The SUSTAIN drilling project offers a unique opportunity for the study of microbial communities within the basalt of a very young oceanic island, 50 years after the eruptions terminated. Pauline Bergs...Read More
Geochemical studies of the fluids filling two of the cased boreholes, 1979 (SE-01) and 2017 (SE-03), by Barbara Kleine and other geochemists at University of Iceland, gives new insights into how the i...Read More
The texture, mineralogy, grain size, and depositional environments of Surtsey basalt in the 2017 drill cores are described. The originally fresh, unconsolidated ash and lapilli are entirely lithified ...Read More
Examination of the 2017 Surtsey drill cores by James G. Moore, one of the volcanologists who drilled Surtsey in 1979, offers new perspectives on heat sources for the hydrothermal system as well as the...Read More
Microstructural features n thin sections of the 1979 and 2017 drill cores provide new insights into eruptive, microbial and alteration processes in Surtsey lapilli tuff – including possible alterati...Read More
ICDP SUSTAIN Surtsey Drilling Project : Publications 2020 Scientific Publications Kleine, B.I., A. Stefánsson, R. Kjartansdóttir, S. Prause, T. B. Weisenberger, H. I. Reynolds, Á. E. Sveinbjörnsd...Read More
A comparative petrographic study of samples from drill cores recovered in 1979 and 2017 reveals time-lapse alteration that is characterized by the presence of mineral contents, alteration rates and al...Read More
Extreme durability in ancient Roman concretes By revealing the secrets hidden within ancient Roman architectural and marine concrete structures and young basalt at Surtsey volcano, Iceland, our invest...Read More
Operational Report for the 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland In summer 2017...Read More
Authigenic Mineral Texture in Submarine 1979 Basalt Drill Core, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland The thermal, chemical, and mineralogical evolution of basaltic rocks and the physical properties ...Read More