*Erika Tanaka^1,2,3, Kazutaka Yasukawa³, Takashi Miyazaki¹, Bogdan S. Vaglarov¹, Ann Dunlea⁴, Ingrid Hendy⁵, Expedition 378 Science Party⁶ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology, 2.Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4.Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 5.University of Michigan, 6.List of scientific participants (http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/precruise/southpacific/participants.html))

*Kakeru Ikegami¹, Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Erika Tanaka^3,2,1, Junichiro Ohta^1,2, Yusuke Kuwahara¹, Moei Yano^2,1, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,1, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Yasuhiro Kato^1,2 (1.Department of Systems innovation, School Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2.ORCeNG, Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.Reserch Institute for Marine Geodynamics, JAMSTEC)

*Yusuke Kuwahara¹, Kazutaka Yasukawa^3,1, Junichiro Ohta^3,2, Moei Yano^2,3, Kazuhide Mimura², Erika Tanaka⁴, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,3, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Yasuhiro Kato^3,1 (1.Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2.Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4.Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)