SEPM International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress
“Defining the critical role and impact of sedimentology in a sustainable future"
2026 | 15-17 - June | Golden, CO, USA (Colorado School of Mines)
Back by popular demand the next ISGC - this time hosted at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO.
Defining the critical role and impact of sedimentology in a sustainable future!
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Deadline IS EXTENDED TO February 6, 2026!
Support this meeting & SEPM's 100th Anniversary
This will be a 3-day conference with planned short courses and 1-day field trips preceding
the meeting, and multiday field trips planned for after the meeting.
Why go to this conference besides the great science and network ---
A few things:
1. Golden, Denver and Colorado are safe areas to visit. Home | Golden Welcome Center
2. SEPM has student grants to support travel costs to the meeting. Students can apply here . Our Foundation will do all that they can to help support your participation in the ISGC and all of our collaborative meetings.
3. The meeting organizers have campus room blocks for low-cost housing and meals on the MINES campus specifically targeting students, young scientists and our international colleagues.
4. Participants can fly directly into Denver International Airport https://www.flydenver.com/ and you can go through immigration if needed easy and fast. There is a train that goes from the Denver Airport to Golden and we plan to help arrange travel to campus from the train depot.
5. Colorado is an AMAZING place to spend some summer time. Hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, climbing, mountain biking, visiting our National Parks including Dinosaur National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Park and so many other great areas. Our team at the conference will help you with your ideas for adventure.
The Science
Sedimentologists are playing a pivotal role in addressing global sustainability challenges by decoding the sedimentary record and applying their insights to critical resource and environmental systems. This meeting will convene researchers, industry professionals, and students to explore how sedimentology is advancing solutions in energy, climate resilience, and water security.
The program will highlight cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and applied case studies that demonstrate sedimentology’s impact in a sustainable future across five key themes:
Topic 1: Sedimentary Reservoirs, Carbon Mitigation, and Energy Transition.
Explore the role of sedimentary systems as reservoirs—whether for traditional energy extraction, carbon storage, or emerging energy solutions. We welcome research that highlights how sedimentary reservoirs support the energy transition, with a focus on their capacity for storage and resource development.
Topic 2: Water Resources, Hazards, Climate, and Society
Focus on the sedimentological and stratigraphic processes that govern water distribution and movement in the subsurface and across landscapes, including extreme events (e.g., flood hazards, droughts). We welcome work that connects sediment dynamics to water security, flood and drought behavior, and societal impacts under climate change.
Topic 3: Sedimentary Systems Through Time: Processes and Products
Show advances in understanding sedimentary systems across diverse environments, tectonic settings, and geologic time. We invite contributions that investigate depositional, diagenetic, and stratigraphic processes, with a focus on how these shape reservoir characteristics and influence broader geologic interpretations. Submissions are welcome from studies of siliciclastic, carbonate, evaporitic, and mixed sedimentary systems.
Topic 4: Decoding Depositional Systems: Integrating Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Experimental Stratigraphy
Highlight quantitative and integrative approaches to understanding how surface processes shape modern depositional environments and the stratigraphic record. Emphasis is on combining remote sensing, numerical models, laboratory experiments, and data‑driven methods.
Topic 5: Anthropogenic Sediments: Tracking Contaminants and the Human Fingerprint in Sedimentary Systems
Examine how human activity is reshaping sedimentary environments and leaving a lasting imprint on Earth’s stratigraphic record. We invite research that traces contaminants, documents novel sediment types, and evaluates the preservation of human signals over time.
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday February 6th, 2026
Program Planning Committee
- Cody Miller <codymiller@chevron.com> Co-Chair
- Morgan D. Sullivan (morgandsullivan@aol.com) Co-Chair
- Lisa Stright <lisa.stright@colostate.edu> Co-Chair
- Chelsea Mackaman-Loftand<cmackama@utk.edu>
- Diana Ortega-Ariza <dianalo@ku.edu>
- Michael D. Blum (mblum@ku.edu)
- Rebecca Vanderleest <rebecca.vanderleest@colostate.edu>
- Tracy Frank (Tracy.frank@uconn.edu)
- Lesli Wood <lwood@mines.edu>
- Mary Carr (mcarr@mines.edu)
- Doug Edmonds <edmonds@iu.edu>
- Zane Jobe <zanejobe@mines.edu>