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Surtsey scientists have been presenting their results through participation at international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed academic journals.

Updated: Compilation of Papers Relating to SUSTAIN Projects from 2014-2022

Updated: Compilation of Papers Relating to SUSTAIN Projects from 2014-2022

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by surtsey50years
ICDP SUSTAIN Surtsey Drilling Project : Publications 2014-2022 http://surtsey.icdp-online.org   2022 Scientific Publications Bergsten, P., P. Vannier, J. Frion, A. Mougeolle, V. þ. Marteinsson, ... Read More
Inclination measurements of the SE-03 borehole on Surtsey

Inclination measurements of the SE-03 borehole on Surtsey

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by surtsey50years
Downhole measurements in 2021 record the actual inclination of the SE-03 borehole! Read more about this paper.    Inclination measurements of the SE-03 borehole on Surtsey... Read More
Basaltic glass alteration in the Surtsey hydrothermal system

Basaltic glass alteration in the Surtsey hydrothermal system

Posted on December 19, 2022 by surtsey50years
The mobility of elements in altered basaltic volcanic glass and the bulk basaltic rock records interactions with fluids that change over time. Read more about this paper.   Basaltic glass alterat... Read More
Culturable Bacterial Diversity from the Basaltic Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland

Culturable Bacterial Diversity from the Basaltic Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 by surtsey50years
Measurements of the culturable microbial diversity from the basaltic subsurface of Surtsey isolated 195 strains of microorganisms representing 42 different genera! Read more about this paper.   ... Read More
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, 2022December 19, 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, 2022December 19, 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, 2020December 19, 2022 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, 2020December 19, 2022 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, 2020December 19, 2022 by surtsey50years
Microstructural features in thin sections of the 1979 and 2017 drill cores provide new insights into eruptive, microbial and alteration processes in Surtsey lapilli tuff – including possible alterat... 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
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