Kai-Uwe Hinrichs¹, *Fumio Inagaki², Verena Heuer¹, Yuki Morono², Masataka Kinoshita³, Yusuke Kubo⁴, The IODP T-Limit Project Team (1.MARUM and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany, 2.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3.Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 4.Center for Deep Earth Exploration, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Wataru Tanikawa¹, Yoko Ohtomo², Yuki Morono¹, Glen Snyder³, Yusuke Kubo⁴, Yoshihiro Iijima⁴, Hinrichs Kai-Uwe⁵, Fumio Inagaki¹ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi Instutute for Core Sample Research, 2.Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, 3.Gas Hydrate Research Lab, Meiji Univeristy, 4.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 5.Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen)