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Locations of multi-corer deployments on trench axis (A2–A6 & A10), on the bathyal (A1) and abyssal (A9) sites on the continental margin, and on the oceanward abyssal plain (A7). White square Danovaro et al.16 hadal site; black squares Danovaro et al.16 bathyal sites.