The Surtsey volcano geothermal system: An analogue for seawater-oceanic crust interaction with implications for the elemental budget of the oceanic crust

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: Kleine, Barbara Irene, Stefansson, Andri, Kjartansdóttir, Ríkey, Prause, Simon, Weisenberger, Tobias B., Reynolds, Hannah Iona, Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árný, Jackson, Marie D., Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi
• 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: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Surtsey volcano; Oceanic crust; Water-rock interaction; ICDP; Surtseyjargosið; Eldfjöll; Basalt; Surtsey
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2264; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119702

Pre-print (óritrýnt handrit) Surtsey is a young volcanic island in the offshore extension of Iceland's southeast rift zone that grew from the seafloor during explosive and effusive eruptions in 1963–1967. In 1979, a cored borehole (SE-1) was drilled to 181 m depth and in 2017 three cored boreho...