# NAPMD ASCII Format # 07 Aug 01 # # **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the North American ** # ** Plant Macrofossil Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Gillis Lake # Place: CAN:Nova Scotia # Latitude: 45.39.30N ( 45.658333) # Longitude: 60.45.30W ( -60.758333) # Elevation(m): 53 # Sigle: GILLISLK # Entity name: # Contact person: Schofield, W.B. # Entity notes: Sample depths are relative to the sediment/water interface. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth Thk Age SDup SDlo Lab no. Basis Material # 443.5 25 10160 160 160 Y-524 U # 570.0 40 13450 260 260 Y-525 U # Dating notes: L2 zone presumed to be same as that which lead to the # sequence at Two Creeks, but is ~1000 years too old. # # Chron name: NAPMD1 # Age model: linear interpolation # Age bounds: 1000 - 9680 # Chron notes: based on 1 C14 date, Tsuga decline at 240 cm = 4800 bp, and # a top date of 0 y.b.p. # # Age basis: # Depth Thk Age AgeUp AgeLo RCode # 0.0 0 TOP # 240.0 4800 4900 4500 POL # 443.5 25 10160 10320 10000 C14 # # Publications: Schofield, W.B., and H. Robinson. 1960. Late-glacial and # postglacial plant macrofossils from Gillis Lake, Richmond # County, Nova Scotia. American Journal of Science 258:518- # 523. # # Livingstone, D.A., and B.G.R. Livingstone. 1958. Late- # glacial and postglacial vegetation from Gillis Lake in # Richmond County, Nova Scotia. American Journal of Science # 256:341-359. # 20 13 1 betaasew A Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis seed concentratio 2 betpasew A Betula papyrifera seed concentration 3 myrgasew A Myrica gale seed concentration 4 picmrsew A Picea mariana/rubens seed concentration 5 rubpusew A Rubus pubescens seed concentration 6 charaunw L Chara unspecified concentration 7 nitelunw L Nitella unspecified concentration 8 carexsew Q Carex seed concentration 9 cfcnasew Q cf. Najas seed concentration 10 clamasew Q Cladium mariscoides seed concentration 11 myrhesew Q Myriophyllum heterophyllum seed concentration 12 najflsew Q Najas flexilis seed concentration 13 nuphasew Q Nuphar seed concentration 14 nymodsew Q Nymphaea odorata seed concentration 15 potepsew Q Potamogeton epihydrus seed concentration 16 potptsew Q Potamogeton pusillus var. tenuissimus seed concentration 17 potamsew Q Potamogeton seed concentration 18 sagcusew Q Sagittaria cuneata seed concentration 19 scirpsew Q Scirpus seed concentration 20 spargsew Q Sparganium seed concentration 50, , 1000 5.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 14.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 125, , 2500 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 175, , 3500 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 316.5, , 6814 18.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 10.0 15.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 350, , 7697 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 383, , 8566 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 425, , 9672 1.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 475 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 525 1.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 575 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 650 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 733 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 783 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0