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F1. Locations of Leg 177 drill sites and previous ODP and DSDP sites in the South Atlantic, p. 35.

F2. Leg 177 sites relative to the vertical distribution of potential temperature in the southeast Atlantic Ocean, p. 36.

F3. Schematic representation of present ocean circulation and interocean exchange, p. 37.

F4. ODP and DSDP sites in the Southern Ocean relative to oceanic frontal systems and sea-ice distribution, p. 38.

T1. Location, water depth, and coring summary of holes drilled during Leg 177, p. 54.

F5. Position of Leg 177 sites relative to the gravity field of the Agulhas Basin, p. 39.

F6. Schematic tectonic map of the Agulhas Basin showing Leg 177 sites relative to seafloor magnetic anomalies, p. 40.

F7. Tectonic reconstruction of the South Atlantic during the late Paleocene and middle Eocene, p. 41.

F8. Temperature and salinity at water depths of Leg 177 sites, p. 42.

F9. Positions of Leg 177 sites relative to the depositional regimes in the basins of the southeast Atlantic Ocean, p. 43.

T2. Coring summary for Site 1088, p. 55.

F10. Age-depth plots for Leg 177 Sites 1088, 1090, and 1092 for the middle Eocene–
Pleistocene, p. 44.

T3. Coring summary for Site 1089, p. 56.

F11. Correlation of red reflectance from Sites 1089, 1091, 1093, and 1094, p. 45.

F12. Age-depth plots for Leg 177 Sites 1089, 1091, 1093, and 1094 for the Pliocene–
Pleistocene, p. 46.

T4. Coring summary for Site 1090, p. 58.

F13. Percent blue and red reflectance at Site 1090, p. 47.

T5. Coring summary for Site 1091, p. 60.

F14. Interstitial water profiles from Sites 1091, 1093, and 1094, p. 48.

F15. Lithologic and paleomagnetic summary of Sites 1089, 1091, 1093, and 1094, p. 49.

T6. Coring summary for Site 1092, p. 62.

T7. Coring summary for Site 1093, p. 64.

F16. Laminated diatom mat (interval 177-1093A-23H-4, 78–120 cm), p. 50.

T8. Coring summary for Site 1094, p. 67.

F17. Site 1094 blue reflectance, magnetic susceptibility, bulk density, and natural gamma radiation, p. 51.

F18. Summary of lithologies for Leg 177 Sites 1088 through 1094, p. 52.

F19. Variation in sea level and oxygen isotopes of benthic foraminifers from the Atlantic Ocean, p. 53.