Electronic Supplement to:
A Paleoseismic Record of Earthquakes for the Dead Sea Transform Fault between the First and Seventh Centuries CE: Nonperiodic Behavior of a Plate Boundary Fault

by Neta Wechsler, Thomas K. Rockwell, Yann Klinger, Petra Stepancikova, Mor Kanari, Shmulik Marco, and Amotz Agnon

Table S1. Unit Descriptions for Channels 3 and 4

Unit Number Description
301 clay with carbonates, brown
305 sandy clay, yellow
308 sand
310 pebbly sand
320 cross bedded sand and sandy gravel
322 sandy gravel
323 sand
324 cross-bedded sandy gravel with manganese staining
324 clayey sand
325 well sorted sand, sometimes with foresets
326 sand, cross bedding
328 pebbles and cobbles
328 basalt gravels, pebbles and cobbles
329 pebbly sand with fossils
329 clayey pebbly sand + shells
330 sandy clay
332 clayey gravely sand
333 sandy clay
334 silty sand
335 clayey sand
337 sand
340 pebbly sandy clay, grey
342 clayey gravel
345 silty clay
349 clayey fine gravel
350 clayey sand
355 clayey gravel
360 clayey coarse gravel and pebbles
365 gravely sand
370 clayey gravel
372 sand
373 clayey gravel
375 clayey sandy gravel
380 clayey sand
382 clayey sandy gravel
384 clayey coarse sand
385 clayey sand
387 sandy gravely clay
388 silty clay
390 sandy gravel
392 sandy clay
394 sandy gravel
395 clayey pebbly gravel
396 pebbly sand
397 clayey gravel
398 clayey sandy gravel
399 clayey pebbly gravel
400 dark brown clay below channel deposits
405 brown clay
415 calciferous clay with shells
420 sandy clay
425 sandy gravelly clay
429 sandy gravelly clay
431 clayey gravelly sand
432 clayey gravelly sand
433 clayey gravelly sand
434 gravelly sand
435 gravelly sand
436 gravelly sand
437 gravelly sand
438 gravelly sand
439 gravelly sand
440 clayey gravel
441 silty clay
442 clayey gravel
443 sandy clay
445 clayey gravel
449 clayey gravel
450 clayey gravel
452 sandy gravel
453 sandy gravel
454 sandy gravel
455 sandy gravel
456 sandy clay
457 sandy gravel
458 sandy gravel
459 silty clay
460 sandy clay
480 clayey gravelly sand
481 clayey gravelly sand
482 clayey gravelly sand
483 clayey gravelly sand
484 clayey gravelly sand
485 clayey gravelly sand
486 clayey gravel
487 clayey gravel
488 clayey gravel
489 clayey gravel
490 gravelly sand
491 silty clay
492 gravelly sand
493 gravelly sand
494 silty clay
495 gravelly clay
496 gravelly clay

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