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Record 1 2022-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Astragalus wootonii
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

OBS

halfmoon milkvetch : common name also used to refer to the species Astragalus allochrous.

Key term(s)
  • Wooton's milkvetch
  • halfmoon milk-vetch
  • half-moon milkvetch
  • half-moon milk-vetch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Astragalus wootonii
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Astragalus allochrous
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

OBS

halfmoon milkvetch : common name also used to refer to the species Astragalus wootonii.

Key term(s)
  • half-moon milkvetch
  • halfmoon milk-vetch
  • half-moon milk-vetch
  • half-moon loco

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Astragalus allochrous
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

OBS

Astragalus allochrous : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
CONT

Terrestrial organic deposits, chiefly tundra vegetation preserved in peat deposits, have yielded finite and infinite 14C dates > 30 ka ... [Context taken from the Decade of North American Geology, Volume 1, Chapter 6.]

CONT

Wood was found at only one location in the sand, and its non-finite age indicates that it may have been redeposited from older sediments. ... Two radiocarbon determinations on willow wood and peat from the inclined beds indicate a non-finite age of >40,000 yr B.P. for the deposit.

CONT

Shells from Etolin Point and Halfmoon Bay were analyzed for radiocarbon and yielded nonfinite ages...

OBS

infinite date: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Non-finite radiocarbon age.

PHR

Nonfinite radiocarbon date.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
  • Physique radiologique et applications
CONT

Un événement radioactif prend place durant 30 000 ans et peut se mesurer avec une marge d'erreur assez large. Quand l'événement prend fin, la possibilité de le mesurer prend aussi fin. On peut donc dire que les dépôts organiques subissant cet événement ont au moins 30 000 ans ou un âge non fini. [Renseignement donné par une chargée de recherches au Centre national de la recherche scientifique de France.]

OBS

âge non significatif : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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