*Wei-Cheng Hsiung^1,2, Hui-Ling Lin², Horng-Sheng Mii³, Ken Ikehara⁴, Takuya Itaki⁴, Yuan-Pin Chang² (1.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan, 2.Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, R.O.C., 3.Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, R.O.C., 4.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan)

*Seiko Yamasaki¹, Ayumu Miyakawa¹, Takuya Itaki¹ (1.Geological Survey of Japan, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

*Nobuo Geshi¹, Keiko Matsumoto¹, Ayumu Miyakawa², Takuya Itaki² (1.Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.Research Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

*Yoshiaki Suzuki¹, Takuya Itaki¹, Hajime Katayama¹, Naotomo Kaneko¹, Naoki Saito¹, Yumiko Harigane¹, Osamu Ishizuka¹, Koji Seike¹, Scientists of GB21-1/2/3/GB22-1/2/KH-22-2/KH-23-1 cruises (1.Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

*Atsuko Amano¹, Takuya Itaki¹, Natsuyo Uchida², Kosuke Tanaka², Go Suzuki² (1.National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.National Institute for Environmental Studies)

*Mutusmi Iizuka¹, Osamu Seki², David J Wilson³, Yusuke Suganuma⁴, Keiji Horikawa⁵, Tina van de Flierdt⁶, Minoru Ikehara⁷, Takuya Itaki¹, Tomohisa Irino², Masanobu Yamamoto², Motohiro Hirabayashi⁴, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki⁸, Saiko Sugisaki¹, Ryosuke Makabe⁴, Motoha Ojima⁴, Shigeru Aoki² (1.The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.Hokkaido University, 3.University College London, 4.National Institute of Polar Research, 5.University of Toyama, 6.Imperial College London, London, 7.Kochi University, 8.The University of Tokyo)

*Yuri YAMAZAKI¹, Yusuke SUGANUMA^2,1, Takuya ITAKI³, Atsuko AMANO³, Takeshige ISHIWA^2,1, Kosei E. YAMAGUCHI⁴ (1.The Graduate University for Advanced Studies , 2.National Insititute of Polar Research, 3.Geological Survey of Japan AIST, 4.Toho University)

*Takuya Itaki¹, Ayumu Miyakawa¹, Minoru Ikehara³, Hiroki Matsui⁴, Yusuke Suganuma² (1.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2.National Institute of Polar Research, 3.Kochi University, 4.Akita University)

*Keiko Takehara¹, Yuji Kato², Yoshihiro Nakayama³, Takuya Itaki⁴, Xiangyu Zhao⁵, Yusuke Suganuma⁶, Vigan Mensah³, Osamu Seki³, Kay I. Ohshima³, Minoru Ikehara² (1.Kochi university Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, 2.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 3.Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, 4.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 5.Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 6.National Institute of Polar Research)

*Mahsa Saeidi Ortakand¹, Yoshimi Kubota¹, Takuya Itaki² (1.National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Geology and Paleontology, 2.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

*Kenji Matsuzaki¹, Takuya Sagawa², Yoshiaki Suzuki³, Tomohisa Irino⁴, Ken Ikehara³, Shin-ichi Kamikuri⁵, Takuya Itaki³ (1.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The university of Tokyo, 2.Kanazawa University, 3.Geological Survey of Japan, 4.Hokkaido University, 5.Ibaraki University)

*Kantaro Yamada¹, Tomohiro Toki², Hironori Otsuka¹, Takuya Itaki³, Masafumi MURAYAMA⁴, Akira Ijiri¹ (1.Kobe University, 2.University of the Ryukyus, 3.Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 4.Kochi University)

*Hironori Otsuka¹, Akira Ijiri², RYO NAKANISHI³, Rina Fukuchi⁴, Tatsuhiko Hoshino⁵, Tomohiro Toki⁶, Takuya Itaki⁷, Kazuya Kitada⁵, Miho Asada⁷, Mako Nakao⁹, Yu Suzuki⁹, Yashunari Hatano⁸, Makoto Matsushita⁸, Kanji Tatsumi², Takeru Yoshimoto², KH-23-4 shipboard scientists (1.KOBEC, Kobe University, 2.Kobe University, 3.Kyoto University, 4.Naruto university of Education, 5.JAMSTEC, 6.University of the Ryukyus, 7.AIST, 8.Kochi University, 9.MOLMEC)

*Rina Fukuchi¹, YANG ZHAO², Akira Ijiri³, Takuya Itaki⁴, Takeru Yoshimoto³, Asuka Yamaguchi², Masafumi Murayama⁵, Hironori Otsuka³, Tomohiro Toki⁶, Tatsuhiko Hoshino⁷, KH-23-4 shipboard scientists (1.Naruto university of Education, 2.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo , 3.Kobe University, 4.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 5.Kochi University, 6.University of the Ryukyus, 7.Japan Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

*Yui Yoshizaki¹, Kei Okamura², Takuro Noguchi², Mayumi Hatta², Tatsuhiko Hoshino³, Makoto Takeuchi⁴, Takuya Itaki⁵, Saki Toyama⁶, Yudai Kobayashi¹, Kaho Tsukahara², Rentaro Yamashita², Shigeyoshi Otosaka⁴, Akira Ijiri¹ (1.Kobe University, 2.Kochi University, 3.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 4.Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 6.Marine Works Japan Ltd.)