2014-2024
https://www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-continent/europe/sustain-iceland/
https://surtsey50years.utah.edu/
2024 Scientific Publications
Jackson, M. D., M. J. Heap, G. Vola, M. Ardit, J. M. Rhodes, J. G. Peterson, N. Tamura, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2024, Material and Mechanical Properties of Young Oceanic Basalt, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi.org/ 10.1130/B37037.1.
Prause, S., T. B. Weisenberger, B. I. Kleine, P. Monien, C. Rispoli, A. Stefánsson, in press, Corrigendum to “Alteration of basaltic glass within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, Iceland – Implication to oceanic crust seawater interaction” [Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 429 (2022) 107581]: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, J. D.L. White, T. Jónsson, M. C. Brown, M. D. Jackson, 2024, Internal structure of the volcanic island of Surtsey and surroundings: Constraints from a dense aeromagnetic survey, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 451, 108096, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108096.
2023 Scientific Publications
Montesano, G., C. Rispoli, P. Petrosino, M. D. Jackson, T. B. Weisenberger, M. T. Gudmundsson, P. Cappelletti, 2023, Authigenic mineralization in Surtsey basaltic tuff deposits: new insights at 50 years after eruption: Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47439-4.
2022 Scientific Publications
Bergsten, P., P. Vannier, J. Frion, A. Mougeolle, V. þ. Marteinsson, 2022, Culturable bacterial diversity from the basaltic subsurface of the young volcanic island of Surtsey, Iceland: Microorganisms, 10, 1177, doi.org/10.3390/ microorganisms10061177.
Bergsten, P., P. Vannier, A. Mougeolle, L. Rigaud, V. þ. Marteinsson, 2022, Rhodothermus bifroesti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from the basaltic subsurface of the volcanic island Surtsey, Taxonomic Description: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, 72:005214, doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005214.
Prause, S., T. B. Weisenberger, B. I. Kleine, P. Monien, C. Rispoli, A. Stefánsson, 2022, Alteration of basaltic glass within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, Iceland – Implication to oceanic crust seawater interaction: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 429, 107581, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107581.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, P. Einarsson, 2022, Volcanic tremor associated with the Surtsey eruption of 1963–1967: Jökull, 72, doi.org/10.33799/jokull2021.72.02.
Weisenberger, T.B., M. T. Gudmundsson, B. T., Gunnarson, S. L. Jørgensen, M. D. Jackson, 2022, Measurements of the inclination of the SE-03 Borehole on Surtsey Volcano: Surtsey Research, 15, 121–126, doi:10.33112/surtsey.15.9.
2021 Scientific Publications
Bergsten, P., P. Vannier, P., A. M. Klonowski, S. Knobloch, M. T. Gudmundsson, M. D. Jackson, V. þ. Marteinsson, 2021, Basalt-hosted microbial communities in the subsurface of the young volcanic island of Surtsey, Iceland: Frontiers of Microbiology, 12, 728977, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.728977
Kahl, W.-A., A. Tuerke, W. Bach, 2021, X-ray µ-CT Data Reconstruction, Image Stack of ICPD Core ICDP5059_1_C: PANGEA, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.935039
Kahl, W.-A., A., Türke, W. Bach, W., 2021, X-ray µ-CT Data Reconstruction, Image Stack of ICPD Core ICDP5059_1_D: PANGAEA, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.932142.
2020 Scientific Publications
Kleine, B. I., A. Stefánsson, R. Kjartansdóttir, S. Prause, T. B. Weisenberger, H. I. Reynolds, Á. E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2020, The Surtsey volcano geothermal system: an analogue for seawater-oceanic crust interaction with implications for the elemental budget of the oceanic crust: Chemical Geology, 550, 119702 doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119702.
McPhie, J., J. D. L. White, C. F. Gorny, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, S. Couper, 2020, Lithofacies from the 1963-1967 Surtsey eruption in SUSTAIN drill cores SE-2a, SE-2b and SE-03: Surtsey Research 14, 19-32, doi.org/10.33112/surtsey.14.2.
Moore, J. G., M. D. Jackson, 2020, Observations on the structure of Surtsey, Iceland: Surtsey Research 14, 33-45, doi.org/10.33112/surtsey.14.3.
Jackson, M. D., 2020, Petrographic and material observations of basaltic lapilli tuff, 1979 and 2017 Surtsey drill cores, Iceland: Surtsey Research 14, 47-62, doi.org/10.33112/surtsey.14.3.
Prause, S., T. B. Weisenberger, P. Cappelletti, C. Grimaldi, C. Rispoli, K. Jónasson, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2020, Alteration progress within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, SW Iceland – A time-lapse petrographic study of cores drilled in 1979 and 2017: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 106754, doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106754.
