The Iceland Deep Drilling Project at Reykjanes: Drilling into the root zone of a black smoker analog

GÓ Friðleifsson, WA Elders, RA Zierenberg… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project is to drill into supercritical geothermal systems
and examine their economic potential. The exploratory well IDDP-2 was drilled in the …

The geochemistry of trace elements in geothermal fluids, Iceland

H Kaasalainen, A Stefánsson, N Giroud… - Applied Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Trace element geochemistry was studied in geothermal fluids in Iceland. The major and
trace element compositions of hot springs, sub-boiling, and two-phase (liquid and vapor) …

Hydrothermal alteration in the Reykjanes geothermal system: Insights from Iceland deep drilling program well RN-17

N Marks, P Schiffman, RA Zierenberg… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Reykjanes geothermal system is a seawater-recharged hydrothermal system that
appears to be analogous to seafloor hydrothermal systems in terms of host rock type and …

Isotopic constraints on ice age fluids in active geothermal systems: Reykjanes, Iceland

EC Pope, DK Bird, S Arnórsson, T Fridriksson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009 - Elsevier
The Reykjanes geothermal system is located on the landward extension of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge in southwest Iceland, and provides an on-land proxy to high-temperature …

Preparation for drilling well IDDP-2 at Reykjanes

GÓ Friðleifsson, Ó Sigurdsson, D Þorbjörnsson… - Geothermics, 2014 - Elsevier
Preparation has begun for drilling the second deep IDDP well into the saline Reykjanes high-
temperature field in SW-Iceland. The site selection for the IDDP-2 drillhole is under review …

Deconvolution of high and low-temperature alteration processes along the contact zones of basaltic-dike intrusions in basaltic host rocks of different permeabilities …

E Bali, GH Guðfinnsson, GÓ Friðleifsson, E Ranta… - Geothermics, 2025 - Elsevier
Magmatic intrusions serve as crucial heat sources for geothermal systems, facilitating mass
transfer, mineral transformations, and elemental exchange, which result in the formation of …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrothermal minerals record CO2 partial pressures in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland

AJE Freedman, DK Bird, S Arnórsson… - American Journal of …, 2009 - ajsonline.org
The Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland is the landward extension of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge spreading center. At present seawater penetrates the coastal Reykjanes geothermal …

Strontium and oxygen isotopic profiles through 3 km of hydrothermally altered oceanic crust in the Reykjanes Geothermal System, Iceland

N Marks, RA Zierenberg, P Schiffman - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Iceland Deep Drilling Program well RN-17 was drilled 3 km into a section of
hydrothermally altered basaltic crust in the Reykjanes geothermal system in Iceland. The …

Evolution of fluid–rock interaction in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland: Evidence from Iceland Deep Drilling Project core RN-17B

APG Fowler, RA Zierenberg, P Schiffman… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2015 - Elsevier
We describe the lithology and present spatially resolved geochemical analyses of samples
from the hydrothermally altered Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) drill core RN-17B. The …

High‐grade contact metamorphism in the Reykjanes geothermal system: Implications for fluid‐rock interactions at mid‐oceanic ridge spreading centers

N Marks, P Schiffman… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Granoblastic hornfels identified in cuttings from the Reykjanes seawater‐dominated
hydrothermal system contains secondary pyroxene, anorthite, and hornblendic amphibole in …