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Lab number
GSC-964
Field number
BS-102-67
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (id. by C.R. Harington)
Locality
Baad Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/11
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
September 21, 0098
Normalized Age
8690 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-16.9
Significance
palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie, anormal, jeune
Context
gravel beach, 82 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Collagen extraction; base leach omitted.
Comments
ReHs-VP: Of three dates on a single whale rib, the collagen extraction given a base leach is considered the most reliable.

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