Retrograde Alteration of Basaltic Rocks in the Þeistareykir High-Temperature Geothermal Field, North-Iceland

• Main Author: Marosvolgyi, Krisztina
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Renewable energy science; RES. The School for Renewable Energy Science; Orkumál; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Jarðhitarannsóknir; Endurnýjanleg orka; Þeistareykir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/6996

RES Master´s Thesis Hydrothermal alteration of basaltic rocks in a drill core from well ÞR-7 in the geothermal area on Þeistareykir was studied by microscope and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) methods. Emphasis was laid on the study of clay minerals (sheet silicates) and zeolites formed by hydrother...