Table 43— ANIMAL BONE SAMPLES ANALYZED AT LAMONT
GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Sample
No
Sampling date
Type
Sr°°,
uuc/e Ca
Location
North America
B-2
B-7
Calf
Animal
Madison, Wisc.
Albany, N. Y.
‘Animal
Animal
Tifton, Ga.
Albany, N. Y.
1.16 + 0.14
2.23 4 0,14
B-84
B-85
Spring 1953
Spring 1953
3.97 + 0.50
4.24 + 0.28
B-3
August 1953*
Calf
Lewiston, Mont.
1,44 + 0.08
B-5a
November 1953*
Calf
Easton, N. Y.
1.44 + 0.08
Europe
B-17
B-18
August 1954*
August 1954*
Calf
Calf
Oslo, Norway
Rochefort, France
0.17 + 0.02
0.54 + 0.08
B-19
B-20
August 1954*
August 1954*
Sheep
Pig
Normandie, France
Bremen, Germany
2.98 + 0.08
0.26 + 0.04
B-21
August 1954*
Calf
Bremen, Germany
0.39 + 0.04
B-22
August 1954*
Cow
Bremen, Germany
0.70 + 0.06
B-23
B-47
B-48
August 1954*
August 1954*
August 1954*
Calf
Sheep
Calf
Bordeaux, France
Hammerfest, Norway
Hammerfest, Norway
0.63 + 0.10
2.65 + 0.04
0.83 + 0.04
B-70
August 1954*
Polar bear
Spitsbergen Island
0.10 + 0.02
skull
*The date given is the date the sample was received.
Table 44 AVERAGE Sr*® CONTENT IN MAN
(All vatues are given in micromicrocuries of strontium per gram of calcium, normalized to the
whole skeleton. The figures in parentheses give the number of samples in the category.)
Age at death (years)
20—80
Location
0-4
a—-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40—49
50—59
60—80
(average)
July 1, 1955—June 30, 1956
North
America
0.56(10) 0.44(4}
0.20(13) 0.09(34)
0.07 (38)
0.06(14)
0.04(17)
0.07434)
0.070(137)
South
America
Europe
0.33(12) 0.19(16) 0.14(26) 0.07(48)
0.42(30) 0.27{19} 0.23{46) 0.06(70)
0.06(58)
0.10(59)
0.08(45)
0.06(8)
0.07(18)
0.16(1)
0.11(15)
0.09(3)
0.073(184)
0.078(146)
0.07 (32)
0.11411)
0.13(13)
0.20(4)
0.085(95)
0.076(187)
0.079(78)
0.077(49)
0.091(56)
0.076(556)
Asia
0.10(2)
6.20(9)
0.06(35)
Entire
world
0.43(52) 0.25(41) 0.20(94) 0.068(187)
World average 1955-56 = 0.15.
July 1, 1956—June 30, 1957
North
America
South
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
0.67(30) 0.69(17) 0.38(15) 0.07(14)
0.06(9)
0.08(16)
06.05(5)
6.07(18}
0.070462)
0.16(3)
0.6542)
0.20{1)
0.3444)
6.93(1)
0.75(3)
0.12(2)
06.60(2)
0.034(13)
0.059(33)
0.035(9)
0.070(32)
0.030(10)
0.64(39)
0.57(26)
0.19(5)
6.34(9)
0.06(2)
0.32(2)
0.03(5)
06.06(20)
0.03(2)
0.06(8)
0,02(2)
0.07 (4)
0.03(3)
0.04(6)
0.03(3)
0.03(2)
0.0446)
0.04(4)
0.12(8)
0.0364)
0.06(3)
0.06(1)
0.01L(1)
0.08 (2)
0.06(5)
0.03(3)
0.05 (5)
0.30(33)
0.059449)
0.047(27)
0.070(40)
6.052(17)
0.065(26)
Entire
world
World average 1956—57 - 0.20.
98
0.060(159)