*Chris Conway¹, Kyoko Kataoka², Kenichiro Tani³, Osamu Ishizuka¹, Hajime Taniuchi¹ (1.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2.Niigata University, 3.National Museum of Nature and Science)

*Yoshihiko Tamura¹, Tomoki Sato¹, Osamu Ishizuka², Iona McIntosh¹, Kenta Yoshida¹, Fukashi Maeno³ (1.Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Maine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.AIST, 3.ERI, University of Tokyo)

*Trinh Thi My Nguyen¹, Susumu Umino¹, Takahiro Fudai², Yuki Kusano³, Osamu Ishizuka³, Akihiro Tamura¹, Tomoaki Morishita¹ (1.Kanazawa university, 2.Pacific Cement, Co. Ltd., 3.AIST)

*Osamu Ishizuka^1,9, Kenichiro Tani², Rex N Taylor³, Susumu Umino⁴, Izumi Sakamoto⁵, Yuka Yokoyama⁵, Gen Shimoda¹, Yumiko Harigane¹, Yasuhiko Ohara^6,9,10, Chris E Conway¹, Americus Perez⁷, Shun Sekimoto⁸ (1.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2.National Museum of Nature and Science, 3.University of Southampton, 4.Kanazawa University, 5.Tokai University, 6.Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan, 7.Philippine Nuclear Research Institute,, 8.Kyoto University, 9.JAMSTEC, 10.Nagoya University)

*Yoshiaki Suzuki¹, Koji Seike¹, Yuki Tokuda², Yohei Taketomo³, Osamu Ishizuka¹ (1.Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.Tottori University of Environmental Studies, 3.Ocean Engineering & Development Co., Ltd.)

*Hiroshi Sato¹, Shiki Machida², Kana Ashida², Ryoko Senda³, Osamu Ishizuka⁴, Christine MEYZEN⁵, Michael BIZIMIS⁶, Taichi Sato⁴, Masakazu Fujii^7,8, Yoshifumi Nogi^7,8 (1.School of Business Administration, Senshu University, 2.Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, Chiba Institute of Technology, 3.Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 4.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 5.Università degli Studi di Padova, 6.University of South Carolina, 7.National Institute of Polar Research, 8.School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI)

*Kyoko Okino¹, Yasuhiko Ohara², Yumiko Harigane³, Osamu Ishizuka³, Kenichiro Tani⁴, Masakazu Fujii⁵, Takaaki Moriguchi¹ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2.Japan Coast Guard/JAMSTEC/Nagoya University , 3.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 4.National Museum of Nature and Science, 5.National Institute of Polar Research)