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- Lab number
- GSC-4864
- Field number
- EN-89-1
- Material dated
- peat; tourbe
- Locality
- the mouth of the Portage diversion on Lake Manitoba, 25 km north of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
- Map sheet
- 62 J/01
- Submitter
- E. Nielsen
- Date submitted
- April 3, 2000
- Measured Age
- 240 ± 50
- Normalized Age
- 190 ± 50
- δ13C (per mil)
- -27.7
- Significance
- palaeobiology; paléobiologie
- Context
- clay at the mouth of the Portage diversion
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Ondatra zibethicus; Amphibia: Anura
- Comments
- EbLo-VP, Portage diversion: This sample was submitted by E. Nielsen to gain information on lake level change in Lake Manitoba, and the barrier beach transgression. The sample consisted of organic muck and fibrous plants, associated with muskrat and frog bones, and is interpreted as having been deposited in a marsh environment.