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Basalt-Hosted Microbial Communities in the Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland

Basalt-Hosted Microbial Communities in the Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland

Posted on April 12, 2022 by surtsey50years
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
New insights into how the interaction of young basalt with seawater influences the elemental budget of the oceanic crust

New insights into how the interaction of young basalt with seawater influences the elemental budget of the oceanic crust

Posted on March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 by surtsey50years
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
Lithofacies in SUSTAIN drill cores, Surtsey Research

Lithofacies in SUSTAIN drill cores, Surtsey Research

Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 by surtsey50years
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
New observations on the structure of Surtsey, Surtsey Research

New observations on the structure of Surtsey, Surtsey Research

Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 by surtsey50years
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
Petrographic observations of Surtsey lapilli tuff, Surtsey Research

Petrographic observations of Surtsey lapilli tuff, Surtsey Research

Posted on June 15, 2020 by surtsey50years
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
Compilation of Papers Relating to SUSTAIN Projects from 2014-2020

Compilation of Papers Relating to SUSTAIN Projects from 2014-2020

Posted on February 10, 2020June 15, 2020 by surtsey50years
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
Alteration progress in the Surtsey hydrothermal system

Alteration progress in the Surtsey hydrothermal system

Posted on January 27, 2020June 15, 2020 by surtsey50years
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
Similiarities between Roman Concrete and Surtsey basalt

Similiarities between Roman Concrete and Surtsey basalt

Posted on October 28, 2019 by surtsey50years
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, SUSTAIN drilling project

Operational Report, SUSTAIN drilling project

Posted on October 28, 2019 by surtsey50years
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
Mineral Growth in Submarine 1979 Surtsey Basalt Drill Core

Mineral Growth in Submarine 1979 Surtsey Basalt Drill Core

Posted on October 20, 2019October 23, 2019 by surtsey50years
  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
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