
Suggested reading
- Elders, W. A., Fridleifsson, G. O., & Palsson, B. (2014). Iceland Deep Drilling Project: The first well, IDDP-1, drilled into Magma. Geothermics (Special Issue), 49, 1-128.
- Jousset, P., Mortensen, A. K., Fridleifsson, G. O., Agustsson, K., & Gudmundsson, M. T. (2019). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (Special Issue on Reykjanes Peninsula), 29 articles.
- Scott S., Driesner T., and Weis P. (2016): The thermal structure and temporal evolution of high-enthalpy geothermal systems. Geothermics 62, 33-47.
Useful tools
An easy-to-learn tool for 2D simulations of magma-driven hydrothermal systems is HYDROTHERM from the United States Geological Survey (https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/software/hydrotherm/). Information about a more advanced research code (CSMP++) is available from the author upon request.
References
- Scott S., Driesner T., and Weis P. (2015): Geologic controls on supercritical geothermal resources above magmatic intrusions. Nature Communications 6, 7837; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8837
- Scott S., Driesner T. and Weis J.P. (2017) Boiling and condensation of saline geothermal fluids above magmatic intrusions. Geophysical Research Letters 44, 1696-1705; doi: 10.1002/2016GL071891