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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.309312.204.2009

Acknowledgments

We thank the IODP Expedition 309/312 Science Party, the crew, and technical staff of the R/V JOIDES Resolution for their help. This project used samples and/or data provided by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). We thank Damon Teagle and his dedicated team of “rock-crushers” at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, for the preparation and distribution of Expedition 309/312 sample pool powders. Natsuki Neo, Shusaku Yamazaki, and Sumio Miyashita were supported by the Center of Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX) for travel fares. This study was supported by Grant in Aid of Ministry of Education and Science of Japan (17340162) and Grant for Promotion of Niigata University Project for Sumio Miyashita. We thank Yoshiko Adachi for discussions. This paper is greatly improved by critical review by Damon Teagle. We also thank for reviews by Susumu Umino, John MacLennan and Naoto Hirano, which improved substantially this paper.