We present new revised composite depth scales for Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 Sites 1209, 1210, and 1211, drilled at Shatsky Rise in the western Pacific Ocean. Reinterpretation of high-resolution physical property data, with the main focus on magnetic susceptibility as the primary parameter for hole-to-hole correlation, revealed that the shipboard composite records had to be revised below 124.87 meters composite depth (mcd) for Site 1209, below 142.45 mcd for Site 1210, and below 88.64 mcd for Site 1211. The revised composite records comprise Paleogene and Cretaceous sediments at all three sites. As a result of the additional adjustments, the revised mcd records of Sites 1209 and 1210 are 13.48 and 2.69 m longer than the original spliced records, respectively. The original splice of Site 1211 has undergone minor adjustments only to match those of Sites 1209 and 1210. Moreover, detailed correlation of sections outside the new spliced records enable samples already taken to be placed into the new revised composite depth scale.
1Westerhold, T., and Röhl, U., 2006. Data report: Revised composite depth records for Shatsky Rise Sites 1209, 1210, and 1211. In Bralower, T.J., Premoli Silva, I., and Malone, M.J. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 198 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/198_SR/122/122.htm>. [Cited YYYY-MM-DD]
2MARUM—Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330 440, 28334 Bremen, Germany. Correspondence author: tho@uni-bremen.de
Initial receipt: 4 March 2005
Acceptance: 16 June 2005
Web publication:
17 January 2006
Ms 198SR-122