# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors, the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database, and and the North American ** # ** Pollen Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Tonquin Creek # Place: CAN:British Columbia # Latitude: 52.44.00N ( 52.733333) # Longitude: 118.22.00W (-118.366667) # Elevation(m): 1935 # Sigle: TONQUIN # Entity name: TC1 # Contact person: Kearney, M.S. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth Thk Age SDup SDlo Lab no. Basis Material # 51.0 1 8040 130 130 GSC-2969 G woody Carex peat # 73.5 3 9660 280 280 BGS-465 U Carex peat # # Chron name: NAPD 1 # Age model: linear interpolation # Age bounds: 340 - 9770 # Chron notes: Chron uses top, St. Helen's Y & Mazama ash tephras, and two # C14 dates. # # Age basis: # Depth Thk Age AgeUp AgeLo RCode # 0.0 0 0 0 0 TOP # 15.0 2 3400 3450 3350 TEF # 27.0 2 6730 6780 6680 TEF # 51.0 1 8040 8300 7780 C14 # 73.5 4 9660 10220 9100 C14 # # Publications: Kearney, M.S. 1981. Late Quaternary vegetational and # environmental history of Jasper National Park, Alberta. # Dissertation. University of Western Ontario, London, # Ontario, Canada. # # Kearney, M.S., and B.H. Luckman. 1983. Postglacial # vegetational history of Tonquin Pass, British Columbia. # Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20:776-786. # # Luckman, B.H., M.S. Kearney, R.H. King, and A.B. Beaudoin. # 1986. Revised 14C age for St. Helens Y tephra at Tonquin # Pass, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences # 23:734-736. # # Pollen counts from this site are available via the North American Pollen # Database at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/napd.html # 1 Depth (cm) 2 Age (YrBP) 3 Charcoal fragments (14-24 µm) 4 Charcoal fragments (>24 µm) 1.5,340,61,49 6,1360,49,39 9,2040,44,39 12,2720,41,41 15,3400,76,47 18,4232.5,53,50 21,5065,48,36 24,5897.5,72,36 27,6730,90,30 30,6893.75,29,20 33,7057.5,85,55 36,7221.25,115,59 39,7385,87,45 42,7548.75,42,18 45,7712.5,40,21 48,7876.25,33,23 51,8040,101,53 54,8256,32,20 57,8472,40,22 60,8688,48,28 63,8904,115,134 66,9120,39,30 69,9336,93,67 72,9552,29,24 75,9768,57,52