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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.319.201.2014

Acknowledgments

For this research we used samples and data provided by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). Funding for this research was provided by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) for “Development of new tools for the exploration of seafloor resources.” We thank the IODP Expedition 319 scientists and laboratory technicians aboard the D/V Chikyu for their assistance and cooperation and the curatorial staff of the Kochi Core Center for provision of samples. We acknowledge to Drs. G. Wheat and T. Toki for constructive comments to improve this paper. We are also grateful to Mrs. M. Hatta for assistance with sample preparation.