Publications

A list of Iceland GeoSurvey´s publications are available here.You may find a full version of some articles but most of our articles are availible in abstract form.

• A consistent discretization of the electromagnetic field in conduction media and application to the TEM Problem.
• A paleomagnetic study of stratigraphic relations in the lava pile of Norðurárdalur and Austurdalur, Skagafjörður, North Iceland.
• Abiogenic hydrocarbon’s emission in the modern rift zone, Iceland.
• An expansion of the Krafla power plant from 30 to 60 MWe: geothermal considerations.
• Analysis of tracer test data, and injection-induced cooling, in the Laugaland geothermal field, N-Iceland.
• Analytical procedures and quality assurance for geothermal water chemistry.
• Bimodal volcanism at the Katla subglacial caldera, Iceland: insight into the geochemistry and petrogenesis of rhyolitic magmas.
• Calcite scaling at Selfossveitur Hitaveita, S-Iceland, when mixing waters of different chemical composition.
• Changes in Thermodynamic Conditions of the Ahuachapán Reservoir due to Production and Injection.
• Characterization of sulfide-rich scales in brine at Reykjanes.
• Chemistry of Fumaroles and Hot Springs in the Torfajökull Geothermal Area, South Iceland.
• CO₂ emissions and heat flow through soil, fumaroles, and steam heated mud pools at the Reykjanes geothermal area, SW Iceland.
• CO₂ emissions from geothermal power plants and natural geothermal activity in Iceland.
• Crustal formation and magma genesis beneath Iceland: Magnetotelluric constraints.
• Database on Igneous Rock Properties in Icelandic Geothermal Systems. Status and Unexpected Results.
• Development of a 3-D geothermal reservoir model for the greater Hengill volcano in SW-Iceland.
• Direct Utilization of Geothermal Water for Space Heating in Akureyri, N-Iceland.
• Discovery and development of the low-temperature geothermal field at Hjalteyri, Eyjafjörður in Northern Iceland : a highly productive system apparently lacking surface expression.
• Elevation and Gravity Changes at Geothermal Fields on the Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland.
• Environmental impact of utilization of geothermal areas.
• Exceptionally high-grade surface alteration in the Vonarskarð active central volcano, Mid-Iceland.
• Experience in Developing and Utilizing Geothermal Resources in Iceland.
• Experimental constraints on rutile saturation during partial melting of metabasalt at the amphibolite to eclogite transition, with applications to TTG genesis.
• Fifteen Years of Temperature and Pressure Monitoring in the Svartsengi High-Temeperature Geothermal Field in SW-Iceland.
• Fluid-Fluid Interactions in Geothermal Systems.
• Fluid/Mineral Equilibrium Calculations for Geothermal Fluids and Chemical Geothermometry.
• Fracture pattern of Thjórsárdalur central volcano with respect to rift-jump and a migrating transform zone in South Iceland.
• Gas Geothermometry in Selected Icelandic Geothermal Fields with Comparative Examples from Kenya.
• Geothermal borehole investigations during and after drilling.
• Geothermal data collection and consultancy at drill site.
• Geothermal Environmental Impact.
• Geothermal Exploration by Tem-Soundings in the Central Asal Rift in Djibouti, East Africa.
• Geothermal Exploration in Arskogsstrond, N-Iceland.
• Geothermal exploration in Chukotka, far east Russia.
• Geothermal reinjection experience.
• Hydrology and reservoir characteristics of three geothermal systems in western Uganda.
• Hydrothermal Evolution of the Nesjavellir High-Temperature System, Iceland.
• Hydrothermal minerals record CO2 partial pressures in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland.
• Isotopic constraints on ice age fluids in active geothermal systems: Reykjanes, Iceland.
• Magmatic gases in well fluids aid the mapping of the flow pattern in a geothermal system.
• Magnesium Silicate Scaling in District Heating Systems in Iceland.
• Metals in deep liquid of the Reykjanes geothermal system, southwest Iceland: Implications for the composition of seafloor black smoker fluids.
• Mineral-Fluid Interactions in the Reykjanes and Svartsengi Geothermal Systems, Iceland.
• Modeling Studies of the Nesjavellir Geothermal Field, Iceland.
• 186Os and 187Os enrichments and high-3He/4He sources in the Earth’s mantle: Evidence from Icelandic picrites.

• Permanent carbon dioxide storage into basalt: The CarbFix pilot project, Iceland.

• Petrophysical properties of fresh to mildly altered hyaloclastite tuffs.

• Phase 1 of the Iceland deep drilling project gets underway.
• Phases of geothermal development in Iceland.
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as evidence of hydrocarbon migration in marine and lagoon sediments of a recent rift zone (Skjálfandi and Öxarfjörður), Iceland.
• Processes controlling Sr in surface and ground waters of Tertiary tholeiitic flood basalts in Northern Iceland.
• Production monitoring as a tool for field development: A case history from the Nesjavellir field, Iceland.
• Production potential assessment of the low-temperature sedimentary geothermal reservoir in Lishuiqiao, Beijing, P.R. of China : based on a 3-D numerical simulation study. 
• Progress Report on the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP).
• Quantitative interpretation of tracer test data.
• Reliability of lumped parameter modeling of pressure changes in geothermal reservoirs.
• Reservoir conditions at 3-6 km depth in the Hellisheidi geothermal field, SW-Iceland, estimated by deep drilling, cold water injection and seismic monitoring.
• Resistivity Methods in Geothermal Prospecting in Iceland.
• Resistivity Structure of the Upper Crust in Iceland.
• Sampling and analysis of geothermal fluids.
• Stable isotopic aspects of fluid flow in the Krafla, Námafjall and Theistareykjir geothermal systems of northeast Iceland.
• Stimulation of Geothermal wells in basaltic rock in Iceland.
• Successful Exploration of a Fracture Dominated Geothermal System at Thelamörk,North-Iceland.
• Surface Exploration and Monitoring of Geothermal Activity in the Kverkfjöll Geothermal Area, Central Iceland.
• Surface exploration of the Theistareykir high-temperature geothermal area, Iceland, with special reference to the application of geochemical methods.
• Sustainable management of geothermal resources and utilization for 100-300 years.
• Sustainable use of geothermal energy.
• Sustainable utilization of geothermal resources through stepwise development.
• Temperature Distribution and Conceptual Reservoir Model for Geothermal Fields in and around the City of Reykjavík, Iceland.
• The Cão Grande phonolitic fall deposit on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands.
• The Hengill-Hellisheiði geothermal field : development of a conceptual geothermal model.
• The Iceland Deep Drilling Project: a search for deep unconventional geothermal resources.
• The Iceland deep drilling project: A search for deep unconventional geothermal resources.
• The Iceland deep drilling project: A search for unconventional (supercritical) geothermal resources.
• The Iceland deep drilling project: Scientific opportunities.
• The Influence of Effluent Water Descarged from the Námafjall Geothermal Field on Local Groundwater.
• The late miocene Tinná central volcano, North Iceland.
• The Resistivity Structure of High-Temperature Geothermal Systems in Iceland.
• The role of electrical interface conduction in geothermal exploration. 
• The Tanggu Geothermal Reservoir (Tianjin, China).
• Thermal Energy Extraction, by Reinjection, from the Laugaland Geothermal System in N-Iceland.
• Very Low-Temperature Geothermal Utilization in Fish Farming in Iceland - A Case History from the Silfurstjarnan Ltd, Iceland.