Special thanks go to Mike Hall, Patrizia Ferretti, James Rolfe, and Benoit Vautravers at Cambridge University for excellent sample preparation, and the Leg 189 time-team (the micropaleontologists and magnetic stratigraphers) for their efforts in providing the necessary age control. We would also like to thank Bob Carter and Ken Miller for their careful reviews and Clay Kelly for unpublished data.
This research used samples and/or data provided by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). The ODP is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and participating countries under management of Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), Inc. Research funding was provided through special ODP postcruise and small research grants by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council.