Call for Abstracts:
Excited to share that we are convening a session at #EGU26 focused on one of the most important challenges of our time: enabling a secure, sustainable, and data-driven energy transition.
Session: Passive seismic methods for subsurface imaging applied to the energy transition (SM 6.3)
Critical raw materials, geothermal energy, hydrogen storage, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) all play a vital role in the energy transition and in securing Europe’s strategic resources. Exploration and monitoring of these resources and infrastructures require affordable, reliable, and scalable geophysical methods to reduce subsurface uncertainty, de-risk drilling, and ensure safe and sustainable operation.
In recent years, passive seismic imaging has emerged as a cost-effective exploration tool, particularly valuable in complex geological settings and at depths beyond the reach of conventional active methods. These approaches are increasingly demonstrating their potential not only for geothermal and subsurface storage applications, but also for mining exploration.
Our session welcomes contributions that:
Advance passive seismic methodology and modeling
Demonstrate new case studies across CRM, mining, geothermal, hydrogen storage, and CCS
Integrate passive seismic techniques into industrial workflows
Explore both ambient-noise and earthquake-based approaches
If you’re working on innovative seismic imaging, resource exploration, or subsurface monitoring, we’d love to see your work in Vienna.
Let’s push the boundaries of what passive seismic can deliver for the energy transition.
Abstract submission deadline >>> 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET