We drilled through the well-cemented tuff Surtsey’s hydrothermal system, and into the deeper deposits of the volcano below 160 m depth. We had nearly 100% recovery of consolidated tuff all the way down to 180 m – the final depth of the hole drilled in 1979.\u00a0 Our drillers pressed on through the night and recovered a possible sample of the seafloor beneath the volcano at ~185 m depth. The SE-02B hole is now terminated at 191.64 m.<\/div>\n
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