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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-11389 Borki 1/25-30/98    Age:  2890 ± 170 BP 
Sample name:  Borki 1/25-30/98
Submitter:  Łachacz Andrzej
Institution:
 
 
 Akademia Rolniczo Techniczna
 Katedra Gleboznawstwa
     Olsztyn

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Łachnacz Andrzej
 October 1997

Additional information:  Depth 25-30cm, thickness of profile 40cm
Material of sample:  peat
Contamination:  rootlets
Type of site:  other
Field of study:  geomorphology

Sample location:
Site name:  Borki
Latitude:  53 30 35N
Longitude:  21 18 40E
Detailed description of the sample location:
Masurian-Kurpian outwash plain, valley of Szkwa river (Narew tributary), ca 20km
SE of Szczytno, Rozlogi-Rural district, 132,5 m.a.s.l.
Environment description:
Small depressions covered by shallow peats and decomposed organo-mineral
deposits (humose). Land use-meadow. The sample was collecte below the root zone.

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