ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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 research was provided by the U.S. Science Support Program of JOI. Helen Sturt provided sections of frozen sediment samples taken for organic geochemical analyses. Lu Ping Zou assisted in sample preparation and cleaning procedure testing. This is WHOI publication number 11022.

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