, University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY
  413728 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Measurements of lithium in highly-saline brines: a cautionary tale.
  Benjamin Rostron, University of Alberta, EAS, Edmonton, AB and Gavin Jensen, Saskatchewan Energy and Mines, Regina, SK
  414735 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  Recursive Modeling Connects Geochemistry and Genomics in Critical Minerals Characterization
  Rowan Terra, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA and Djuna Gulliver, NETL-DOE, Pittsburgh, PA and Paige DiGirolamo, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA and Isabel Cann, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA and Nancy Trun, Duquesne University, Biological sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
  412467 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  Beyond the Surface: Deep Neural Networks for Subsurface Pore Pressure Estimation
  Muhammad Amjad, Bahria School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islamabad and Ilmi Yoon, Northeastern University, San Jose, California and Tehmina Amjad, Northeastern University, San Jose, CA
  412529 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  An Integrated Approach to Basin-Scale Resource Assessment of Unconventional Reservoirs
  Timothy McMahon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  414661 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  Preliminary Evaluation and Hydrocarbon Resource Assessment of the Barnett Shale in the Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico
  Qiqi Wang, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Shuvajit Bhattacharya, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Timothy McMahon, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  413010 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  Cretaceous Well Log Study in Southwestern Nebraska
  Nathan Thomas, Texas A&M University, San Antonio, TX
  414387 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  Constraints of Spatial Distribution of Ore-Bearing Magmatic Fluids on Copper-Polymetallic Mineralization: Evidence from Integrated Magnetotelluric and Magnetic Surveys in the Eastern Margin of the Altai Mountains, Northwest China
  RONGHUI XUE, Chinese Academy of Geologi­cal Sciences, BEIJING, BEIJING and JIAYONG YAN, Chinese Academy of Geologi­cal Sciences, Beijing, Beijing and ZHONGYI BAO, NO.6 GEOLOGICAL TEAM OF SHANDONG PROVINCIAL BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, WEIHAI and ZHEN DENG, Chinese Academy of Geologi­cal Sciences, BEIJING, BEIJING and GUANG QI, Chinese Academy of Geologi­cal Sciences, BEIJING, BEIJING and HEJUN TANG, Chinese Academy of Geologi­cal Sciences, BEIJING, BEIJING
  411960 (Technical Sessions)