Mineralogy of the Hydrothermal Alteration in the Námafjall Geothermal Field (Iceland)

• Main Authors: Albert Mínguez, Helena, Ortega, L., Lunar, Rosario, Martínez-Frías, J., Piña, Rubén
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Española de Mineralogía 2011
• Subjects: Alteración hidrotermal; Campo geotérmico; Esmectita; Caolinita; Islandia; Námafjall; Hydrothermal alteration; Geothermal field; Smectite; Kaolinite; Iceland; Krafla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/61903

Present-day rift zones in Iceland commonly develop high-temperature geothermal systems related to central volcanoes (Trønnes, 2003). This study was developed at the high-temperature geothermal field of Námafjall, located at the Iceland Northern Rift Zone, near the Krafla central volcano. In this are...