
GeoBerlin 2023
Geosciences Beyond Boundaries - Research, Society, Future
150th PGLA (BGR) Anniversary and 175th DGGV Anniversary
Berlin | 3 – 8 September 2023
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: Wiwi 101 420 |
Date: Monday, 04/Sept/2023 | |
8:30am - 10:00am |
1.17-1 Marine mineral deposits: Formation, exploration, and environmental impacts of human activities Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Sebastian Fuchs, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Invited Session Keynote Advancements in Deep-Sea Mineral Exploration and Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining 9:15am - 9:30am Systematic variations in trace element composition of pyrites from the Xunmei hydrothermal field (26°S), Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
1.17-2 Marine mineral deposits: Formation, exploration, and environmental impacts of human activities Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Sebastian Fuchs, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Passive sampling of labile dissolved trace metals in the deep sea: a suitable monitoring tool for marine mining activities? |
Date: Tuesday, 05/Sept/2023 | |
10:00am - 11:15am |
3.16-1 Assessing biosphere geosphere interactions in the subsurface, at leaking wells, and natural vents and seeps Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Sebastian F. A. Jordan, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Chair: Oliver Schmale, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) Chair: Jens Kallmeyer, GFZ Potsdam Invited Session Keynote Current understanding of sources and quantities of geological and biological methane emissions into the atmosphere 10:30am - 10:45am Methane release from inactive oil and gas wells in Romania - preliminary results 10:45am - 11:00am Geochemical detection of minor hydrocarbon seepage in marine subsurface sediments 11:00am - 11:15am Chasing strong seismic reflections in the basement of a giant gas accumulation - the Norwegian Troll mystery |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
3.16-2 Assessing biosphere geosphere interactions in the subsurface, at leaking wells, and natural vents and seeps Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Sebastian F. A. Jordan, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Chair: Oliver Schmale, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) Chair: Jens Kallmeyer, GFZ Potsdam Invited Session Keynote Fennoscandian Deep biosphere – similarities, differences and functions 2:30pm - 2:45pm Experimental sulfidation of nano-magnetite at hydrothermal conditions – implications for the reconstruction of microbial life in ancient sulfide deposits 2:45pm - 3:00pm BioMetArchive - Subsurface biosphere metagenomics along the 1 Ma sedimentary archive of ferruginous Lake Towuti, Indonesia 3:00pm - 3:15pm Assessment of Eger Rift subsurface microbial communities showcases archaeal and bacterial processes driven by mantel derived CO2 degassing and regular seismic events. |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
1.29 Breakthrough technologies and innovations along the mineral raw materials supply chain Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Siyamend Al Barazi, BGR Quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from copper mining to refining 4:30pm - 4:45pm Market power Indonesia – from the largest ore exporter to the leading nickel supplier for the green transition 4:45pm - 5:00pm Hyperspectral airborne and satellite data from EnMAP for mineral mapping of raw material at Gamsberg-Aggeneys area, South Africa 5:00pm - 5:15pm The development of a microwave-assisted laboratory hard rock cutting machine |
Date: Wednesday, 06/Sept/2023 | |
10:00am - 11:15am |
1.10-1 Lithiumresources Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Jochen Kolb, KIT Chair: André Stechern, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) Invited Session Keynote Challenges and opportunities for lithium extraction from geothermal systems in Germany 10:45am - 11:00am The highly saline lithium-rich brines in the Muschelkalk aquifer of the Molasse basin in SW-Germany: a future geothermal lithium play? 11:00am - 11:15am Interactive web-based platform for efficient water management in the lithium mining industry based on FEFLOW and MIKE Operations |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
1.10-2 Lithiumresources Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Jochen Kolb, KIT Chair: André Stechern, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) Lithium (Li) mineral characterization of drill cores and hand specimens: supporting exploration with rapid mineralogy mapping |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
3.13 Identifying tectonics and climatic signals in deep-time: challenges and opportunities Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Guido Meinhold, TU Bergakademie Freiberg Chair: Luca Caracciolo, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Invited Session Keynote Pre-Cenozoic paleoclimate responses to astronomical forcing 4:30pm - 4:45pm A hot, hydrothermally-fed microbial tidal flat in the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa? 4:45pm - 5:00pm Expressions of Early Silurian climate changes in the stratigraphic record of Baltica and South China 5:15pm - 5:30pm Detrital garnet petrology challenges Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in western Greenland 5:30pm - 5:45pm Collecting ‘Big’-data in sedimentary provenance analysis: An optimized workflow from sample preparation to analysis |
Date: Thursday, 07/Sept/2023 | |
10:00am - 11:15am |
1.06-1 Deep geothermal resources and projects Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Jasmaria Wojatschke, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) Chair: Nora Koltzer, Fraunhofer IEG Geothermal Project Potsdam 10:15am - 10:30am Opportunities for hydrogeothermal uses in NE Germany: from site evaluation to project realization 10:30am - 10:45am Remaining opportunities in medium-deep reservoirs of the North German Basin – lessons learned from the new development in Schwerin 10:45am - 11:00am Lower Cretaceous Sandstones in the Lower Saxony Basin – a potential geothermal play 11:00am - 11:15am Geothermal potential of Mesozoic carbonates on the example of the Rüdersdorf Formation (North German Basin): opportunity or not? |
1:30pm - 3:00pm |
1.06-2 Deep geothermal resources and projects Location: Wiwi 101 Chair: Nora Koltzer, Fraunhofer IEG Chair: Torsten Tischner, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Finding the geothermal sweet spots of Germany by integrating the subsurface geological heterogeneity with process simulations 1:45pm - 2:00pm The World Heat Flow Database project: a new research data infrastructure for a community-driven Global Heat Flow Database 2:00pm - 2:15pm Roll-out of Deep Geothermal Energy in North-West Europe (DGE-ROLLOUT): Geothermal Energy Potential of Lower Carboniferous Carbonate Rocks 2:15pm - 2:30pm Geological and geophysical data integration and modeling approach for subsurface characterization; Northern Bavaria case study |