2019 Scientific Publications
Jackson, M. D., S. Couper, C. V. Stan, M. Ivarsson, M. W. Czabaj, N. Tamura, D. Parkinson, L. M. Miyagi, J. G. Moore, 2019, Authigenic mineral textures in submarine 1979 basalt drill core, Surtsey volcano, Iceland: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20 [7], doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008304
Jackson, M. D., Gudmundsson, M. T., Weisenberger, T. B., Rhodes, J. M., Stefánsson, A., Kleine, B. I., Lippert, P. C., Marquardt, J. M., Reynolds, H. I., Kück, J., Marteinsson, V. T., Vannier, P., Bach, W., Barich, A., Bergsten, P., Bryce, J. G., Cappelletti, P., Couper, S., Fahnestock, M. F., Gorny, C. F., Grimaldi, C., Groh, M., Gudmundsson, Á., Gunnlaugsson, Á. T., Hamlin, C., Högnadóttir, T., Jónasson, K., Jónsson, S. S., Jørgensen, S. L., Klonowski, A. M., Marshall, B., Massey, E., McPhie, J., Moore, J. G., Ólafsson, E. S., Onstad, S. L., Perez, V., Prause, S., Snorrason, S. P., Türke, A., White, J. D. L., Zimanowski, B., 2019, SUSTAIN drilling at Surtsey volcano, Iceland, tracks hydrothermal and microbiological interactions in basalt 50 years after eruption: Scientific Drilling, 25, 35-46, doi.org/10.5194/sd-25-35-2019.
Türke, A., Jackson, M. D., Bach, W., Kahl, W.-A., Grzybowski, B., Marshall, B., Gudmundsson, M. T., Jørgensen, S. L., 2019, Design of the subsurface observatory at Surtsey volcano, Iceland: Scientific Drilling 25, 57-62, doi.org/10.5194/sd-25-57-2019.
2014 – 2015 Scientific Publications
Jackson, M. D., M. T. Gudmundsson, W. Bach, P. Cappelletti, N. J. Coleman, M. Ivarsson, K. Jónasson, S. L. Jørgensen, V. Marteinsson1, J. McPhie, J. G. Moore, D. Nielson, J. M. Rhodes, C. Rispoli, P. Schiffman, A. Stefánsson, A. Türke, T. Vanorio, T. B. Weisenberger, J. D. L. White, R. Zierenberg, B. Zimanowski, 2015, Time-lapse characterization of hydrothermal seawater and microbial interactions with basaltic tephra at Surtsey volcano: Scientific Drilling, 20, 51-58 www.sci-dril.net/20/51/2015/
Jackson, M. D., 2014, New proposed drilling at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95[51], p. 488, doi:10.1002/2014EO510006.
Outreach Articles
Jackson, M. D., J. P. Oleson, J. Moon, Y. Zhang, H. Chen, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2018, Extreme durability in ancient Roman concretes: American Ceramic Society Bulletin, 97[5], 22-28,
https://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Extreme-durability-in-ancient-Roman-concretes.pdf.
Adkins, S., 2018, Volcanic Cores from Iceland’s Youngest Island: Coring Magazine, 6, 38-39, https://coringmagazine.com/article/volcanic-cores-icelands-youngest-island/
Wittke, A., 2017, Iceland drilling project aims to unearth how islands form: Nature, 547, 387-388, doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22340.
Abstracts and Conference Proceedings
2024 Abstracts and Invited Presentations
Lippert, P. C., J. M. Marquardt, M. D. Jackson, G. Montesano, C. Rispoli, P. Cappelletti, 2024, Alteration of magnetic minerals in 2017 basaltic tuff drill cores from Surtsey Volcano, Iceland, 50 years after eruption: 18th Castle Meeting 2024, New trends on Paleo-, Rock- and Environmental Magnetism
30 June– 6 July, 2024, Utrecht, The Netherlands, https://castlemeeting.org/
2023 Abstracts and Invited Presentations
Jackson, M. D., M. J. Heap, J. McPhie, J. D. L. White, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2023, Physical Properties of 50-Year-Old Oceanic Island Submarine and Subseafloor Basaltic Tuff Deposits: Surtsey volcano, Iceland: Oceanic Volcanism Workshop, 11-15 September, Kiel, Germany, https://events.geomar.de/event/165/
Jackson, M. D., M. Heap, G. Vola, M. Ardit, J. M. Rhodes, J. G. Peterson, N. Tamura, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2023, Material and Mechanical Properties of Young Oceanic Basalt, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IAVAEI Session V12 Toward Realistic Modelling of Volcano Deformation, IUGG Abstract 23-2096, 11-20 July, Berlin, Germany.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, T. Högnadóttir, J. D. L. White, J. M. C. Belart, M. D. Jackson, 2023, Geological characteristics of Surtsey volcanic island studied with a gravity survey: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, IUGG Abstract JG07p-057, 11-20 July, Berlin, Germany.
