Fluvial deposits and resources

Amanda Owen, Adrian Hartley, Milovan Fustic

Fluvial systems host a range of societally important resources. They can be key aquifers, host minerals such as copper, uranium and gold, are oil and gas reservoirs as well as have the potential to be carbon capture and storage sites. In addition they have the potential in both shallow and deep sedimentary geothermal settings. Understanding the heterogeneity from the pore to basin scale is essential in understanding the distribution, and how to best recover and protect, resources hosted within fluvial systems. This session aims to examine our current understanding and future directions of fluvial deposits as key resource sites.