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Lab number
S-685
Material dated
bone collagen; collagène osseux
Locality
near Saskatoon, South Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
73 B/02
Submitter
E.A. Christiansen
Date submitted
September 25, 0098
Measured Age
14040 ± 465
Normalized Age
14120 ± 465
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie, anormal, jeune
Context
4.6 m gravel bed below 0.6 m of boulders and overlying the Floral Formation
Additional information
The date is anomalous in relation to glacial chronology.
Comments
FbNp-VP, Sutherland: Christiansen notes that the date and the field evidence indicate that the gravel was deposited by the glacier which deposited the Battleford Formation. The boulder layer is interpreted as a lag concentrate from erosion of the latter till formation.

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