GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 187
Tuesday, 11 October 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
502 (Colorado Convention Center)

T53. Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning in the Geosciences. How Can We Solve Today’s Challenges through Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence?

Society of Economic Geologists; Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits

 

Katharina Pfaff and Eric Anderson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
IMPROVING RESOURCE MODELS WITH RECURSIVE PARTITIONING FOR DOMAIN DEFINITION: CASE STUDY OF MNCO3 AT NSUTA, SOUTH WESTERN GHANA
FOSU, Francis, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa , Ghana, P.O. Box 2 Nsuta- Wassa, Nsuta, Tarkwa, WT-0158-2034, Ghana
1:50 PM
A CORE COMPETENCY: DIGITALIZING CORE DATA FOR BETTER ENERGY-RESOURCE, CRITICAL-MINERAL, AND WATER-RESOURCE PREDICTION (Invited Presentation)
JOBE, Zane, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401-1887 and HOWES, Nick, Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
2:10 PM
MINERALOGY ACROSS SCALES – MAPPING THE SUBSURFACE FOR ADVANCED MINERAL EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT
PFAFF, Katharina1, MONECKE, Thomas1, SCHMIDT, Daniel1, LANGSTON-STEWART, Sage1, VIDAL, Alexander2, ROTEM, Amit2, TENORIO, Luis2, HOFSTRA, Albert H.3, HOEFEN, Todd M.3, KOKALY, Raymond F.3, PHELPS, Geoff4, GRAHAM, Garth3, LEWIS, Reed S.5, DAY, Warren3, MULLER, Sean6, GOOLSBY, Brian7, OSTRANDER, Chad7, KELLY, Nigel8, KNAPP, Jonathan7, CHUNG, Matthias9, NOBLE, Aaron10, LUNDSTROM, Annelie11, LØKE, Trond12 and SIMONSON, Seth13, (1)Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines, Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Moffet Field, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffet Field, CA 94035, (5)Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Dr., MS 3014, Moscow, ID 83844, (6)Caribou-Cross Mines, Grand Island Resources, Nederland, CO 80466, (7)Hitachi High-Tech Canada, 89 Galaxy Blvd., Suite 14, Toronto, ON M9W 6A4, Canada, (8)Bruker Nano Analytics, 5465 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, SC 53711, (9)Department of Mathematics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322; Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (10)Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (11)Minalyze AB, Industrivägen 4, Sävedalen, 433 61, Sweden, (12)Norsk Elektro Optikk AS, Østensjøveien 34, Oslo, 0667, Norway, (13)Unmanned Aircraft Systems, North Dakota State College of Science, 800 6th St N, Wahpeton, ND 58076
2:25 PM
AUTOMATING OREBODY MODELING USING COST-EFFECTIVE ADAPTIVE ALPHA-SHAPE CONSTRUCTION
SEO, Hoon1, WANG, Hua1, LI, Yaoguo2 and MONECKE, Thomas3, (1)Department of Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines, 1301 19th Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, 924 16th Street Room 283, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
2:40 PM
ADVANCEMENT OF EXPLORATION DRILL CORE SCANNING USING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING: CASE STUDY OF THE LARONDE PENNA AU-RICH VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT QUEBEC, CANADA
LEHMAN, Miranda1, MONECKE, Thomas1, KÖRTING, Friederike2, HERNANDEZ, Julio2, PFAFF, Katharina1 and MERCIER-LANGEVIN, Patrick3, (1)Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Norsk Elekro Optikk AS, HySpex Division, Østensjøveien 34, Oslo, N-0667, Norway, (3)Geologic Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 490 De la Couronne Street, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
2:55 PM
GEOPHYSICS GUIDED DEEP IMPUTATION NETWORKS FOR PREDICTING 3D GEOSPATIAL DATA
SEO, Hoon1, BRUCE, Elizabeth2, WANG, Hua1, LI, Yaoguo2, MONECKE, Thomas3, WESTMAN, Erik4, DILWORTH, Kathi5 and MCLENNAN, Tim6, (1)Department of Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines, 1301 19th Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, 924 16th Street Room 283, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models (CASERM), Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (4)Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech, 445 Old Turnet Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)Skeena Resources Ltd., 650-1021 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 0C3, Canada, (6)Seequent, A Bentley company, 20 Moorhouse Avenue, Addington, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:25 PM
KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN PROSPECTIVITY MODELING OF CLASTIC-DOMINATED LEAD-ZINC MINERAL SYSTEMS FOR AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES (Invited Presentation)
COYAN, Joshua, US Geological Survey, Spokane, WA 99201, GRAHAM, Garth, Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, MCCAFFERTY, Anne, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, SAN JUAN, Carma A., USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, EMSBO, Poul, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, PO Box 25046 MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, GADD, Michael G., HUSTON, David, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, 2601, Australia, CZARNOTA, Karol, PARADIS, Suzanne, PETER, Jan M., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A0E8, Canada, HAYWARD, Nathan, BARLOW, Mike and LAWLEY, Christopher
3:45 PM
WHAT MATTERS MOST? MEASURING FEATURE IMPORTANCE FOR GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES USING SUPERVISED LEARNING
MORDENSKY, Stanley, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201, LIPOR, John, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, DEANGELO, Jacob, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, CA 94025, BURNS, Erick, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Portland, OR 97201 and LINDSEY, Cary R., Geology, Minerals, Energy, Geophysics Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97201
4:00 PM
GEOTHERMAL PLAY DEVELOPMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING AND MAGNETOTELLURICS DATA
AHMMED, Bulbul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, TA03, B0261, Los Alamos, NM 87544-1503 and RAU, Elisabeth, Geoscience, Baylor University, Waco, NM 87544-1503
4:15 PM
CLASSIFYING DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGE DISTRIBUTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING
FEKETE, Jack, Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72703
4:30 PM
BUILDING A COMMUNITY TOOL FOR AUTOMATED FACIES INTERPRETATION FROM SEDIMENTARY OUTCROP PHOTOS
HAJEK (SHE/HER), Elizabeth1, CONN, Rachel2, EWING, Ryan C.3, HAMMOND, Tracy2, KOH, Jung In2, LYSTER, Sinead4, MANN, Elizabeth3, TUNWAL, Mohit4 and WHITE, Emily3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, State College, PA 16802, (2)Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 534 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
4:45 PM
MARKOV-CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED TSUNAMIS
CALLAHAN, Jake1, WHITEHEAD, Jared1, HARRIS, Ron2, PASKETT, Taylor1, WONNACOTT, Raelynn1 and NOORDA, Chelsey1, (1)Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602
5:00 PM
A METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES USING BAYESIAN INFERENCE
NOORDA, Chelsey, Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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