Jackson, M. D., 2023, Self-Sustaining Cementitious Systems in Ancient Roman Concrete: Archaeological Materials, Geological and Laboratory Analogs: Montana State University, ICAL Laboratory Seminar, Bozeman, Montana, 23 January, 2023.
Jackson, M. D., 2023, Cross disciplinary practices in drilling and research, ICDP SUSTAIN drilling project, Surtsey volcano, Iceland: International Continental Drilling Program Conference ‘ICDP in the Second Quarter of its First Century’, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany, 21-23 July, 2023.
2022 Abstracts
Jackson, M. D., 2022, Self-sustaining cementitious systems in archaeological, geological and laboratory analogs of ancient Roman concretes: Gordon Research Conference, Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 10-15 July, 2022.
Jackson, M. D., 2022, Reactive Volcanic Tephra and Cementing Processes: From Young Surtsey Tuff to Ancient Roman Concrete: Advanced Light Source Colloquium, LBNL National Laboratory, 27 April, 2022.
Montesano G., P. Petrosino, C. Rispoli, P. Cappelletti, 2022, Preliminary investigations on secondary mineralization processes in pyroclastic rocks from Surtsey (Iceland) (Poster). SGI-SIMP 2022: Geoscience for a sustainable future. Turin (Italy), 19-21 September 2022.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, J. D. L. White, Th. Jónsson, M. D. Jackson, 2022, An aeromagnetic survey over the volcanic island of Surtsey off the south coast of Iceland (abs.): NH2.1–Living with volcanoes, EGU22-11029, EGU General Assembly 2022 23–27 May 2022.
2021 Abstracts
Peterson, J. G., M. D. Jackson, J. M. Marquardt, P. C. Lippert, N. Tamura, P. Bergsten, P. Vannier, A. M. Klonowski, S. Knobloch, M.T. Gudmundsson, V. T. Marteinsson, 2021, Material, Magnetic, and Microbial Features of a Submarine Inflow Zone Traversed by SUSTAIN Drill Cores, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland (abs.): SSP1.3 Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling, EGU21-6496, EGU General Assembly 2021 “EGU 21: Gather Online”, 19-30 April, 2021, virtual.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, J. D. L. White, M. D. Jackson, 2021, 3D Gravity modeling of the volcanic island of Surtsey, Iceland: GMPV9.5 – Volcanic processes: tectonics, deformation, geodesy, unrest (abs.): EGU General Assembly 2021 “EGU 21: Gather Online”, 19-30 April, 2021, virtual.
2020 Abstracts
Cappelletti, P., Rispoli, C., Weisenberger, T. B., Prause, S., 2020, The evolution of hydrothermal alteration in glassy and variably palagonitized surtsey tuff: an XRPD approach (abs.): Goldschmidt Conference, Virtual 2020, 21-26 June 2020. https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2020.320.
Kleine, B. I., A. Stefánsson, R. Kjartansdóttir, S. Prause, T. B. Weisenberger, Á. E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2020, The Surtsey volcano geothermal system: An analogue to constrain elemental cycling in seamounts? (abs.): Goldschmidt Conference, Virtual 2020, 21-26 June 2020.
Kleine, B. I., A. Stefánsson, M. J. Whitehouse, T. B. Weisenberger, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2020, Stable Isotope Constraints on the Origin of Sulfur-Bearing Minerals in the Seawater Hydrothermal System of Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020, April 26 – May 2, 2020, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Moore, J. G. and M. D. Jackson, 2020, Observations on the Structure of Surtsey, Iceland, and its Basaltic Lapilli Tuff (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 22, EGU2020-21018, General Assembly 2020, 3-7 May, 2020.
Peter, M., W. Bach, W.-A. Kahl, A. Luttge, A. Tuerke, S. Jorgensen, 2020, Surface reaction kinetics of volcanic materials at hydrothermal conditions – an in-situ experiment at Surtsey volcano (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 22, EGU2020-21685, General Assembly 2020, 3-7 May, 2020.
Sayyadi, S., M. T. Gudmundsson, J. D. L. White, M. D. Jackson, 2020, Gravity modeling of the volcanic island of Surtsey, Iceland (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 22, EGU2020-13580, General Assembly 2020, 3-7 May, 2020.
Türke, A., S. Jørgensen, W. Bach, W.-A. Kahl, C. Hansen, 2020, Microbially Mediated Alteration of Basaltic Tephra from Surtsey Volcano, Iceland (abs.): Goldschmidt Conference, Virtual 2020, 21-26 June 2020.
Weisenberger, T.B., M. T. Gudmundsson, R. Magnússon, B. I. Kleine, I. M. Galeczka, S. S. Jónsson, S. Prause, S. K. Jónasson, K., 2020, New Constrains on the hydrological and thermal conditions of Surtsey: Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway. The 34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, January 8th-10th, Oslo, 231.
