This research used samples and/or data provided by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). ODP is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and participating countries under management of Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), Inc. Funding for this research was provided by SPP DSDP/ODP grants TH 200/37-1 and -2 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Thanks to our spouses and children for letting us go and for spending their time to improve this paper. Extraordinary merits have been earned by Giorgio Fontolan from the University at Trieste, Italy, through his thoughtful review and commitment to improve the paper.
Special thanks also to Prof. W. Hay, Dr. Warner Brückmann, Daniel A. Hepp, Jayne Welling-Wolf, and Ortrud Runze for early reviews of the paper.