Figure F1. Bathymetric map of the Sea of Japan/East Sea and Expedition 346 sites, including Site U1427 (modified from Tada et al., 2015c); major ocean currents (after Inoue, 1989, and Tomczak and Godfrey, 1994); outflow of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers into the Yellow and East China Seas; and sill depths, including the Tsushima Strait (after Oba et al., 1991; Tada et al., 1999; Lee and Choi, 2015).

Figure F2. Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), C/N ratios, δ13Corg and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content of sediment samples and shipboard color reflectance index b* against depth (m CCSF-D_Patched). Shaded areas indicate glacials.