Note: Intro -- Series Editor Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Introduction-Scientific Drilling in the Indian Ocean: An Earth System Process Perspective -- 1 Himlayan-Tibetan Orogeny and Long Term Climate Evolution -- 1.1 Indian Monsoon Rainfall (IODP Expedition 353) -- 1.2 Bengal Fan -- 1.3 Indus Fan -- 2 The Indonesian Throughflow Expedtion -- 2.1 Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and the Australian Monsoon -- 3 Maldives and Equatorial Indian Ocean -- 3.1 Maldives Monsoon and Sea Level -- 4 South African Climates -- 4.1 The South African Climates and Agulhas Current Density Profile -- 5 Plate Deformation Zones -- 5.1 "The Nature of the Lower Crust and Moho at Slower Spreading Ridges"-SloMo -- 5.2 To Understand the Role of Input Materials in the Northern Sumatra Subduction -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Morphological and Chemical Properties of Microtektite Grains from Bay of Bengal (IODP Expedition 354) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Morphological Characteristics of the Microtektites -- 5 Shapes, Size and Color -- 6 Surface Sculpturing -- 7 Compositional Characteristics of Microtektites -- 8 Evidence of Extraterrestrial Materials Within the Microtektite Layer -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Assessing Mid-pleistocene to Holocene Sea-Ice Extent and Carbonate Compensation Depth Fluctuations in the Japan Sea: A Multiproxy Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Location, Lithology, and Hydrography of Japan Sea -- 2.1 Material and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Distribution of IRD and Detrital -- 3.2 Distribution of Foraminifera -- 3.3 Environmental Preferences of Dominant Planktic Species -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Modern Radiolarians Recovered from the Mudline Samples at IODP-341 Sites in the South Alaska Basin, North East Pacific Ocean -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Radiolarians from Mudline Samples -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Radiolarians in the Mudline, Hole U1417D -- 3.2 Radiolarians in the Mudline, Hole U1418C -- 3.3 Radiolarians in the Mudline Hole U1419A -- 3.4 Radiolarians in the Mudline, Hole U1421A -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Carbon Stable Isotope Source Signature of Bulk Organic Matter in Middle Bengal Fan Sediment Collected During IODP Expedition 354 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Site -- 3 Materials and Method -- 4 Results -- 4.1 TOC, N, C/N Ratio and δ13C of Sedimentary OM -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Preservation of OM -- 5.2 Source of OM -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Geochemistry of Marine Carbonates from Hole 1394, off the Coast of Montserrat, IODP Expedition-340 -- Implications on Provenance, Paleoenvironment and Lesser Antilles Arc Migration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Stratigraphy and Nature of Sediments -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Geochemistry -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Europium Anomalies (Eu/Eu*) -- 5.2 Cerium Anomalies (Ce/Ce*) -- 5.3 Er/Nd Ratios -- 5.4 Age of the Carbonates -- 5.5 Depth Wise Variation in Geochemical Parameters -- 5.6 Source Weathering and Alteration Characteristics -- 5.7 Contamination and Diagenetic Alterations -- 5.8 Temperate (Cool Water) Versus Tropical (Warm Water) Carbonates -- 5.9 Th/U Ratios -- 5.10 Paleo-redox Characteristics -- 5.11 Total Carbon and Carbonate Content -- 5.12 Shifting of Platformal Carbonates to Deep Ocean: Evidence from Ce and La (Pr/Pr*) Anomalies -- 5.13 Tectonic Setting -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea-A Part of the Indian Ocean -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References. , Sedimentological Attributes and Quartz Microtexture in the Levee Sediments of a Submarine Channel in Context of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Fluctuations: A Study from Site U-1359 of IODP-318 Expedition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Site U1359 -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Grain Size Analysis -- 4.2 Quartz Grain Microtextures -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Sedimentary Processes -- 5.2 Depositional Environment -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Late Quaternary Sedimentation and Slope Failure Events on the Costa Rican Margin -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Samples and Data -- 2.2 Sample Processing for XRD Analysis -- 2.3 Quantification of Clay Minerals -- 2.4 Sample Processing for XRF Analysis -- 2.5 Sample Processing for IRMS Analysis -- 2.6 Age Model -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Clay Minerals -- 3.2 Quantification of Major Elements -- 3.3 Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes -- 4 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- mtCOI Sequence-Based Barcoding of Calanoid Copepods from Lagoon Waters of Lakshadweep, South-west Coast of India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Molecular Records and Systematics of the Calanoid Copepods -- 3.2 Barcode Library Developed for the Calanoid Copepods -- 4 Discussion -- References -- A Summary of the South China Sea Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regional Geological Setting -- 3 Evolution History -- 4 Dynamics of the South China Sea -- 4.1 The Tectonic Extrusion Model -- 4.2 Backarc Extension Model -- 4.3 Two-Stage Rifting Model -- 4.4 Proto-SCS Dragging Model -- 4.5 Models that Involve Extension Induced by Mantle Plume -- 4.6 Combined Model -- References -- Microbial Community Profile of Deep-Sea Sediment from Eastern Arabian Sea (IODP 355) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Deep Sea Sediment Cores IODP -- 2.2 DNA Extraction. , 2.3 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing -- 3 Quality Control, Taxonomic Assignment, Diversity Estimation and Total Cell Counts -- 4 Result and Discussion -- 4.1 Total Cell Counts -- 4.2 Taxonomic Assignment and Microbial Diversity -- References.