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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.

Preparation for Transport from Heimaey to IINH

Preparation for Transport from Heimaey to IINH

Posted on November 9, 2017 by surtsey50years
Nearly 700 m of drill core were scanned and described in the Heimaey core processing laboratory from August 10 – September 27. Photograph by M. T. Guðmundsson   On September 28-30, all th... Read More
Girls of Scouts International, Heimaey, Explore the Surtsey Drill Core

Girls of Scouts International, Heimaey, Explore the Surtsey Drill Core

Posted on September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 by surtsey50years
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

Ancient Gneiss Found in Young Surtsey Tuff

Posted on September 24, 2017September 25, 2017 by surtsey50years
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
Volcanologist Jocelyn McPhie discovers new volcanic textures in the Surtsey Core Lab

Volcanologist Jocelyn McPhie discovers new volcanic textures in the Surtsey Core Lab

Posted on September 22, 2017September 25, 2017 by surtsey50years
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Icelandic artist Anna Líndal visits the Core Processing Laboratory

Icelandic artist Anna Líndal visits the Core Processing Laboratory

Posted on September 22, 2017September 25, 2017 by surtsey50years
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

Washing & Scanning the Core

Posted on September 6, 2017September 6, 2017 by surtsey50years
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

Describing the Core

Posted on September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 by surtsey50years
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

Core Washing Station

Posted on August 17, 2017September 6, 2017 by surtsey50years
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

Beginnings of the DIS

Posted on August 17, 2017 by surtsey50years
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
Organizing the Core

Organizing the Core

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 by surtsey50years
After removal from the helicopter and transport to the warehouse, core must be cross-referenced to notes taken on Surtsey.   To help organize the core into proper consecutive sections, it is laid... Read More
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