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Lab number
GSC-1496 -3
Field number
BS-70-55
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
probably Balaena mysticetus mandible? (438.5 g)
Locality
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Elevation (m ASL)
118.0
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date updated
July 22, 1998
Measured Age
9200 ± 80
Normalized Age
9340 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-16.6
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
upper limit of a series of raised beaches, 118 m asl, embedded and frozen in place

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