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Radiocarbon (14C) dates in terrestrial and aquatic environments, Bylot Island, Nunavut

Daniel Fortier1, 5, Frédéric Bouchard2, 5, Isabelle Laurion3, 5, Reinhard Pienitz4, 5, Michel Allard4, 5
1Département de géographie, Université de Montréal
2Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris Saclay
3Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-ETE)
4Département de géographie, Université Laval
5Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)

Abstract

This dataset compiles radiocarbon (14C) dates obtained from soil and lake sediment samples collected at Bylot Island, Nunavut. Bulk soil/sediment samples and, when present, fossil organic fragments (peat/wood) were extracted and dried. Samples were pre-treated (HCl-NaOH-HCl) and combusted to CO2 at the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory (Université Laval, Québec QC, Canada) and 14C dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) at Keck Carbon Cycle AMS Facility (University of California, Irvine CA, USA). Radiocarbon dates are reported using Libby’s half-life (5568 yr), corrected for natural fractionation (d13C = -25 ‰ PDB).

Data citation

Fortier, D., Bouchard, F., Laurion,I., Pienitz, R., Allard, M. 2023. Radiocarbon (14C) dates in terrestrial and aquatic environments, Bylot Island, Nunavut, v. 1.1.0. Nordicana D75, doi: 10.5885/45651CE-C6FD628F45E44578.

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Key references

  • Bouchard, F., Fortier, D., Paquette, M., Boucher, V., Pienitz, R., Laurion, I. Thermokarst lake development in syngenetic ice-wedge polygon terrain in the Eastern Canadian Arctic (Bylot Island, Nunavut). The Cryosphere Discussions.
    DOI: 10.5194/tc-2019-248

Acknowledgements

Audrey Veillette (U. Montréal) and Ghislain Côté (U. Laval) collected soil and lake sediment samples in the field. Guillaume Labrecque (CEN) conducted laboratory preparations.

Version history

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Measurement sites

Site Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
Vallée Qarlikturvik 73.1548 -79.9684 8.4 More info

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Sites
Vallée Qarlikturvik
Data
Year 'BP' (Before Present). 07/1996 – 07/2015