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Lab number
GSC-2229-4
Field number
BS-75-174
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (1862 g)
Locality
6.5 km north of Cape Storm, where the river has cut through the raised marine deposits of Andersrag Beach, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
July 17, 0098
Normalized Age
20100 ± 1370
δ13C (per mil)
-19.3
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
surface of raised beach gravel, 55 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
RcHw-VP-2, Cape Storm: A whale rib yielded four discordant dates, and its actual age is not clear except to say that it is pre-Holocene. Blake (1988: 64) provides detailed descriptions of pre-treatment methods for these samples.

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