Design of the subsurface observatory at Surtsey volcano, Iceland

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: Türke, Andreas, Jackson, Marie D., Bach, Wolfgang, Kahl, Wolf-Achim, Grzybowski, Brian, Marshall, Beau, Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi, Jørgensen, Steffen Leth
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2019
• Subjects: Surtsey; Volcanic eruption; Subsurface observatory; Basalt; Eldgos; Surtseyjargosið; Borholur; Jarðhiti; Borholumælingar; Vestmannaeyjar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1690; https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-25-57-2019

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) Surtsey, the youngest of the islands of Vestmannaeyjar, is an oceanic volcano created by explosive basaltic eruptions during 1963-1967 off the southern coast of Iceland. The subsurface deposits of the volcano were first sampled by a cored borehole in 1979. In...