Weisenberger, T. B., S. Prause, C. F. Gorny, B. I. Kleine, P. Bergsten, A. M. Klonowski, V. Perez, A. Barich, M. T. Gudmundsson, K. Jónasson, V. Marteinsson, A. Stefánsson, M. D. Jackson, Surtsey OnSite Team, 2020, The SUSTAIN ICDP Drilling Project on Surtsey: Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020, April 26 – May 2, 2020, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2019 Abstracts
Gorny, C., J. D. L. White, M. T. Gudmundsson, M. T., J. McPhie., B. I. Kleine, T. B. Weisenberger, M. D. Jackson, 2019, The Lithology of the 2017 Surtsey Volcano Drill Cores (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-19140, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Jackson, M. D., M. J. Heap, S. C. Couper, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2019, Rapid evolution of material characteristics in subaerial and submarine basaltic tuff 50 years after eruption, Surtsey volcano, Iceland (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-11482, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Jónasson, K., Kleine, B. K., Stefánsson, A., Whitehouse, A., Zierenberg, R. A., Weisenberger, T. B., Fridleiffson, G. O., Jackson, M. D., Gudmundsson, M. T., 2019, Seafloor alteration traced by stable isotope (δ44Ca, δ34S, δ18O) fractionation of sulfates: Goldschmidt Conference, 18-23 August 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
Ólafsson, E. S., M. T. Guðmundsson, E. R. Guðmundsdóttir, 2019, The Surtsey 1963 eruption plume, characteristics and tephra dispersal (abs): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-17144, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Perez, V., K. Jónasson, M. T. Gudmundsson, L. Ásbjörnsdóttir, T. Weisenberger, 2019, Fifty Year Evolution of Thermal Manifestations at Surtsey Volcano, 1968 – 2018(abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-14414, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Prause, S., Grimaldi, C., Weisenberger, T. B., Kleine, B. I., Jónasson, K., Cappelletti, P. Petrosino, Stefánsson, A., Guðmundsson, M. T., 2019, Surtsey after 50 years: Time lapse palagonitization within a young seawater-dominated hydrothermal system (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-9497, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Reynolds, H. I., M. T. Gudmundsson, M. J. Heap, M. D. Jackson, T. B. Weisenberger, 2019, The thermal history of Surtsey, explored using HYDROTHERM numerical simulations (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-14945, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Sayyadi, S., P. Einarsson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2019, Onset and early evolution of submarine-to-emergent explosive activity during the Surtsey eruptions, Iceland, 1963-1967(abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-15773, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Türke, A., M. D. Jackson, W. Bach, W.-A. Kahl, S. L. Jørgensen, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2019, Design and implementation of a submarine borehole observatory at Surtsey volcano, Iceland (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-18812, General Assembly 2018, 7-15 April, 2019.
Türke, A., W.A. Kahl, W. Bach, 2019, SUSTAIN Drilling Campaign Into Surtsey Volcano – Hydrothermal (bio-mediated) Alteration Of Basaltic Tephra. IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2019 70.
Zimanowski, B., R. F. Büttner, J. D. L. White, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2019, Forschungsbohrung Auf Surtsey Experimentelle Untersuchungen Zur Entstehung Und Der Thermischen Geschichte (SUSTAIN). IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2019 74-75.
2018 Abstracts
Bergsten, P., V. P. Marteinsson, A. M. Klonowski, P. Vannier, B. Kleine, A. Stefánsson, T. Weisenberger, M. D., Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, and the SUSTAIN OnSite Team, 2018, Preliminary results from 1979 and 2017 ICDP SUSTAIN drilling: the sub-terrestrial biosphere of the neo-island Surtsey (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018-17706. EGU General Assembly 2018, 13-18 April 2018.
Rispoli, C, C. Grimaldi, T. B. Weisenberger, P. Cappelletti, D. L. Bish, S. Prause, A. Barich, C. Gorny, M. T. Gudmundsson, M. D. Jackson, and the Surtsey OnSite Team, 2018, Phillipsite and Al-Tobermorite from Surtsey – Alteration in Basaltic Tuff and Analogies with Ancient Roman Concrete: Geomaterials: Nature, Properties and Technology Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage, 12 – 14 September 2018, Catania, Italy http://www.sgicatania2018.it/index.php
Gudmundsson, M. T., M. D., Jackson, J. D. L. White, C. Gorny, J. McPhie, T. B. Weisenberger, B. Zimanowski, J. M. Rhodes, K. Jónasson, A. Stefánsson, and the SUSTAIN OnSite Team, 2018, The SUSTAIN ICDP 2017 drilling of Surtsey: First results on physical volcanology and island formation (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018-12156, EGU General Assembly 2018, 13-18 April 2018.
