Ogheneworo Offeh², Colin Taylor², Simone Fyfe², Akira Ijiri³, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi¹, Yuzuru Yamamoto^4,1, *Stephen Alan Bowden^1,2 (1.Kobe Ocean Bottom Exploration Centre, Kobe University, Kobe, 2.School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., 3.Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, 4.Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)

*Akira Ijiri¹, Naotaka Tomioka², Shigeyuki Wakaki², Harue Masuda³, Katsumi Shozugawa⁴, Sunghan Kim⁶, Boo-Keun Khim⁵, Masafumi MURAYAMA⁷, Motoyuki Matsuo⁴, Fumio Inagaki² (1.Kobe University, 2.JAMSTEC, 3.Osaka City University, 4.The University of Tokyo, 5.Pusan National University, 6.Korea Polar Research Institute, 7.Kochi University)

*Yuji Kato¹, Yuki Morono², Akira Ijiri³, Takeshi Terada⁴, Minoru Ikehara⁵ (1.Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 2.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3.Kobe University, 4.Marine Work Japan, 5.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University)

*Akira Ijiri¹, Tomohiro Toki², Masafumi MURAYAMA³, Tatsuhiko Hoshino⁴, Ryoma Setoguchi³, Yuki Mitsutome², Hirotaka Miyamoto³, Koji Tashiro³, Kohma Yasumura², Yudai Kobayashi¹, Kantaro Yamada¹, Yui Yoshizaki¹, Hironori Otsuka¹, Moe Kato⁵ (1.Kobe University, 2.University of the Ryukyus, 3.Kochi University, 4.JAMSTEC, 5.Kanazawa University)

*Rina Fukuchi¹, Miho Asada², Kiichiro Kawamura³, Mikiya Yamashita², Yusuke Yamashita⁴, Masao IWAI⁵, Akira Ijiri⁶, Tomohiro Toki⁷ (1.Naruto university of Education, 2.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 3.Yamaguchi University, 4.Kyoto University, 5.Kochi University, 6.Kobe University, 7.University of the Ryukyus)

*Tatsuhiko Hoshino¹, Tomohiro Toki², Takuroh Noguchi³, Juichiro Ashi⁴, Masafumi MURAYAMA³, Akira Ijiri⁵ (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 3.Research and Education Faculty, Kochi University, 4.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5.Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University)

*Takami Nobuhara¹, Hakuichi Koike, Akira Ijiri² (1.Science Education (Geology), Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University, 2.Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University)

*Man-Yin Tsang¹, Shin Toyoda², Jun-ichiro Ishibashi³, Stephen Bowden^3,4, Akira Ijiri¹, Shigeyuki Wakaki⁵, Satoshi Tonai⁶, Yuki Morono⁵, Yuzuru Yamamoto¹ (1.Kobe University, 2.Okayama University of Science, 3.Kobe Ocean-Bottom Exploration Center, 4.University of Aberdeen, 5.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 6.Kochi University)