Just as the use of new tools revolutionized lunar science in 1610 (Galileo's telescope), 1840
(photography), and 1960s–1970s and 1990s (over 45 robotic and human missions to the …

The oceanic-island magmatic systems of the Atlantic Ocean exhibit significant diversity in
their respective sizes, ages, and the compositional ranges of their eruptive products …

Iceland is one of the most active and productive terrestrial volcanic regions, with eruption
frequency of≥ 20 events per century and magma output rates of≥ 5 km3 per century …

Drilling deeper in high-temperature geothermal systems by the IDDP is aimed at increasing
the power output of shallower high-temperature geothermal fields by an order of magnitude …

The Iceland Deep Drilling Project research well RN-15/IDDP-2 at Reykjanes, Iceland,
reached its target of supercritical conditions at a depth of 4.5 km in January 2017. After only …

The geochemistry of trace elements in surface geothermal fluids in Iceland was studied. The
sampled fluids included hot springs, mud pots, steam vents and soil solutions with …

Primary igneous structures and intrusive relationships are well preserved in many outcrops
in the Fiskenæsset Complex, despite polyphase deformation, and amphibolite-to-granulite …

Tangible evidence of Earth's earliest (Hadean;> 4.0 Ga) crust, and the processes and
materials that contributed to its formation, exists almost entirely in a record of detrital zircon …

Volcanism in lceland appears to have been confined to volcanic systems throughout its
history. During Late-Pleistocene and Holocene times some 41 volcanic systems have been …

Whether early Archaean felsic crust was formed by processes related to plate subduction or
melting of thick basaltic plateaus is vividly debated. Ultimately, the discussion hinges on the …