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 alteration style with depth in the volcano. Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research<\/a><\/p>\n

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Three different types of palagonitized glass are recognized in samples from the 1979 and 2017 Surtsey drill cores. A) Type I, or gel-palagonite, is mainly isotropic and shows little to no birefringence. B) Type II, showing bright and high intensity interference colors reminiscent of clay minerals as well as a weakly granular to fibrous texture. C) Type III, displaying less intense interference colors, pronounced fibrous texture and a slightly opaque, mottled appearance<\/p>\n

These are the members of the SUSTAIN team that contributed to this article:<\/p>\n

Simon Prause 1 (corresponding author), Tobias Bj\u00f6rn Weisenberger^{1<\/sup>, Piergiulio Cappelletti2<\/sup>, Carla Grimaldi2<\/sup>, Concetta Rispoli2<\/sup>, Kristj\u00e1n J\u00f3nasson3<\/sup>, Marie D. Jackson4<\/sup>, Magn\u00fas Tumi Gudmundsson5<\/sup><\/p>\n}

1 Iceland GeoSurvey (\u00cdSOR), Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland<\/p>\n

2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy<\/p>\n

3 Icelandic Institute of Natural History (IINH), Gar\u00f0ab\u00e6r, Iceland<\/p>\n

4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA<\/p>\n

5 Nordvulk, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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