*Yohei Hamada¹, Wataru Tanikawa¹, Yuhji Yamamoto², Go-Ichiro Uramoto², Masafumi MURAYAMA², Takehiro Hirose¹, Osamu Tadai^1,3, Kouki Tanaka², Hiromasa Ozaki⁴, Minoru YONEDA⁴, Hidekazu Tokuyama² (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, 2.Kochi University, 3.Marine Works Japan Ltd., 4.Tokyo University)

*Wataru Tanikawa¹, Tokuyama Hidekazu², Yuhji Yamamoto², Masafumi MURAYAMA², Kouki Tanaka², Akira Ijiri¹, Tatsuhiko Hoshino¹ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi Instutute for Core Sample Research, 2.Kochi University)

*Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Wataru Tanikawa², Akira Ijiri², Tatsuhiko Hoshino², Takehiro Hirose², Toshiya Fujiwara², Kazuya Kitada², Kastuya Nejigaki³, Tokuyama Hidekazu⁴, Go-Ichiro Uramoto⁴, Kazuno Arai⁴, Kondo Yasuo³, Yuhji Yamamoto⁴, Research Member Kurodagoori⁴ (1.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, 2.JAMSTEC, 3.Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, 4.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University)

*Yuka Masaki¹, Hideki Sezoko², Masayuki Nagayama³, Wataru Tanikawa⁴, Yuhji Yamamoto⁵, Shinichiro Ito¹ (1.COSMOS SHOJI Co., Ltd., 2.Nippon Marine Enterprises, Ltd., 3.360 Planet, 4.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 5.Kochi University)

*Yu Kitahara¹, Mariko Yamagata², Masao Ohno¹, Yuhji Yamamoto³, Tadahiro Hatakeyama⁴ (1.Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 2.Faculty of Management, Okayama University of Science, 3.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 4.Information Processing Center, Okayama University of Science)

*Hiroshi Ogasawara¹, Taku Noda¹, Musa Manzi², Ray Durrheim², Yasuo Yabe⁵, Tetsuro Hirono³, Yuhji Yamamoto⁴, Takkuya Matsuzaki⁴, Mitsuya Higashi¹, Shunsuke Yoshida¹, Yuki Yokoyama³, Koichiro Suzuki¹, Dakalo Ligaraba², Nandipha Masondo², Zama Nkosi⁶, Siyanda Mngadi², Bennie Liebenberg⁷, van Heerden Esterhuizen⁷ (1.Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 2.Univ. Witwatersrand, 3.Osaka Univ., 4.Kochi Core Center, Kochi Univ., 5.Tohoku Univ., 6.CSIR, 7.Moab Khotsong mine)

*Yuhji Yamamoto¹, Lisa Tauxe², Hyeon-Seon Ahn³, Christeanne Nicole Santos² (1.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 2.Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 3.Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources )

*Yutaka Yoshimura¹, Osamu Ishizuka², Toshitsugu Yamazaki¹, Yuhji Yamamoto³, Hyeon-Seon Ahn⁴, Tesfaye Kidane⁵, Yo-ichiro Otofuji⁶, Naoto Ishikawa⁷ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 3.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research , Kochi Univ., 4.Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, 5.School of Agricultural, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, 6.Institute of Geohistory, 7.School of Sustainable Design, University of Toyama)

*Masahiko Sato¹, Yuhji Yamamoto², Takashi Nishioka², Kazuto KODAMA³, Nobutatsu Mochizuki⁴, Masashi Ushioda⁵, Ryoichi Nakada⁶, Hideo Tsunakawa⁷ (1.The University of Tokyo, 2.Kochi University, 3.Doshisha University, 4.Kumamoto University, 5.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 6.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 7.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

*Yuhji Yamamoto¹, Kenneth A Hoffman², Myriam Annie Claire Kars¹ (1.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 2.California Polytechnic State University)

*Hirokuni Oda¹, Yuhji Yamamoto², Yoshio Inouchi³ (1.Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2.Kochi University, 3.Waseda University)

*Yuhji Yamamoto¹, Hyeon-Seon Ahn² (1.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 2.Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources )

*Chie Kato¹, Masahiko Sato², Shinji Yamamoto³, Yujiro Tamura⁴, Yuhji Yamamoto⁵ (1.Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2.Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 3.Graduate school of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 4.Graduate school of Environment and Information Sciences, Department of Natural Environment, Yokohama National University, 5.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University)

*Kohei Masaoka¹, Yuki Morono², Naotaka Tomioka², Go-Ichiro Uramoto¹, Yuhji Yamamoto¹ (1.Kochi University, 2.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Futoshi Takahashi¹, Yuhji Yamamoto² (1.Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, 2.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University)

*Go-Ichiro Uramoto¹, Hiroki Matsui¹, Kazuno Arai¹, Naohisa Nishida², Hirofumi Asahi¹, Yusuke Kubo³, Satoshi Tonai¹, Wataru Tanikawa³, Yurika Ujiie¹, Yuhji Yamamoto¹, Minoru Ikehara¹ (1.Kochi University, 2.Tokyo Gakugei University, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Scienct and Technology (JAMSTEC))

*Hiroshi Ogasawara¹, Bennie Liebenberg², Yasuo Yabe³, Takatoshi Ito³, Jim Mori⁴, Tetsuro Hirono⁵, Yuhji Yamamoto⁶, Tullis C Onstott⁷, Tom L. Kieft⁸, Ray J. Durrheim⁹, Musa S.D. Manzi⁹, Martin Ziegler¹⁰, Thomas Wieresberg¹¹, Serge Shapiro¹², Surendra N. Samala¹³, Esta van Heerden¹⁴, Julio Castillo¹⁵, Phil Dight¹⁶ (1.Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 2.Moab Khotsong mine, 3.Tohoku Univ., 4.Kyoto Univ., 5.Osaka Univ., 6.Kochi Core Center, Kochi Univ., 7.Princeton Univ., 8.New Mexico Inst., 9.Univ. Witwatersrand, 10.ETH, Zurich, 11.GFZ, Potsdam, 12.Berlin Free Univ., 13.Indian Inst. Tech., Hyderabad, 14.iWater, 15.Free State Univ., 16.W. Australia Univ.)