Thu. May 1, 2014 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM 414 (4F)

Convener:*Kyoko Okino(Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Keiichi Tadokoro(Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, Nagoya University), Osamu Ishizuka(Institute of Geoscience, Geological Survey of Japan/AIST), Tomohiro Toki(Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus), Narumi Takahashi(Earthquake and Tsunami Research Project for Disaster Prevention, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair:Takehi Isse(Earthquake Research Institute University of Tokyo), Naoto Hirano(Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University), Takeshi Hanyu(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Institute for Research on Earth Evolution)

Ocean Floor Geoscience session covers a broad range of research on seafloor such as mid-ocean ridge process, subduction dynamics, arc magmatism, hot spot and LIPs, crustal movement and structure etc. Every field of researches and every approaches are welcomed. The session aims to encourage discussion among scientists from different study fields and to integrate our understanding of ocean floor.