Scientific Publications - Surtsey Drilling
Published results describing scientific drilling at Surtsey.
Inclination measurements of the SE-03 borehole on Surtsey
ownhole measurements in 2021 record the actual inclination of the SE-03 borehole!
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Lithofacies in SUSTAIN drill cores, Surtsey Research
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 and variably altered, reflecting the effects of hydrothermal alteration and cement deposition. The explosive eruptions excavated the pre-eruption sea floor to a depth of several tens of meters.
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Operational Report, SUSTAIN drilling project
Operational Report for the 2017 Surtsey Underwater volcanic System for Thermophiles, Alteration processes and INnovative concretes (SUSTAIN) drilling project at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland
Surtsey Subsurface Observatory article, Scientific Drilling
Design of the subsurface observatory at Surtsey volcano, Iceland.
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SUSTAIN project article, Scientific Drilling
All SUSTAIN team members are co-authors on this article. We describe the 2017 drilling project and the three new cored boreholes through the still-hot deposits of Surtsey volcano. The time-lapse drill cores in 1979 and 2017 record the changing geochemical, mineralogical, microbiological, and material properties of the basalt 50 years after eruptions terminated. They provide fresh insights into processes of explosive submarine volcanism and the earliest alteration of basaltic deposits proceed in a pristine oceanic environment.