Open AccessNew Proposed Drilling at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland
Author(s) -
Jackson Marie D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo510006
Subject(s) - tephra , geology , pyroclastic rock , volcano , basalt , ecological succession , natural (archaeology) , earth science , volcanism , drilling , lava , geochemistry , rift , rift zone , paleontology , tectonics , mechanical engineering , engineering , ecology , biology
Surtsey, an isolated oceanic island and a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a uniquely well‐documented natural laboratory for investigating processes of rift zone volcanism, hydrothermal alteration of basaltic tephra, and biological colonization and succession in surface and subsurface pyroclastic deposits. Deposits from Surtsey's eruptions from 1963 to 1967 were first explored via a 181‐meter hole drilled in 1979 by the U.S. Geological Survey and Icelandic Museum of Natural History.