ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This research used samples and 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 German National Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), whom we thank for the financial aid for the participation of V. Wähnert in Leg 183 and the postcruise meeting in Iceland, in addition to technical help, laboratory supplies, and subsequent scientific work (Grant No. LA 1191/1-2 to D. Lazarus and B. Mohr).

We wish to express our warmest thanks to the staff and shipboard party of Leg 183 for their steady support and especially to S.W. Wise Jr. (Tallahassee), who was helpful in discussing stratigraphic problems, and D.H. Mai (Berlin) in helping with carpological questions. Angelika Otto (USA) kindly analyzed some of the resin particles, and W. Pickel (Aachen) did a vitrinite analysis on some wood chips. The palynological samples were processed mostly by Britta Eckart (Berlin). We gratefully acknowledge the help of the Berlin technical staff E. Siebert (completion of the plates), E. Wäsch (SEM), and W. Harre (photography). We also thank the two reviewers, J.E. Francis and P.G. Quilty, for their valuable comments.

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