Title- 	  EAGER: Characterization of Potentially Jurassic-Age Mummified Organic 
          Material, Ellesmere Island, Canada.

Author(s)-    Joel Barker
              School of Earth Sciences
              Ohio State University
              Columbus, OH
              43221, U.S.A.
              barker.246@osu.edu
              (614) 292-3041
              http://bprc.osu.edu/~barker.246/BARKER_website/Barker_Lab.html
	
              Yu-Ping Chin
              School of Earth Sciences
              Ohio State University
              Columbus, OH
              43221, U.S.A.
              (614) 292-6953

Funding Source and Grant Number-    National Science Foundation (ARC 1026177)

Data Set Overview-  
    We document the characteristics and constrain the age of a newly discovered 
    mummified forest deposit in Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, 
    Canada.  Analyses include palynological characterization, tree identification, 
    and leaf identification.  Preliminary entomological identification is also 
    included, although this analysis is ongoing.  Results indicate that the 
    deposit is more recent than the Jurassic aged matrix which hosts the 
    macrofossils, and most likely represents the remains of a boreal-type forest.  
    More information about the project may be viewed on the PIs 
    website: (http://bprc.osu.edu/~barker.246/BARKER_website/Barker_Lab.html)

Instrument Description-    n/a

Data collection and processing-  
    Bulk sediment and wood samples were collected in the field and transported to 
    the Ohio State University for processing.  Wood samples were sampled and sent 
    to the University of Minnesota (Forest Pathology) for identification.  
    Palynological samples were submitted for analysis at 2 independent 
    laboratories in Calgary, Canada (Dr. David McIntyre and Dr. Jancis Ford (Ford 
    Biostratigraphic Services)).  Macrofossil identification was conducted by 
    examining bulk sediment samples under magnification.  A sub-sample of bulk 
    sediment was submitted to PALEOTEC Services (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) for 
    independent macrofossil identification.

Data Format-    JPEG and accompanying PDF file descriptor (Data Description.pdf)

Data Remarks-  
    The majority of the data collected and macrofossil identification is 
    qualitative.  Where possible we had data checked by multiple independent 
    laboratories.  Independent analyses agreed with each other which increases 
    our confidence in the site characterization.
    All data may be viewed using Adobe Acrobat and any standard image viewer.