Dear colleagues, We would like to remind you that there is still time until 15 January 13:00 CET if you would like to submit an abstract to the session<https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/53112> "Earth's continental crust from a combined geophysical, geochemical, petrological and microbiological perspective" at the upcoming EGU. We are pleased to announce that Britta Wawerzinek (GFZ Potsdam) will open the session with an invited talk entitled "Seismic imaging and petrophysical classification of the Balmuccia peridotite and surrounding upper crust". The session aims to explore the complex processes that have shaped the Earth's crust from the Archean to the present. The Earth's crust is influenced by tectonic, igneous and metamorphic processes as well as interactions with the biosphere. Recent studies on exposed deep crust, including ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) terrains and the crust–mantle transition, as well as drilling initiatives (such as ICDP-DIVE), are providing new insights into crustal formation, differentiation, and stabilisation. Our session welcomes contributions that advance our understanding of these processes through geological, geophysical, geochemical, microbiological datasets or geodynamic modelling. We are particularly interested in works that address: * crustal genesis and metamorphic processes, * insights into the crust-mantle transition, * impact of microbial life on crustal chemistry and biogeochemical cycles, * redox conditions, volatile elements and georesources (critical minerals, natural hydrogen). Join us in this multidisciplinary exploration of Earth's crustal evolution! We encourage submissions from all related fields to foster a broad and impactful discussion, as this session provides a platform to share innovative research and network with leading experts. Abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET Session Code: GD6.2 Conference Dates: 27 April - 2 May 2025, Vienna, Austria & Online Please refer to the session submission information<https://www.egu25.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html> on the EGU website for further details or contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to your contributions and hope to see you at EGU 2025! Best regards, Kim Lemke, Junjian Li, Alexia Secrétan, Marco Venier, Luca Ziberna ------------------------------------------- Prof. Luca Ziberna Associate Professor in Petrology | Professore Associato in Petrologia University of Trieste | Università degli Studi di Trieste Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Geosciences | Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica e Geoscienze Via Weiss n. 8 - 34128 Trieste (Italy) luca.ziberna@units.it<mailto:luca.ziberna@units.it> Ph. | Tel. +39 040 5582221 Mob. | Cell. +39 3515785282 http://www.mappets.units.it/content/luca-ziberna https://www.units.it/persone/index.php/from/abook/persona/31500 http://www.dive2ivrea.org<http://www.dive2ivrea.org/> Skype: lucazibi [cid:e6dded8c-d4eb-486a-a2b3-8f57c4f339ef]