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ACKN O WLEDGEMENTS
Jan Mayen was introduced to the author as an interesting volcanological
and petrological area by the late professor Sigurdur Thorarinsson and Dr.
Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason after their visit to the island during the eruption
there in September 1970.
Planning a general natural science expedition to the island in 1972, the
Norwegian Polar Institute in Oslo invited Icelandic participation. The
project manager was geologist Thor Siggerud. The author was invited to
participate by the above mentioned gentlemen. After a preliminary
acquaintance with the material collected in this expedition, the author
became interested in a second field trip which was again organized by Thor
Siggerud and undertaken in the summer of 1974.
During the field work the author was assisted by the students Frode
Möller and Werner Karlson, as well as the other participants of the first
expedition. The personnel of the permanent station on the island assisted in
every possible way; not least by their endless hospitality, friendship and a
keen interest in the work. The geological interest shown by the personnel,
and their questions about the formation and evolution of the island were a
real inspiration to the author.
The processing of the data collected during the field work, analysis of
rocks and minerals, the study of that data and the writing of the theses, took
place at the Nordic Volcanological Institute in Reykjavík.
During this period the author was grateful for the cooperation of numer-
ous people on various matters. Among these are: Niels Óskarsson concer-
ning analytical chemistry; Karl Grönvold and Sigurjón Sindrason concer-
ning microprobe analysis and computer programming; Eysteinn Tryggva-
son and Sigurdur Steinthorsson, who discussed special problems; Halldór
Ólafsson and Thórdur Kristófersson concerning thin-section making; Edda
Arnholtz, who typed the manuscript and composed the tables; Ævar
Jóhannesson, who photographed all the diagrams; Hulda Gudmundsson,
for the bookkeeping and seeing to financial matters; Halldóra Thorsteins-
dóttir, librarian, and other colleagues, who assisted in various ways.
The manuscript was read and constructively criticized by Gudmundur E.
Sigvaldason and Niels Óskarsson, who have also discussed various aspects
of the work with the author, on numerous previous occasions.
The English text of the manuscript was corrected and improved in
numerous ways by Georg R. Douglas, geologist and proofs were read and
corrected by Björn Sigfússon and Jeffrey Cosser. The book is made at Oddi,