This publication was prepared by the Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, as an account of work performed under the international Ocean Drilling Program, which is managed by Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation. Funding for the program was provided by the following agencies at the time of this cruise:
Australia/Canada/Chinese Taipei/Korea Consortium for Ocean Drilling, Department of Primary Industries and Energy (Australia), Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (Canada), National Taiwan University in Taipei, and Korean Institute for Geology, Mining and Minerals
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Federal Republic of Germany)
European Science Foundation Consortium for Ocean Drilling (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey)
Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (France)
National Science Foundation (United States)
Natural Environment Research Council (United Kingdom)
University of Tokyo, Ocean Research Institute (Japan)
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the participating agencies, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., Texas A&M University, or Texas A&M Research Foundation.
Abbreviations for names of organizations and publications in ODP reference lists follow the style given in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (published by American Chemical Society).
The bulk of the shipboard-collected data from this leg is available on the World Wide Web and is accessible at <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/database>. If you cannot access this site or need additional data, please contact the ODP Data Librarian, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, U.S.A. (e-mail: database@iodp.tamu.edu).
The printed version of the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program series will end with Initial Reports Volume 175 and Scientific Results Volume 169S. Beginning with Initial Reports Volume 176 and Scientific Results Volume 169, all Proceedings volumes will be published on CD-ROM and the World Wide Web <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/>.
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Cover photograph looking aft toward the bridge of the JOIDES Resolution by ODP Photographer Roy Davis.