I am grateful for the generosity of the postcruise scientists working on Site 1202 for providing me their unpublished or in press results and raw data. Matthew Salisbury, Chih-An Huh, Bernhard Diekmann, Hui-Ling Lin, and two anonymous reviewers graciously and thoughtfully reviewed the manuscript, offering helpful and poignant suggestions. Figure F1 was prepared by Ms. Nina Yu-Nong Lin and Yu-Shih Lin, and Figure F2 was prepared by Dr. Chih-Chieh Su. The kind assistance of the Ocean Drilling Program and, especially, the scientists and crew members of Leg 195 are highly appreciated. Without their detailed planning in advance and superb operation on board, Site 1202 would not have been successfully drilled.
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 study was provided by the National Science Council, Republic of China, under grants NSC90-2611-M-002-005 and NSC 91-2611-M-002-019.