Electronic Supplement to
Liquefaction Features Produced by the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence in Southwest Christchurch, New Zealand, and Preliminary Assessment of Paleoliquefaction Features

by P. Villamor, P. Almond, M. P. Tuttle, M. Giona-Bucci, R. M. Langridge, K. Clark, W. Ries, S. H. Bastin, A. Eger, M. Vandergoes, M. C. Quigley, P. Barker, F. Martin, and J. Howarth

Table S9. Marchand Site: MAR 3 Trench Unit Descriptions

Depth (cm) Unit Name 1 Unit Name 2 Description*
0–13 0,L1 L1 C:5Y 5/1 (gray); very fine sand; loose, dry; abrupt wavy contact
0–13 0a,0b L1 N4; fine sand
13–50 1 Ah Ah:10YR 3/2 (very dark grayish brown); silt loam; strong fine nutty structure; clear wavy contact
50–78 2a C(g) C(g):2.5Y 6/1 with common medium distinct 10YR 6/6 mottles; loamy silt; very firm; massive to coarse blocky structure; clear wavy contact
79 to base of trench 2a,2b,2d 2Cg 2Cg:2.5Y 5/1(gray) with common medium distinct 10YR7/4 (very pale brown) vertically aligned mottles; loamy very fine sand
2c L2 2.5Y 4/1 (dark gray) with common medium faint 10YR6/6 (brownish yellow) mottles; very fine sand
2e L2 2.5Y 4/1 (dark gray) with common medium faint 10YR6/6 (brownish yellow) mottles; very fine sand
2f L2 2.5Y 4/1 (dark gray) with common medium faint 10YR6/6 mottles; very fine sand
2g L2 2.5Y 5/1 (gray); silty very fine sand; laminations of silty material

There are no notes for this trench description.

* Soil description at vertical 0.5 (between A and B), northwest wall.

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