The data used for generating our new revised meters composite depth scale were multisensor track (MST) data (magnetic susceptibility, GRA bulk density, and color reflectance parameters [L*, a*, and b* color space]), paleomagnetic properties measured shipboard, and additional postcruise discrete measurements of CaCO3 content from Sites 1218 and 1219. Three holes were drilled at Site 1218 and two were drilled at Site 1219. Hole 1219B was abandoned prematurely, due to a stuck core barrel. The MST data were lightly pruned to remove incorrect values, which were found to occur mostly at the ends of cores, as well as in disturbed intervals determined shipboard by visual inspection of the split cores (Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002b, 2002c). Where multiple copies of the same stratigraphic interval were available, comparisons between data from different holes allowed the identification of additional outliers.