Broad region of no sediment in the southwest Pacific Basin

David K. Rea¹, Mitchell W. Lyle², Lee M. Liberty², Steven A. Hovan³, Matthew P. Bolyn³, James D. Gleason⁴, Ingrid L. Hendy⁴, Jennifer C. Latimer⁴, Brandi M. Murphy⁵, Robert M. Owen⁶, Christopher F. Paul⁷, Thomas H.C. Rea⁸, Andrea M. Stancin⁹, and Deborah J. Thomas¹⁰

1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA, 2. Center for the Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725-1536, USA, 3. Department of Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705-1087, USA, 4. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA, 5. Center for the Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725-1536, USA, 6. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA, 7. Center for the Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725-1536, USA, 8. 1756 South Chestnut St., Casper, Wyoming 82601, USA, 9. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA, 10. Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3146, USA