Expedition 344 summary 1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scientific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Principal results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Preliminary scientific assessment . . . . . . . . . . 22 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 1Harris, R.N., Sakaguchi, A., Petronotis, K., Baxter, A.T., Berg, R., Burkett, A., Charpentier, D., Choi, J., Diz Ferreiro, P., Hamahashi, M., Hashimoto, Y., Heydolph, K., Jovane, L., Kastner, M., Kurz, W., Kutterolf, S.O., Li, Y., Malinverno, A., Martin, K.M., Millan, C., Nascimento, D.B., Saito, S., Sandoval Gutierrez, M.I., Screaton, E.J., Smith-Duque, C.E., Solomon, E.A., Straub, S.M., Tanikawa, W., Torres, M.E., Uchimura, H., Vannucchi, P., Yamamoto, Y., Yan, Q., and Zhao, X., 2013. Expedition 344 summary. In Harris, R.N., Sakaguchi, A., Petronotis, K., and the Expedition 344 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 344: College Station, TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.344.101.2013 2Expedition 344 Scientists’ addresses. Expedition 344 summary R.N. Harris, A. Sakaguchi, K. Petronotis, A.T. Baxter, R. Berg, A. Burkett, D. Charpentier, J. Choi, P. Diz Ferreiro, M. Hamahashi, Y. Hashimoto, K. Heydolph, L. Jovane, M. Kastner, W. Kurz, S.O. Kutterolf, Y. Li, A. Malinverno, K.M. Martin, C. Millan, D.B. Nascimento, S. Saito, M.I. Sandoval Gutierrez, E.J. Screaton, C.E. Smith-Duque, E.A. Solomon, S.M. Straub, W. Tanikawa, M.E. Torres, H. Uchimura, P. Vannucchi, Y. Yamamoto, Q. Yan, and X. Zhao2

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