Electronic Supplement to
Late Holocene Liquefaction at Sites of Contemporary Liquefaction during the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, New Zealand

by Sarah H. Bastin, Kari Bassett, Mark C. Quigley, Brett Maurer, Russell A. Green, Brendon Bradley, and David Jacobson

Table S1. Sedimentological Descriptions of Sediment Units

Site Unit Thickness (cm) Description
1, 2, and 4 A1 T1: 20–70 T1: Poorly sorted, subrounded pebbles to granules in a fine sand to silt matrix with fragments of pipes and clasts of blue-gray fine to very fine sand
T2: 5–22 T2: Poorly sorted, subrounded gray pebbles to granules in silt matrix
T4: 20–35 T4: Poorly sorted, subrounded gray pebbles in fine sand to silt matrix
1 A2 25–50 Dark-brown, ∼5% carbonaceous, well-sorted silt to very fine sand with interbedded gray, well-sorted fine sand with ∼2% mottled
1 A3 15–35 Brown, poorly sorted silt to fine sand with granules and rare organics
2 and 3 I T2: 25–40 T2: Dark-brown, moderately sorted, ∼20% carbonaceous, very fine sand to silt with rare silt clasts and bioturbated contacts
T3: 15–25 T3: Dark-brown, moderately sorted, ∼20% carbonaceous, very fine sand to silt with clasts of gray and carbonaceous silt, rare charcoal fragments, and modern rootlets
1 I′ 20–30 Buried soil, dark-brown, well-sorted, ∼5% carbonaceous, silt to very fine sand with modern rootlets and a bioturbated lower contact
2 and 3 II T3: 55–75 T3: Light-brown, moderately sorted, 2% carbonaceous, very fine sand to silt with rare silt clasts
2 and 3 III T2: 2–7 T2: Tan, well-sorted, bioturbated fine sand, with rare silt and carbonaceous silt clasts, ∼2% mottled
T3: 2–15 T3: Tan, moderately sorted, ∼5% carbonaceous, very fine sand with rare charcoal fragments
1, 2, and 3 IV T1: 30–40 T1: Light-brown, moderately sorted silt to very fine sand with interbedded well-sorted fine sand, ∼5%–10% mottled, contains modern rootlets
T2: 40–60 T2: Blue-gray, moderately sorted silt to very fine sand with interbedded very fine sand, ∼5% mottled
T3: 10–15 T3: Blue-gray, moderately sorted very fine sand to silt with interbedded fine to very fine sand, ∼2% mottled, contains rare charcoal fragments
1 and 3 V T1: 15–40 T1: Light-brown, moderately sorted, ∼2% carbonaceous silt to very fine sand, ∼10% mottled with modern rootlets
T3: 5–20 T3: Blue-gray, well-sorted very fine sand to silt, ∼5% mottled
1 VI 15–20 Blue-gray, well-sorted silt with interbedded very fine sand
4 VII 45–50 Dark gray, well-sorted silt to very fine sand, ∼5% mottled, with 10%–15% charcoal
4 VIII 35–65 Tan, well-sorted, silt to very fine sand with interbedded fine sand, ∼10% mottled, with rare charcoal
4 IX 5−10 Tan and light-gray, well-sorted, silt to very fine sand with cross laminations, ∼20% mottled
4 X 5−10 Tan, moderately sorted fine to very fine sand, ∼5% mottled
4 XI 2−5 Tan and light-gray, well-sorted fine to very fine sand with silt laminations, ∼10% mottled
5 XII 15−25 Gray, moderately sorted silt with rare granules, silt clasts, and brick fragments
5 XIII 15−35 Tan, moderately sorted, fine to very fine sand with rare silt and carbonaceous silt clasts, and granules, with interbedded fine sand with cross laminations lined with siltstone clasts
5 XIII′ 5−10 Gray, moderately sorted, subrounded granules to pebbles in fine-sand matrix
5 XIV 30−40 Poorly sorted, mottled, fine to very fine sand with granules and silt clasts
5 XV 5−10 Gray, oxidized and mottled, moderately sorted fine sand with cross laminations, rare granules, and silt clasts
5 XV′ 5−15 Tan, oxidized and mottled, moderately sorted fine to very fine sand with cross laminations and subrounded granule lag deposit along basal contact
5 XVI 5−20 Gray, mottled, well-sorted fine to very fine sand with rare granules and silt and carbonaceous silt clasts
5 XVII 5−15 Buried soil, gray, mottled, moderately sorted, silt to very fine sand with rare granules
5 XVIII 5−25 Gray, well-sorted silt to very fine sand with carbonaceous laminations

The units listed in Table S1 correspond with those presented in Figures 4, 8, and 10 of the main article.

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