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Lab number
S-2918
Field number
86-DCA-489
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
5 km northwest of Forsyth Lake, southeast of Smith Bay, 74.5 m asl, M'Clintock Channel, northwestern Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/04
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
9505 ± 120
Normalized Age
9665 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
raised beach gravel and peat overlooking M'Clintock Channel, 74.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Moved to the 9 ka sheet in MAH, as the 2-sigma limit extends to <9500 BP. It appears under ice on the 10 ka sheet.
Comments
PgLk-VP: A large rib and a periotic bone were collected. The rib was frozen in at both ends and was broken off in the field. The part retrieved is 135 cm long.

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