Gudmundsson, M. T., M. D. Jackson, J. D.L. White, C. F. Gorny, H. I. Reynolds, S. Sayadi, J. McPhie, T. B. Weisenberger, B. Zimanowski, J. M. Rhodes, K. Jónasson, A. Stefánsson, 2018, Surtsey phreatomagmatism, early results of the SUSTAIN ICDP 2017 drilling (abs): 974, Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy, 2-7 September 2018.
Gudmundsson, M. T., T. B. Weisenberger, K. Jónasson, A. Stefánsson, V.Þ. Marteinsson, M. D. Jackson, J. D.L. White, C. Gorny, J. McPhie, J. M. Rhodes, S. L. Jørgensen, A. Türke, S. P. Snorrason, Á. Guðmundsson, P. Bergsten, B. Kleine, S. Prause, Þ. Högnadóttir, Á. Þ. Gunnlaugsson, E. S. Ólafsson, E. Massey, S. Couper, A. Klonowski, A. Barich, S. S. Jónsson, H. Franzson, S. L. Onstad, borhópurinn úr Surtsey, 2018, Surtseyjarborunin 2017: Fjölþjóðlega verkefnið SUSTAIN, fyrstu niðurstöður (abs): Icelandic Geological Society, 8 March 2018.
Jackson, M. D., 2018, Comparison of volcanic glass dissolution microstructures in ancient Roman marine concrete and young Surtsey, Iceland, basalt. American Ceramics Society Glass and Optical Materials, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 20-24 May, 2018.
Jackson, M. D., M. T. Gudmundsson, W. Bach, A. Türke, S. Jørgensen, T. Weisenberger, S. Couper, P. Lippert, V. P. Marteinsson, B. Zimanowski, P. Cappelletti, and the SUSTAIN OnSite Team, 2018, ICDP SUSTAIN drilling at Surtsey Volcano: A time-lapse drill core record and hydrothermal borehole observatory in basalt 50 years after eruption (abs.): Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018-11324. EGU General Assembly 2018, 13-18 April 2018
Jackson, M. D., P. C. Lippert, J. M. Marquardt, M. J. Heap, J. G. Moore, J. M Rhodes, T. B. Weisenberger, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2018, Evolving magnetic and material properties of 50-year-old basaltic tuff, SUSTAIN drilling project, Surtsey volcano, Iceland. Abstract V23J-0181, presented at the Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C. 10-14 December 2018.
Kleine, B. I., A. Stefánsson, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Zierenberg, T. B. Weisenberger, G. O. Friðleifsson, M. D. Jackson, M. T. Gudmundsson, 2018, The impact of seafloor alteration on δ18O and δ34S of sulphates in the oceanic crust (abs): Goldschmidt, 12-17 August 2018, Boston, MA.
Türke, A., W. A. Kahl, W. Bach, 2018, Subsurface Observatory at Surtsey, SUSTAIN Drilling Project: IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 84-85.
White, J. M. T. Gudmundsson, M. Jackson, C. Gorny, 2018, Surtsey’s eruption excavated a diatreme >150 metres into the seafloor: In: Sagar, M., Prebble, J. (eds). Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 296.
https://db.gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/MP151A-181126-Geosciences-2018-Abstract-Volume.pdf
2017 Abstracts
Bach, W., W. A. Kahl, A. Türke, 2017, Rates and processes of tephra alteration in Surtsey volcano: a combined observational and experimental approach (Poster). IODP/ICDP Kolloquium, Braunschweig, Deutschland.
Jackson, M. D., S. Couper, M. Ivarsson, C.V. Stan, N. Tamura, L.M. Miyagi, J. G. Moore, 2017, Hydrovolcanic and Hydrothermal influences on Biomediated Mineral Growth in Basaltic Tuff, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Abstract V11A-0338, presented at the Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 December 2017.
Jackson, M. D., S. Couper, N. Tamura, C. V. Stan, L. M. Miyagi, 2017, Authigenic Mineral Textures in Basaltic Tuff, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland (abs.): Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Textures of Materials (ICOTOM), St George, Utah, USA, 5-10 November 2017.
Kahl, W.-A., Türke, A., Bach, W., 2017, Assessing microbial, mineralogical, and hydrothermal processes in the ICDP borehole on Surtsey: a combined observatory and experimental approach (Poster). GeoBremen 2017, Bremen, Germany.
Rhodes, J. M., J. G. Bryce, M. J. Jercinovic, M. F. Fahnestock, M. D. Jackson, 2017, Hydrothermal Alteration and Seawater Exchange at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: New results from 1979 Surtsey Drill Core (abs): V11A-0338, presented at the Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 December 2017.
