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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-278 Spitsbergen 104    Age:  930 ± 135 BP    δ 13C: -25.00‰  (PBD) 
Sample name:  Spitsbergen 104
Submitter:  Pękala Kazimierz
Institution:
 
 
 Uniwersytet im. Marii Curie Skłodowskiej
 Zakład Geografii Fizycznej
 ul. Akademicka 19   20-033 Lublin

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Pękala K.
 Aug 1973

Additional information:  Peat, fossil vegetation in form of compact cover on nunatak (weathered rock shelf). Compact cover on weathered sandy-loam soil, under rubble, depth 0.5 m.
Material of sample:  peat
Contamination:  other
Type of site:  trench
Field of study:  geology

Sample location:
Site name:  Spitsbergen 104
Latitude:  77 02 45N
Longitude:  15 25 30E
Detailed description of the sample location:
Spitsbergen 104/1973 from Spitsbergen, Norway.
Environment description:
weathered rock shelf

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List IV

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