The Iceland Deep Drilling Project at Reykjanes: Drilling into the root zone of a black smoker analog

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Main Authors: Friðleifsson, Guðmundur Ó., Elders, Wilfred, Zierenberg, Robert, Fowler, Andrew P.G., Weisenberger, Tobias, Mesfin, Kiflom, Sigurðsson, Ómar, Níelsson, Steinþór, Einarsson, Gunnlaugur, Óskarsson, Finnbogi, Guðnason, Egill Á., Tulinius, Helga, Hokstad, Ketil, Gibert, Benoit, Nono, Frank, Loggia, Didier, Parat, Fleurice, Cichy, Sarah, Escobedo, David, Mainprice, David
• Other Authors: Géosciences Montpellier, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam (GFZ)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: IDDP Reykjanes; Supercritical fluids; Deep drilling; Black smokers; Geothermal; [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02131788; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.08.013

International audience The aim of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project is to drill into supercritical geothermal systems and examine their economic potential. The exploratory well IDDP-2 was drilled in the Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland, on the landward extension of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Th...