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Category: Surtsey Basalt

Published scientific results describing young Surtsey basalt.

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
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
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
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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