Table 1.  Location of sampling sites discussed in this paper.					
ship	N latitude	E longitude	core 	water depth	core length
	deg. min. sec.	deg. min. sec.	name	m	cm
Okhotsk Sea cores					
R/V Nesmeyanov	 +48 36 30	 +150 25 41	GGC-15	1980	352
	 +48 45 08	 +150 25 51	GGC-18	1700	306
	 +48 52 27	 +150 25 57	GGC-20	1510	305
	 +49 36 04	 +150 10 47	GGC-27	995	398
	 +53 32 42	 +144 33 06	BC-32	1000	50
R/V Volcanolog	 +49 08 30	 +150 20 12	B34-91	1227	500
Northern Emperor Seamount cores					
R/V T. Washington	 +53 00 00	 +164 39 00	RAMA-44PC	2980	384
R/V T. Washington	 +51 09 18	 +167 39 48	RNDB-1GGC	2393	136
	 +51 07 18	 +167 47 12	RNDB-2GGC	2507	150
	 +51 06 24	 +167 49 42	RNDB-3GGC	2610	181
	 +51 06 42	 +167 53 42	RNDB-5GGC	2804	145
	 +51 05 42	 +167 54 24	RNDB-6GGC	2920	183
	 +51 05 00	 +167 57 00	RNDB-7GGC	3042	201
	 +51 04 36	 +167 59 06	RNDB-8GGC	3160	197
	 +51 03 48	 +168 00 06	RNDB-11GGC	3296	224
	 +51 03 42	 +168 01 54	RNDB-12GGC	3416	132
	 +51 03 30	 +168 04 12	RNDB-13GGC	3516	157
	 +51 03 36	 +168 04 24	RNDB-14GGC	3631	142
	 +51 03 00	 +168 05 48	RNDB-15GGC	3700	142
	 +51 03 30	 +168 08 12	RNDB-16GGC	3816	176
	 +51 17 48	 +167 39 54	RNDB-10PC	2364	547
	 +51 04 24	 +167 58 30	RNDB-11PC	3225	803
	 +51 17 12	 +167 27 00	RNDB-24GGC	2323	141
	 +51 17 54	 +167 39 48	RNDB-26GGC	2335	81
	 +51 15 18	 +167 33 42	RNDB-27GGC	2695	184
	 +49 44 42	 +168 19 00	RNDB-18GGC	2382	159
	 +49 43 30	 +168 18 42	RNDB-13PC	2393	849
R/V Vinogradov	 +53 42 24	 +165 00 48	VINO-17GGC	3960	307
	 +52 59 18	 +164 38 30	VINO-26BC	2960	41
	 +50 56 24	 +168 06 24	VINO-35GGC	3670	323
	 +50 25 12	 +167 43 54	VINO-37GGC	3300	313
Hydro stations					
R/V Vinogradov	51 22 42	165 05 00	HS-29	4960	
R/V Nesmeyanov	48 00 00	150 42 00	HS-09	3370	
	49 59 24	149 06 36	HS-13	1100	
	57 30 00	142 48 36	HS-28	190	
	55 30 00	142 24 00	HS-33