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Lab number
S-1385
Field number
77-DCA-B06
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
5 km northwest of mouth of Creswell River, 11 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 B/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4430 ± 70
Normalized Age
4590 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
small stream-cut section, well below the surface, in gravel overlooking Prince Regent Inlet, 11 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PfJq-VP: A whale bone in a gravel bed was overlain by six gravel beds totalling 2 metres thick culminating in a raised beach ridge at the surface. Each gravel bed is separated from the others by a thin bed of "peat," i.e., nearly pure organic material. The organic bed overlying the gravel from which 77-DCA-B6 was collected was sampled (77-DCA-P4) and dated at 4760 +/- 65 (S-1376). The uppermost "peat" bed, directly below the gravel forming the surface beach ridge, was sampled (77-DCA-P7) and dated 4280 +/- 135 (S-1377).

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