Rispoli, C., C. Grimaldi, T. B. Weisenberger, P. Cappelletti, D. L. Bish, S. Prause, A. Barich, C. Gorny, M. T. Gudmundsson, M. D. Jackson, and the Surtsey OnSite Team, 2018, Phillipsite and Al-Tobermorite from Surtsey – Alteration in Basaltic Tuff and Analogies with Ancient Roman Concrete: Congresso SGI-SIMP, Catania, Italy (http://www.sgicatania2018.it/), 12-14 September 2018.
2016 Abstracts
Jackson, M. D., S. Couper, Y, Li, C. V. Stan, N. Tamura, A, Stefánsson, J. G. Moore, H.-R Wenk, 2016, Hydrothermal Rock-Fluid Interactions in 15-year-old Submarine Basaltic Tuff at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland (abs.): EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union: OS31D-2054, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/145162
Theses
PhD Theses
Prause, S., April 2023, Surtsey: Basalt alteration by seawater in a low-temperature geothermal system, University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Háskóli Íslands, Doktorsritgerðir- HÍ, https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4174
Sayyadi, S., January 2023, Geophysical constraints on the formation of the volcanic island of Surtsey in 1963-1967 and its internal structure, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Háskóli Íslands, Doktorsritgerðir- HÍ, https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4163
Bergsten, P. A. C., September 2022, Exploration of the Microbial Communities within the Basaltic Subsurface of the Volcanic Island Surtsey in Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3491
MSc Graduate Theses
Montesano, G., October 2021, Mineralogical and Petrographic study of cores drilled in 2017 at Surtsey (Iceland) during SUSTAIN ICDP program. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Tesi di Laurea Sperimentale in Mineralogia e Petrografia.
Tagle, C., March 2021, Genesis of zeolites and secondary mineralization processes in drill cores from ICDP SUSTAIN project (Surtsey, Iceland). Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Tesi di Laurea Sperimentale in Mineralogia Applicata.
Marquardt, J. M., 2020, Alteration of Magnetic Minerals in 2017 Basaltic Tuff Drill Cores from Surtsey Volcano, Iceland, 50 Years after Eruption: MSc. Thesis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah. June 2020.
Perez Romero, V., 2019, Fifty Year Evolution of Thermal Manifestations at Surtsey Volcano, 1968 – 2018: MSc. Thesis, Faculty of Sciences, University of Iceland. May 2019.
Grimaldi, C., 2018, Quantitative characterization of zeolites from Surtsey Island (Iceland): Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Tesi di Laurea Sperimentale in Georisorse.
BSc Undergraduate Theses
Peterson, J. G., 2020, Powder Diffraction and Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction Analysis of Basaltic Tephra, 2017 Drill Core, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Senior Thesis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah. May 2020.
Gioiello, S., October, 2019. Minerogenetic processes of zeolites in volcanic products from Surtsey Island (Iceland). Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Tesi di Laurea Sperimentale in Mineralogia Applicata.
SUSTAIN Operational Report
Weisenberger, Tobias Björn; Gudmundsson, Magnús Tumi; Jackson, Marie Dolores; Gorny, Carolyn F.; Türke, Andreas; Kleine, Barbara Irene; Marshall, Beau; Jørgensen, Steffen Leth; Marteinsson, Viggó Thór; Stefánsson, Andri; White, James D.L.; Barich, Amel; Bergsten, Pauline; Bryce, Julia G.; Couper, Samantha; Fahnestock, Maria Florencia; Franzson, Hjalti; Grimaldi, Carla; Groh, Marco; Gudmundsson, Ágúst; Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Thór; Hamelin, Cedric; Högnadóttir, Thórdis; Jonasson, Kristján; Jónsson, Sigurður Sveinn; Klonowski, Alexandra; Kück, Jochem; Magnússon, Rögnvaldur Líndal; Massey, Erica; McPhie, Jocelyn; Ólafsson, Einar Sindri; Onstad, Solveig Lie; Prause, Simon; Perez, Velveth; Rhodes, John Michael; Snorrason, Snorri P., 2019, Operational Report for the 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland:
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
http://doi.org/10.2312/ICDP.5059.001
SUSTAIN Operation Data Sets
Weisenberger, Tobias Björn; Gudmundsson, Magnús Tumi; Jackson, Marie Dolores; Gorny, Carolyn F.; Türke, Andreas; Kleine, Barbara Irene; Marshall, Beau; Jørgensen, Steffen Leth; Marteinsson, Viggó Thór; Stefánsson, Andri; White, James D.L.; Barich, Amel; Bergsten, Pauline; Bryce, Julia G.; Couper, Samantha; Fahnestock, Maria Florencia; Franzson, Hjalti; Grimaldi, Carla; Groh, Marco; Gudmundsson, Ágúst; Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Thór; Hamelin, Cedric; Högnadóttir, Thórdis; Jonasson, Kristján; Jónsson, Sigurður Sveinn; Klonowski, Alexandra; Kück, Jochem; Magnússon, Rögnvaldur Líndal; Massey, Erica; McPhie, Jocelyn; Ólafsson, Einar Sindri; Onstad, Solveig Lie; Prause, Simon; Perez, Velveth; Rhodes, John Michael; Snorrason, Snorri P., 2019, Scientific data sets of the 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland:
