We would like to thank Prof. J. King (University of Rhode Island), Prof. T. Kakegawa (Tohoku University), and Prof. B. Musgrave (La Trobe University) for their suggestions and the Leg 201 Co-Chief Scientists, Staff Scientist, shipboard sedimentologists, and other scientists for their partnerships.
This research used samples and/or data supplied by the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). ODP is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and participating countries under management of Join Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), Inc. This study was performed under the cooperative research program of the Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University (04B003).