The pelagic sediment cores from Shatsky Rise in the western Pacific, drilled during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198, provide the first complete records for the entire Paleogene and the first Paleogene depth transects for the Pacific Ocean. Complete sections of Paleocene and Eocene sediments were recovered at four sites spanning the modern depth range of >500 m from 2387 m at Site 1209 to 2907 m at Site 1211 (Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002a). The recovery of complete sediment sections of advanced piston corer (APC)-cored intervals was crucial to fulfilling the primary paleoceanographic objectives of Leg 198. To identify, characterize, and resolve paleoceanographic/climatic variations on orbital timescales for the Paleocene and Eocene at Shatsky Rise, a complete and undisturbed sequence is necessary. Hence, improving the shipboard composite section is essential because correlation of physical property records from parallel holes was not unambiguous in all cases. For these reasons, we reassessed the Site 1209, 1210, and 1211 composite depth scales and established revised meters composite depth (rmcd) records.