We are grateful to the Leg 178 laboratory technicians, whose careful curation of cores and data, core photography, and assistance with collection of many of the data sets made this and subsequent studies on the Palmer Deep cores possible. The manuscript benefited from the many useful suggestions that were provided by Tony Ramsay, John Farrell, and an anonymous reviewer. This project was funded by the United States Science Support Program of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI/USSSP grant F001154 at Texas A&M University) and by a National Science Foundation grant from the Office of Polar Programs (grant OPP-9615053 to Hamilton College). Data were provided courtesy of the Ocean Drilling Program.