Dating Icelandic glacial floods using a new viscous remanent magnetization protocol

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Berndt, T, Muxworthy, AR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2016
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geology; GRAIN-SIZE; REMAGNETIZATION; AGE; LIMESTONE; Geochemistry & Geophysics; 04 Earth Sciences; Sólheimajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/44004; https://doi.org/10.1130/G38600.1

A new protocol using the viscous remanent magnetization (VRM) of boulders to date cataclysmic geological events such as tsunamis, glacial floods, and landslides is presented and its performance is assessed against two jökulhlaups (glacial floods) of known age in Iceland. High-intensity jökulhlaups h...