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Lab number
GSC-454
Material dated
beluga bone collagen; collagène osseux de béluga
Taxa dated
Delphinapterus leucas
Locality
100 m asl, 800 m northwest of Uplands Airport, regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, Rideau drainage, Ontario
Map sheet
31 G/05
Submitter
N.R. Gadd
Date submitted
April 9, 0098
Measured Age
10420 ± 150
Normalized Age
10580 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology, Champlain Sea; paléobiologie, Mer Champlain
Context
sand spit developed by shore currents in the Champlain Sea
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Delphinapterus leucas
Additional information
The carbonate fraction contained a level of 14C (105 +/- 0.65% std) that may reflect contamination by nuclear bomb carbon, indicating rapid exchange.
Comments
BiFw-VP, Foster Sand Pit: Harington (1978: 18) suggests that the white whale dated by GSC-454 was washed up on a beach of the Champlain Sea during an early formative stage of the Ottawa Delta. The whale skeleton has been fully restored and is preserved in the Canadian Museum of Nature.

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