Subsurface geology, hydrothermal alteration and geothermal model of Northern Skarðsmýrarfjall, Hellisheiði geothermal field, SW Iceland

• Main Author: Mesfin, Kiflom Gebrehiwot, 1971-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Skarðsmýrarfjall; Jarðhiti; Háhitasvæði; Hellisheiði; Hengill; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/4909

Skarðsmýrarfjall is located in northern part of Hellisheiði, which in turn is situated in the southern sector of the 110 km2 Hengill low resistivity anomaly, one of the high temperature geothermal fields in Iceland containing economically promising geothermal prospects. Two wells drilled in this are...