Geochemical bias in drill cutting samples versus drill core samples returned from the Reykjanes Geothermal System, Iceland

• Main Authors: Fowler, Andrew PG, Zierenberg, Robert A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Drill core; Drill cuttings; Geochemical bias; Reykjanes; Elemental exchange; Hydrothermal alteration; Geology; Geophysics; Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Iceland
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0v08r6sz

The wholerock major and trace element composition of drill cutting samples are compared to drill core samples from adjacent depths in the seawater recharged Reykjanes geothermal system in Iceland. The first appearance of alteration minerals and lithologies in drill cutting samples is a useful tool f...