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Data Services,
https://doi.org/10.5880/ICDP.5059.001
SUSTAIN Explanatory Remarks
Weisenberger, Tobias Björn; Gudmundsson, Magnús Tumi; Jackson, Marie Dolores; Gorny, Carolyn F.; Türke, Andreas; Kleine, Barbara Irene; Marshall, Beau; Jørgensen, Steffen Leth; Marteinsson, Viggó Thór; Stefánsson, Andri; White, James D.L.; Barich, Amel; Bergsten, Pauline; Bryce, Julia G.; Couper, Samantha; Fahnestock, Maria Florencia; Franzson, Hjalti; Grimaldi, Carla; Groh, Marco; Gudmundsson, Ágúst; Gunnlaugsson, Ágúst Thór; Hamelin, Cedric; Högnadóttir, Thórdis; Jonasson, Kristján; Jónsson, Sigurður Sveinn; Klonowski, Alexandra; Kück, Jochem; Magnússon, Rögnvaldur Líndal; Massey, Erica; McPhie, Jocelyn; Ólafsson, Einar Sindri; Onstad, Solveig Lie; Prause, Simon; Perez, Velveth; Rhodes, John Michael; Snorrason, Snorri P., 2019, Explanatory remarks on the scientific data sets of the 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland:
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
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Internal structure of the volcanic island of Surtsey and surroundings: Constraints from a dense aeromagnetic survey
Sara Sayyadi, Magnús T. Gudmundsson, James D.L. White, Thorsteinn Jónsson, Maxwell C. Brown, Marie D. Jackson, Internal structure of the volcanic island of Surtsey and surroundings: Constraints from a dense aeromagnetic survey, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 451, 2024, 108096, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108096.
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Material and mechanical properties of young basalt in drill cores from the oceanic island of Surtsey, Iceland
M.D. Jackson et. al.
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Authigenic mineralization in Surtsey basaltic tuff deposits 50 years after eruption
Giovanna Montesano et al.
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Erosion and sedimentation on the island of Surtsey
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Inclination measurements of the SE-03 borehole on Surtsey
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Basaltic glass alteration in the Surtsey hydrothermal system
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Culturable Bacterial Diversity from the Basaltic Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland
]]>The 41 samples studied fell into one of four categories: basalt from the drill core from the 2017 SE-02b borehole, fluids from the 1979 SE-01 borehole, steam from surface cracks of fumaroles, and seawater samples collected off the northwest coast of Surtsey. Seventeen drill core samples were collected for microbial analyses. Eighteen fluid samples were collected in 2016 and 2017, using a custom-built sampler, made from stainless steel. Steam samples were collected from two fumaroles: Surtur, the eastern tephra cone, and Surtlungur, the western tephra cone. Overall, 5,350 ml of steam was continuously collected over 12 hours in 2017 through the use a sterile rubber hose, one end of which was placed in the outlet of the fumarole and the other connected to a sterile plastic container where the steam accumulated. 4 L of seawater was collected 25 km offshore and was filtered through 0.22 μm Sterivex
filters immediately after collection.
Remarkably, the study shows that diverse microbial communities, consisting of bacterial and archaeal clades, have developed on Surtsey over its short 50 years of existence. The drill cores of basalt and the fumaroles, borehole fluids and seawater host significantly different microbial communities, yet some of the same taxa can be found in multiple samples. This suggests the possible transfer of microbes across habitats.
A diverse array of taxa was found in the SE-01 borehole fluid samples, several of which have been previously found living in environments such as hot springs, hydrothermal vents. The presence of specific taxa, Halomonas and Aliivibrio, in the fluid of the SE-01 borehole before the 2017 renewed drilling, demonstrates how the infiltration of seawater into the basaltic deposits can transport marine microorganisms into the subsurface and hydrothermal environments. The presence of other taxa, including Desulfatiglans and Sulfurospirillum, indicate that the submarine deposits may have an active sulfur cycle, since these taxa can be involved in sulfur reduction and oxidation. This hypothesis is reinforced by the presence of Thermococcus, which is often involved in sulfur cycling, along with the crystallization of sulfate minerals, such as anhydrite, in the basalt.
