Category: Core Processing Operation on Heimaey
The field core processing on Heimaey began on 13 August 2017 with the delivery of the first core and ended on 30 September with the delivery of the core at IINH.
Girls of Scouts International, Heimaey, Explore the Surtsey Drill Core
Today, the 7th and 8th grade girls (Unnur, Bertha, Thorgerdur Katrin, Eva and Maria Fonn) of the Heimaey Chapter of Scouts International explored the Surtsey drill core. Everyone got to observe minera... Read More
Ancient Gneiss Found in Young Surtsey Tuff
According to Kristján Jónasson, curator at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, this is a fragment of gneiss, an metamorphic rock, most likely Precambrian in age (at least 541 million ye... Read More
Icelandic artist Anna Líndal visits the Core Processing Laboratory
On September 8 and 9 Icelandic artist Anna Guðrún Líndal visited our Heimaey laboratory. She made many photos and videos, exploring the Surtsey drill core and our warehouse surroundings. She saw be... Read More
Washing & Scanning the Core
The science team works on washing core (top 1 and 2). After washing, it is directly transferred to the DMT scanner in order to be imaged (top 3). The DMT can rotate core 360 degrees (video 1, below), ... Read More
Sunset from Eldfell
Sunset over the town of Heimaey from Eldfell. This volcano erupted in 1973 and is the most recent volcanic eruption on the island.... Read More
Field Trip
The scientific team on Heimaey to a trip out to the south part of Vestmannaeyjar. At this location, there are similar deposits to those found on Surtsey. Photograph by Cédric Hamelin.... Read More