We thank the Members of the Coastal Plain Drilling Project for helping to fulfill the promise of onshore drilling and G. Mountain, N. Christie-Blick, and J. Austin for collaboration in planning the NJ sea-level transect. We thank the numerous scientists involved in the Coastal Plain Drilling Project who are not listed here, especially those who supplied critical data sets for Sr isotopes (M. Feigenson, J. Hernandez, and D. Monteverde), nannofossils (M.-P. Aubry, D. Bukry, and L. de Romero), pollen (G. Brenner), and nearshore seismics (G. Mountain and D. Monteverde). The NJ Geological Survey (H. Kasabach, State Geologist [retired] and R. Dalton, Chief Geologist) supplied materials, personnel, and logging support, funded all drilling costs for Bass River, and provided partial support for drilling costs at Ancora and Ocean View. The Delaware Geological Survey (R. Jordan, State Geologist and J. Talley, Associate Director) provided logging for Ocean View and Bethany Beach, materials, personnel, and partial support for drilling costs at Bethany Beach. The USGS Eastern Region Mapping Team (ERMT; J. Quick, Team Leader) provided partial support for Bethany Beach drilling. We thank the ERMT drillers for their exemplary efforts (G. Cobbs, G. Cobbs III, and D. Queen), their drilling coordinators (W. Newell and J. Self-Trail), and Boart Longyear and its drillers (T. McDonald, head driller). Rutgers University provided space for core storage and core analyses, field vehicles, and materials. The National Science Foundation Continental Dynamics Program (L. Johnson, Program Director) funded the onshore boreholes (Leg 174AX) and, along with PCOM (JOIDES Planning Committee) and ODP, are to be commended for their flexibility and vision in authorizing Leg 174AX as an ODP activity. The publications staff at ODP was supportive throughout production of this and other Leg 174AX volumes; Ann Klaus was particularly helpful in providing insights into publishing this unusual leg. Discussions with and reviews by M. Katz are greatly appreciated. This research is supported by NSF grants EAR94-17108, EAR97-08644, and EAR99-09179 (Miller) and EAR98-14025 (Kominz).