The samples were chemically analyzed and gas concentrations in the samples were used to calculate the subsurface temperature in the Krýsuvík field using the gas geothermometers of Stefán Arnórsson and Einar Gunnlaugsson from 1985.
Sýnin voru efnagreind og niðurstöðurnar notaðar til að reikna hita undir yfirborði með aðstoð gashitamæla.