Category: Core Processing
The first drill core from Surtsey arrived August 12th. Here is a record of our activities as we have processed, described and archived the nearly four metric tons of Surtsey basalt obtained in August and early September 2017.
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
Describing the Core
Once washed and scanned, each section of core is examined and described. The majority of core found on Surtsey is lapilli tuff. Photographs by Cédric Hamelin.... Read More
Core Washing Station
Scientists at work getting a core ready to be washed at the washing station. Core must be washed before it can be imaged. An example of a freshly washed core. This is the first time core has been remo... Read More
Beginnings of the DIS
To properly record information about the core for later scientific use, the International Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) inputs information into the Drilling Information System (DIS). Some of the ... Read More