*Mizuki Ogasawara¹, Junichiro Ohta^1,2, Mizuki Ishida¹, Moei Yano^2,1, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,1, Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Yasuhiro Kato^1,2 (1.The University of Tokyo, 2.Chiba Institute of Technology)

*Shota Fuji¹, Mizuki Ishida¹, Junichiro Ohta^1,2, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,1, Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Yasuhiro Kato^1,2 (1.School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, 2.ORCeNG, Chiba Institute of Technology)

*Takahiro Kitazawa¹, Kazuhide Mimura^2,1, Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Junichiro Ohta^1,2, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,1, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Yasuhiro Kato^1,2 (1.School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2.ORCeNG, Chiba Institute of Technology)

*Kazuhide Mimura^1,2, Kentaro Nakamura^2,1, Kazuhiro Takao², Kazutaka Yasukawa², Yasuhiro Kato^2,1 (1.Chiba Institute of Technology, Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, 2.School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)

*Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Akito Aichi¹, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Tatsuo Nozaki^3,1,4,2, Yutaro Takaya^1,3, Mizuki Ishida¹, Yasuhiro Kato^1,2 (1.School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2.Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.Submarine Resources Research Center, JAMSTEC, 4.Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)

*Haruhito Takuma¹, Kazuhide Mimura², Moei Yano², Junichiro Ohta¹, Koichiro Fujinaga¹, Kazutaka Yasukawa¹, Kentaro Nakamura¹, Yasuhiro Kato¹ (1.School of Engineering Univ. Tokyo, 2.ORCeNG, Chiba Institute of Technology)

*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))

*Moei Yano^1,2, Junichiro Ohta^2,1, Koichiro Fujinaga^1,2, Kazutaka Yasukawa², Kentaro Nakamura^2,1, Yasuhiro Kato^2,1 (1.Chiba Institute of Technology, 2.The University of Tokyo)

*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)

*Makoto Yazaki¹, Kentaro Nakamura^1,2, Shiki Machida², Kazutaka Yasukawa^3,1, Koichiro Fujinaga^2,3, Yasuhiro Kato^3,1,2 (1.Department of Systems Innovation, the University of Tokyo, 2.ORCeNG, Chiba institute of technology, 3.FRCER, the University of Tokyo)