In total the bacterial microorganisms from the drill core samples include 35 phyla, with ten (Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, Actinobacteriota, Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria, Deinococcota, Planctomycetota, Verrucomicrobiota, Acidobacteriota, and Chloroflexi) comprising over 95% of those present. Since the basalt drill core comes from subaerial and submarine deposits, the distribution of microorganisms across these samples is an important reference point. The presence of taxa such as Marinobacter, which is commonly found in marine basaltic habitats, in the subaerial deposits suggests that the Surtsey microbial communities have adapted to withstand more extreme conditions including high temperature (up to 100 °C) and high salt concentration. The ability of microorganisms to adapt to new environments and expand across ecosystems has apparently driven the colonization of the young basalt.
Within 10 drill core samples, Archaeal microorganisms were detected and categorized into six identifiable phyla Crenarchaeota (mainly Nitrososphaeria), Thermoplasmatota (mainly Thermoplasmata), Euryarchaeota, Halobacterota, Hydrothermarchaeota, and Nanoarchaeota. One sample was dominated by the genus Methanobacterium, which is notable because of the way species within this genus grow, by reducing carbon dioxide to methane. The presence of this genus suggests the possible presence of a methane cycle within the subsurface of Surtsey.
Analyses of the fumarole samples reveal that the microorganisms that live in these steamy environments tend to be similar to those that live in the nearby subaerial drill core deposits. Also, the microbial communities found within seawater samples show similar community structure to the drill core samples, specifically to the zone of the drill core samples with seawater inflow and the samples near the seafloor.
Basalt-Hosted Microbial Communities in the Subsurface of the Young Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland
These are the scientists who contributed to this article and their professional affiliations.
Pauline Bergsten1,2, Pauline Vannier1, Alexandra María Klonowski1, Stephen Knoblock1, Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson3, Marie Dolores Jackson4, and Viggó Thor Marteinsson1,5
1. Exploration & Utilization of Genetic Resources, Matís, Reykjavík, Iceland
2. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
3. Nordvulk, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
4. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
5. Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Useful Definitions:
Tephra – frothy particles that freeze from the molten rock (magma) ejected explosively into the air during a volcanic eruption
Tuff – the volcanic rock that forms from tephra particles through growth of mineral cements
Subaerial – refers to the volcanic deposits at Surtsey that occur above sealevel
Submarine – refers to the volcanic deposits at Surtsey that occur below sealevel and above the pre-eruption sea floor
Fumarole – a vent, or opening, in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue
Taxa – plural of taxon which is a scientifically classified group or entity
Sulfur reduction – a metabolic process where sulfur is consumed and hydrogen sulfide is produced
Sulfur oxidation – the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds
Archaea – microorganisms that live in extreme environments
]]>This study focused on investigating the geothermal processes and water-rock interactions that take place during the earliest stages of seawater infiltration into the oceanic crust. Borehole water was sampled from two cased boreholes (SE-1 and SE-3) in 10m depth intervals. This sampling revealed that certain elemental concentrations, those of SiO2, Na, Ca, and Cl, were similar to the corresponding seawater concentrations while the elemental concentrations of B, Mg, F, CO2 and SO4 were depleted. Analysis of the borehole water also revealed differences in concentrations of SiO2, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Al, F and SO4 between SE-1 and SE-3.
Water samples were obtained from the 1979 borehole (SE-1) with the termination of the SUSTAIN drilling (read more about the SUSTAIN drilling on the Drilling Operations Tab) on September 6th 2016 and September 5th 2017. The samples were taken at 10m depth intervals to evaluate potential in-borehole processes that may interfere with the water’s chemical and isotopic composition. The samples from the lowest depths could be representative of the deep fluids that interact with the seafloor sedimentary host rocks. On July 20th 2018 water samples were taken from borehole SE-3. The process by which the water samples were extracted can be seen below. A stainless steel bailer attached to a slickline was lowered to the sampling depth. 1.5 L was the maximum amount of water sampled at each depth.
Analysis of these borehole waters was compared with seafloor alteration in low temperature Mid-Ocean Ridge Recharge Zones (“the area where seawater enters the permeable volcanic rocks of the seafloor, percolates down toward the heat source, and begins to undergo low temperature chemical reactions”) in the ridge flank environments. Modeling showed that water-rock interaction in the range of 50-150°C could serve as a sink of Mg and SO4 derived from seawater while also providing a major source of Ca. These models imply that seafloor alteration in these low-temperature geothermal systems that exist within the oceanic crust, may have large effects of the global elemental budgets of seawater
New insights into how the interaction of young basalt with seawater influences the elemental budget of the oceanic crust
These are the scientists who contributed to this article and their professional affiliations.
Barbara I. Kleine 1, Andri Stefánsson 1, Ríkey Kjartansdóttir 1, Simon Prause 2&3, Tobias B. Weisenberger 3, Hannah I. Reynolds 1, Árný E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir 1, Marie D. Jackson 4, Magnús T. Gudmundsson 1
1. Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland b
2. School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
3. Iceland GeoSurvey, Reykjavík, Iceland
4. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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