The Volcanic Island of Surtsey, Iceland, a Quarter-century After it ‘Rose from the Sea’

• Published in: Environmental Conservation
• Main Author: Fridriksson, Sturla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Pollution; Water Science and Technology; Surtsey; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900008936; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0376892900008936

An account is given of the island of Surtsey, which rose out of the sea near the Westman Islands off the south coast of Iceland as the result of a submarine volcanic eruption in November 1963. In the nearly twenty-six years since it emerged, the surface of Surtsey has undergone rapid–on the geologic...