We thank Co-Chief Scientists Peter Barker and Angelo Camerlenghi and all the scientific participants of ODP Leg 178 for their partnership during the cruise, and the crews and shipboard staff for their support. Discussion of sedimentary processes at Site 1095 with Peter Barker, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, and Thomas C.W. Wolf-Welling were especially helpful. We also thank Peter Barker and Angelo Camerlenghi for their discussion and suggestion on seismic stratigraphy; Amy L. Weinheimer, Diane Winter, and Koji Kameo for their comments on Biostratigraphy; and Stefanie Brachfeld and Yohan Guyodo for their contribution to the paleomagnetism results. This paper benefitted from careful reviews by A. Ramsey and A. Roberts. 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 the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) Grant-in-Aid for scientific research (C) Number 09839042 and Number 13640473, grants from the JOI/United States Science Support Program (USSSP), and DFG ODP Schwerpunktprogramm grants LA 1191/1-1 and 2.