*Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar¹, Miki Tasaka¹, Takashi Yoshino², Hayato So³ (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 2.Institute for study of the Earth Interior, Okayama University, Misasa, Tottori, Japan, 3.Asahi Diamond Industrial Co. Ltd, Mie, Japan.)

Masafumi Tani¹, *Eiichi TAKAZAWA^1,2, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar¹, Masahide Akasaka³, Yoshihiko Tamura² (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 2.R & D Center for Ocean Drilling Science, Japan Agency for Maine-Earth Science and Technology, 3.Department of Geoscience, Shimane University)

*Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar¹, Kaoru Mishima², Tsuyoshi Toyoshima¹, Kentaro Koinuma³, Yoshiihiro Enya³, Itsuki Muramatsu³, Tomokazu Hokada⁴, Yuichiro Ueno², Atsushi Kamei⁵, Kyoko Kataoka⁶, Krishnan Sajeev⁷ (1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 2.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, 3.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Japan, 4.National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3, Midori-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan, 5.Department of Geosciences, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504, Japan, 6.Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University, 7.Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 India)

*Nobuhiko Nakano¹, Yasuhito Osanai¹, Masaaki Owada², Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar³, Tatsuro Adachi^4,1, Sereenen Jargalan⁵, Aya Yoshimoto¹, Kundyz Syeryekhan⁵, Chimedtseie Boldbaatar⁶, Nomintsetseg Puntsagdamba⁷, Dolzodmaa Boldbaatar⁸ (1.Division of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Social and Cultutal Studies, Kyushu University, 2.Department of Earth Sciences, Yamaguchi University, 3.Department of Geology, Niigata University, 4.Kyushu University Advanced Asian Archaeological Research Center, 5.Department of Mineral Exploration, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, 6.Mongolian Exploration Partners, LLC, 7.Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 8.Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University)

*Momoko Shirakawa¹, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar², Sanjeewa P.K. Malaviarachchi³ (1.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Japan, 2.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Japan, 3.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

*Atsushi Kamei¹, Tomokazu Hokada², Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar³, Tsuyoshi Toyoshima³, Kaoru Mishima⁴, Yuichiro Ueno⁴, Kyoko Kataoka⁵ (1.Department of Geoscience, Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 2.National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3, Midori-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan, 3.Department of Geology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan, 4.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan, 5.Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan)

*Itsuki Muramatsu¹, Yoshihiro Nakamura¹, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar² (1.Graduate School of Science & Technology, Niigata University, 2.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University)

*Yoshiihiro Enya¹, Kaoru Mishima², Toshiro Takahashi³, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar³, Tsuyoshi Toyoshima³ (1.Graduate school of Science and Technology, Niigata University., 2.Department of Earth & Planetary Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 3.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University)

Kentaro Koinuma¹, *Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar², Kaoru Mishima³, Yuichiro Ueno³, Tomokazu Hokada⁴, Tsuyoshi Toyoshima² (1.Graduate School of Science & Technology Niigata University, 2.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 3.Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 4.National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan)

*Fumiko Higashino¹, Tetsuo Kawakami¹, Noriyoshi Tsuchiya², Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar³, Masahiro Ishikawa⁴, Geoffrey Grantham⁵, Shuhei Sakata¹, Kentaro Hattori¹, Takafumi Hirata¹ (1.Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2.Tohoku University, 3.Niigata University, 4.Tokohama National University, 5.University of Johannesburg)

*Miyako Abe¹, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar², Hiroyuki Kagi³, Simon Harley⁴ (1.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 3.Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 4.School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh)

*Yoshihiro Nakamura¹, Takashi Yoshino², Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar³ (1.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2.Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University, 3.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University)

*Takumi Yoshida¹, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar¹, Hayato Ueda¹ (1.Niigata university)

*Yoshihiro Nakamura¹, Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar², Tsuyoshi Toyoshima² (1.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University)