Site 547

Abstract

3 The descriptions of sites, cores, and data included in these site reports were completed within one year of the cruise, but many of the topical chapters that follow were completed at a later date. More data were acquired and authors' interpretations matured during this interval, so readers may find some discrepancies between site reports and topical papers. This is particularly true of biostratigraphic age assignments. The timely publication of the Initial Reports series, which is intended to report the early results of each leg, precludes incurring the delays that would allow the site reports to be revised at a later stage of production.