Sample

Sample name Non-core name Carbon type Sample preparation method Fraction modern δ13C (‰, PDB) Age (14C yr) Age uncertainty (14C yr; 1σ) Comments
LuS-6443 HOVKYST-drift B. mysticetus None None -16.8 9000.0 50.0 Radiocarbon date from a whale bone scooped up and placed on land during holocene re-advance indicating last time the region was ice-free

Calibration results for Sample LuS-6443

Calibration curve Reservoir correction (14C yr) Calibration software Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 95.45% probability range (2σ; cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 68.2% probability range (1σ; cal. yr BP)
Marine20 default - Global Ocean 550.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 8843.0 9021.0 to 8615.0 8966.0 to 8751.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 10182.0 10244.0 to 10116.0 10236.0 to 10154.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 8148.0 8566.0 to 7732.0 8347.0 to 7948.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9348.0 9533.0 to 9109.0 9465.0 to 9256.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9276.0 9452.0 to 9075.0 9391.0 to 9189.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
An early Holocene Greenland whale from Melville Bugt, Greenland Bennike, Ole Quaternary Research, 2008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.004

Associated documents

No associated documents.

Field photographs

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Lab photographs

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Sample-related information
Site name Hovgard Kystland glacial drift
Latitude (DD) 74.7333
Longitude (DD) -56.9167
Sample elevation (m) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Lund University, Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory