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Lab number
GSC-450
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus vertebra
Locality
11 km inland (south) from the mouth of Cunningham River, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 C/15
Submitter
B.G. Craig
Date submitted
September 21, 0098
Measured Age
8990 ± 140
Normalized Age
9150 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
eroded surface of marine silt, 67 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Carbonate fraction dated 4990 +/- 130 BP.

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