About the Authors

Guang-Sin Lu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Douglas E. LaRowe

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David A. Fike

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Gregory K. Druschel

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

William P. Gilhooly III

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Roy E. Price

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, The State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jan P. Amend

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

janamend@usc.edu

Affiliations Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.