T67. Georesources in orogens and basins: thermal processes, fluid-rock interaction and structural constraints

This session aims to promote an understanding of the processes that lead to the genesis and localisation of resources, which are central to the renewable energy transition towards fossil fuel phase-out, decarbonisation and climate change mitigation. As key factors, georesources are related to the thermal state of the lithosphere and its perturbations and the nature of the fluids (metamorphic, magmatic and meteoric) circulating through ductile or brittle shear zones of the crust during orogenic events and subsequent post-collisional evolution, rifting episodes and filling of sedimentary basins. The knowledge of these issues is crucial for understanding to what extent georesources are renewable and if their exploitation is sustainable. In this view, georesources include geothermal energy and heat source anatomy, metal ore deposits and REE concentrations (e.g. for energy storage or high technology manufacturing) as a result of fluid-rock interaction processes, their transport and storage in structural traps or sediments when derived from the erosion of exposed critical element rich rocks. Irrespective of the scale of investigation, we welcome contributions based on field and/or laboratory analyses, as well as numerical simulations and experimental studies, illustrating case histories in different geological environments and integration between different data sets and approaches.