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Lab number
GSC-980
Field number
BS-79-67
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus
Locality
4.8 km north-northeast of Cape Storm, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
May 16, 0092
Normalized Age
980 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-15.8
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel surface and vegetation, from first swale behind modern beach, 1.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
364 g was treated with 3N HCl to remove carbonate; NaOH leach omitted; 30 g burned.
Comments
RcHw-VP-3, Cape Storm: A whale vertebra, 20 cm in diameter, was partially imbedded in vegetation and beach shingle. Dates were obtained with and without performing a leach with NaOH.

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