“…Such interbedding was also observed at nearby ODP site 1223A (Figures 1 and 6; Stephen, Kasahara, et al, 2003). The limited scatter between the other pelagic velocity profiles may be caused by a lesser degree of volcanic interbedding, which has been found in the uppermost sediments surrounding the Hawaiian islands both on and off the Swell (Naka et al, 2000(Naka et al, , 2002 and has been identified in sediments over 500 km from the islands (Rehm & Halbach, 1982). We assumed linear velocity-depth gradients for both types of sediments, although many studies have found nonlinear concave down velocity-depth relationships (e.g., Hamilton, 1979;Ruan et al, 2014).…”