| Dr. R.B. Whitmarsh Co-Chief Scientist, Leg 173 Challenger Seafloor Processes Division Southampton Oceanography Centre European Way Southampton SO14 3ZH United Kingdom | Dr. Marie-Odile Beslier Co-Chief Scientist, Leg 173 Géosciences Azur Observatione Océanologique B.P. 48 06235 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex France |
| Dr. Paul Wallace Staff Scientist, Leg 173 Ocean Drilling Program Texas A&M University Research Park 1000 Discovery Drive College Station, Texas 77845-9547 U.S.A. | |
| Paul J. Fox Director of Science Operations ODP/TAMU | |
| Thomas A. Davies Manager Science Services ODP/TAMU | |
| Timothy J.G. Francis Deputy Director of Science Operations ODP/TAMU | |
| August 1997 | |