*Damon A H Teagle¹, Michelle Harris², Gretchen Früh-Green³, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁴, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi⁵, Peter B Kelemen⁶, Oman Drilling Project Science Team¹ (1.Ocean & Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, SO14-3ZH, Southampton, UK, 2.School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, UK, 3.Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 4.Geology, Niigata University, Japan, 5.Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan, 6.LDEO, Columbia University, New York, USA)

*Peter B Kelemen¹, Juan Carlos de Obeso¹, Craig Manning², Marguerite Godard³, Wolfgang Bach⁴, Merry Yue Cai¹, Saebyul Choe⁵, Judith Coggon⁶, Eric Ellison⁷, Alireza Eslami⁸, Katy Evans⁹, Michelle Harris¹⁰, Wolf-Achim Kahl⁴, Jürg Matter⁶, Katsu Michibayashi¹¹, Keichi Okazaki¹², Philippe Pézard³, Damon A.H. Teagle⁶, Alexis Templeton⁷, OmanDP Oman Drilling Project Science Team (1.LDEO, 2.UCLA, 3.U. Montpellier, 4.U. Bremen, 5.AMNH, 6.U. Southampton, 7.U. Colorado, 8.U. Tehran, 9.Curtin U., 10.U. Plymouth, 11.Nagoya U., 12.JAMSTEC)

*Tatsuhiko Kawamoto¹, Hiroki Sato², Toma Takahashi³, Juan Miguel Guotana⁴, Tomoaki Morishita⁴, Peter B Kelemen⁵, Jude Ann Coggon⁶, Michelle Harris⁷, Juerg Michael Matter⁶, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi⁸, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁹, Damon A H Teagle⁶, The Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 Science Party (1.Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 2.Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, 3.Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa University, 4.Division of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, 5.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 6.School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, 7.School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, 8.Department of Earth Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 9.Institute of Science and Technology, Niigata University)

*Sayantani Chatterjee¹, Eiichi TAKAZAWA¹, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi², Peter B Kelemen³, Damon A.H. Teagle⁴, Oman Drilling Project Phase I Science Party (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Niigata University, Japan, 2.Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan, 3.Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA, 4.Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, University of Southampton, United Kingdom)

*Toma Takahashi¹, Tomoaki Morishita², Hiroki Sato³, Juan Miguel Guotana², Tatsuhiko Kawamoto⁴, Peter B Kelemen⁵, Jude Ann Coggon⁶, Michelle Harris⁷, Juerg Michael Matter⁶, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi⁸, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁹, Damon A H Teagle⁶, The Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 science Party (1.Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa university, 2.Division of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa university, 3.Faculty of Science, Kyoto university, 4.Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka university, 5.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia university, 6.School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Center Southampton, University of Southampton, 7.School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, 8.Department of Earth Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya university, 9.Institute of Science and Technology, Niigata university)

*Ryoko Senda^1,2, Katsuhiko Suzuki², Tomoaki Morishita³, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁴, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi⁵, Peter B Kelemen⁶, Damon AH Teagle⁷, Jude Ann Coggon⁷, Marguerite Godard⁸, The Oman DP Science Party (1.Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 2.Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, JAMSTEC, 3.School of Natural System, Colleage of Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, 4.SDepartment of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 5.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, 6.Columbia University, 7.University of Southampton, 8.Géosciences Montpellier)

*Eiichi TAKAZAWA¹, Damon A H Teagle², Katsuyoshi Michibayashi³, Yoshihiko Tamura⁴, Jude Ann Coggon², Juerg Matter², Peter B Kelemen⁵, Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 2.University of Southampton, 3.Nagoya University, 4.JAMSTEC, 5.Columbia University)

*Katsuyoshi Michibayashi¹, Yuki Kakihata¹, Ikuo Katayama², Atsushi Okamoto³, Keishi Okazaki⁴, Peter B Kelemen⁵, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁶, Damon A H Teagle⁷, Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party⁸ (1.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 2.Hiroshima University, 3.Tohoku University, 4.KCC, JAMSTEC, 5.Columbia University of New York, 6.Niigata University, 7.Southampton University, 8.ICDP)

*Keishi Okazaki¹, Natsue Abe¹, Kohei Hatakeyama², Yuya Akamatsu², Ikuo Katayama², Eiichi TAKAZAWA³, Damon A H Teagle⁴, Peter B Kelemen⁵, Jude Coggon⁴, The Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Hiroshima University, 3.Niigata University, 4.University of Southampton, 5.Columbia University)

*Katsuyoshi Michibayashi¹, Peter B Kelemen², Margurette Godard³, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁴, Damon A H Teagle⁵, The Oman Drilling Project Science Party⁶ (1.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, 2.Columbia University, 3.Université Montpellier, 4.Niigata University, 5.Southampton University, 6.ICDP)

*Keishi Okazaki¹, Natsue Abe¹, Kohei Hatakeyama², Yuya Akamatsu², Ikuo Katayama², Eiichi TAKAZAWA³, Damon A H Teagle⁴, Peter B Kelemen⁵, Jude Coggon⁴, The Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Hiroshima University, 3.Niigata University, 4.University of Southampton, 5.Columbia University)

*Katsuyoshi Michibayashi¹, Peter B Kelemen², Margurette Godard³, Eiichi TAKAZAWA⁴, Damon A H Teagle⁵, The Oman Drilling Project Science Party⁶ (1.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, 2.Columbia University, 3.Université Montpellier, 4.Niigata University, 5.Southampton University, 6.ICDP)

*Eiichi TAKAZAWA^1,4, Damon A H Teagle², Katsuyoshi Michibayashi³, Yoshihiko Tamura⁴, Jude Ann Coggon², Juerg Matter², Peter B Kelemen⁵, Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 Science Party (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 2.University of Sauthampton, 3.Nagoya University, 4.JAMSTEC, 5.Columbia University)