*Kaoru Kubota¹, Ryo Nakano², Masafumi MURAYAMA², Tsuyoshi Ishikawa¹, Yusuke Yokoyama³, Atsushi Suzuki⁴ (1.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, 2.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, 3.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 4.Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

*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)

*Akira Ijiri¹, Wataru Tanikawa¹, Masafumi MURAYAMA², Tokuyama Hidekazu² (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Kochi University)

*Ken Nakayama¹, Masafumi MURAYAMA² (1.Center for Advanced Marine Research, Kochi Univ., 2.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Kochi Univ.)

*Takuya Sagawa¹, Yusuke Narita², Takuya Matsuzaki³, Masafumi MURAYAMA⁴, Takashi Hasegawa¹, Akiko Goto¹, Takeshi Nakagawa⁵ (1.Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, 2.Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, 3.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 4.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi Univeristy, 5.Ritsumeikan University)

*Md Nurunnabi Mondal¹, Keiji Horikawa², Katsuya Nejigaki³, Hideki Minami⁴, Masafumi MURAYAMA⁵, Osamu Seki⁶, Yusuke Okazaki⁷ (1.a. Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Education, University of Toyama, Japan, b. Department of Fisheries Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh, 2.Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research, University of Toyama, Japan, 3.Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Japan, 4.School of Biological Science and Engineering, Tokai University, Japan, 5.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, Japan, 6.Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, 7.Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Japan)

*Ryosuke Imaoka¹, Koji Shichi², Hitoshi Hasegawa¹, Niiden Ichinnorov³, Nagayoshi Katsuta⁴, Davaasuren Davaadorj⁵, Masafumi Murayama¹, Miho Sasaoka¹, Masao Iwai¹ (1.Kochi University, 2.Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 3.Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 4.Gifu University, 5.National University of Mongolia)

*Arisa Seki¹, Ryuji Tada^2,3,4, Shunsuke Kurokawa⁴, Masafumi Murayama⁵ (1.Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, 2.Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.Yunnan University, 4.Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 5.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University)

*Keiji Horikawa¹, Nurunnabi MD Mondal², Masafumi MURAYAMA³, Katsuya Nejigaki⁴, Osamu Seki⁵, Yusuke Okazaki⁶ (1.Graduate School of Engineer and Science for Research, University of Toyama, 2.Graduate School of Engineer and Science for Education, University of Toyama, 3.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, 4.Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University , 5.Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, 6.Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University)

*KanHsi Hsiung¹, Kiichiro Kawamura², Toshiya Kanamatsu¹, Ken Ikehara³, Kazuko Usami⁴, Chorng-Shern Horng⁵, Naohiko Ohkouchi¹, Nanako O. Ogawa¹, Saneatsu Saito¹, Masafumi MURAYAMA⁶ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Yamaguchi University, 3.Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 4.Japan NUS Co., Ltd., 5.Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, 6.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University)

*Hitoshi Hasegawa¹, Fuyu Nagaya¹, Kana Nagashima², Nagayoshi Katsuta³, Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Naomi Harada² (1.Kochi University, 2.JAMSTEC, 3.Gifu University)

*Yusuke Narita¹, Takuya Sagawa¹, Masafumi Murayama³, Takuya Matsuzaki⁷, Yoshitaka Nagahashi⁴, Takashi Hasegawa², Akiko S. Goto², Takeshi Nakagawa⁵, Yoshimi Kubota⁶ (1.Kanazawa University, Graduate school of natural Science and Technology, 2.Kanazawa University, Institute of Science and Engineering, 3.Kochi University, Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, 4.Fukushima University, 5.Ritsumeikan University, 6.National Museum of Nature and Science, 7.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University)

*Yoshiaki Suzuki¹, Michinobu Kuwae², Ken Ikehara¹, Kazuno Arai³, Masafumi MURAYAMA³ (1.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.Ehime Univ., 3.Kochi Univ.)

*Yoko Ishiyama¹, Daizo Ishiyama¹, Kazuyoshi Yamada², Masafumi MURAYAMA³, Takeshi Hayashi⁴ (1.Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, 2.Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, 3.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 4.Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Akita University)

*Atsuko Amano¹, Jyh-Jaan Steven Huang², Ken Ikehara¹, Masafumi MURAYAMA³, Takuya Matsuzaki³ (1.National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.University of Innsbruck, 3.Kochi University)

Ryoma Setoguchi¹, *Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Akira Ijiri², Juichiro Ashi³, Takeyasu Yamagata⁴, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki⁴ (1.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, 2.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, 3.The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo , 4.The University Museum,The University of Tokyo)

*Kazumasa Oguri¹, Masashi Tsuchiya¹, Kiichiro Kawamura², Masafumi Murayama³, Akinori Yabuki¹, Yosaku Maeda¹, Hidetaka Nomaki¹, Shinsuke Kawagucci¹, Akimu Nakamura², Sanae Chiba¹ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Yamaguchi University, 3.Kochi University)

Wataru Katanoda¹, *Masafumi MURAYAMA¹, Akira Usui², Takeyasu Yamagata³, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki³ (1.Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, 2.Center for advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 3.The University Museum,The University of Tokyo)