This research used samples provided by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), which is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and participating countries under management of Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), Inc. The Australian Office of ODP provided funding for this research. I thank Ann Holbourn for her assistance in identifying the interval to be studied and for providing the samples, Mike Coffin for continuing support, and the Australian Antarctic Division for provision of word processing, electron microscopy, and diverse imaging facilities. I also thank Mike Coffin for the opportunity to return to the Kerguelen Plateau, an opportunity I turned down with considerable(!) reluctance.
Mr. R. Williams of the Australian Antarctic Division alerted me to the existence of the dredge sample. I am grateful to him and to Capt. Halli Steffanson who did not throw the sample back. The paper was improved after a review by Prof. L. Hottinger.