Luca Lanci, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy, Elena Zanella, University of Torino, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino, Italy, Luigi Jovane, Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo, Department of Fisical Oceanography, São Paulo, Brazil, Simone Galeotti, University of Urbino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Urbino, Italy and Scientific Team of IODP Drilling Exp. 359