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Age Dates East Milford Quarry
No. Age Material Species Unit Lab Number
1 >33,800 wood ? 6? GSC-33
2 >50,000 wood Larix sp. 6 GSC-1642
3 >38,000 wood Pinus banksiana 4 GSC-5308
3 >51,000 wood Pinus banksiana 4 GSC-5986
4 >48,000 wood ? 4 GSC-5969
5 >37,000 wood Deciduous? 7 GSC-5849
6 >47,760 bone collagen Mammut sp 4 Beta-74607
7 37,040 ± 1730 bone collagen Mammut sp 4 Beta-74608
8 33,810 ± 380 bone Mammut sp 4 TO-2145
9 8610 ± 60 Wood ? 9? GSC-6010

Uranium-Thorium Disequilibrium Ages
9 84,900 ± 6500 wood Picea sp. 6 UQT-185
10 84,200 ± 11,300 wood Abies balsamea 6 UQT-186

Optical Luminescence ages
11 127,000 ± 13,000 sediment - 4 EMM1
12 143,000 ± 16,000 sediment - 4 EMM2

Electron Spin Resonance Ages
13 78,200 ± 7300 tooth enamel Mammut sp 4 EMM-Jdep
14 77,000 ± 7300 tooth enamel Mammut sp 4 EMM-Jndep

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