Remote sensing of surface hydrothermal alteration, identification of minerals and thermal anomalies at Sveifluháls-Krýsuvík high-temperature geothermal field, SW Iceland

• Main Author: Ramírez González, Lucía Magali, 1988-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Fjarkönnun; Jarðhiti; Háhitasvæði; Rannsóknir; Sveifluháls; Krýsuvík; Reykjanes; Hyperion; Seltún; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/29516

This study used optical remote sensors to identify surface hydrothermal alteration and thermal anomalies in the Sveifluháls-Krýsuvík high-temperature geothermal field. The study area is located in a volcanic fissure swarm in the central part of Reykjanes peninsula, in southwest Iceland. The area is...