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Publisher’s notes

Funding for the program was provided by the following agencies at the time of this expedition:

• National Science Foundation (NSF), United States
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
• European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD)
• Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), People’s Republic of China
• Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
• Australian Research Council (ARC) and GNS Science (New Zealand), Australian/New Zealand Consortium
• Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) India
• Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazil

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the participating agencies, IODP Management International, Inc., or Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.

Examples of how to cite this volume or part of this volume are available at publications.iodp.org/​proceedings/​338/​338bib.htm.

Abbreviations for names of organizations and publications in IODP reference lists follow the style given in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (published by American Chemical Society)..

The bulk of the shipboard-collected core data from this expedition is accessible at sio7.jamstec.go.jp/.

Supplemental data were provided by the authors and may not conform to IODP publication formats.

Some core photographs have been tonally enhanced to better illustrate particular features of interest. High-resolution images are available upon request.

Cover photograph shows deployment of riser and fairings on the D/V Chikyu. Photo courtesy of Asuka Yamaguchi.

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