*Arisa Seki¹, David Hodell², Stephen Obrochta³, Timothy Herbert⁴, Antje Voelker^5,6 (1. Fukada Geological Institute, 2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, 3. Graduate School of International Resource Science, Akita University, 4. Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 5. Marine Geology Division, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), 6. Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), the University of Algarve)

*Shunya Kaneki¹, Kuniyuki Miyazaki¹ (1. AIST)

*Hayu Ota¹, Junichiro Kuroda¹, Maria L.G. Tejada², Akira Ishikawa³, Katsuhiko Suzuki², Yusuke Kubo⁴ (1. Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, 2. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4. Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Masakazu Fujii^1,2, Yumiko Harigane³, Kazuki Yoshida⁴, Yuya Akamatsu⁵, Chie Kato⁶ (1. National Institute of Polar Research, 2. SOKENDAI, 3. GSJ, AIST, 4. KEK, 5. JAMSTEC, 6. Kyushu Univ.)

*Maria Luisa Tejada¹, Akira Ishikawa², Katsuhiko Suzuki³ (1. Volcano and Earth Interior Research Center, Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, 3. Submarine Resources Research Center, Institute for Marine Resources Utilization, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Yoshitaka Hashimoto¹, Anthony Shorrock¹⁰, Dina Hanifah³, Yang ZHAO¹¹, Stephen Bowden¹³, Yu-Chun Chang⁷, Pauline Cornard³, Paula Diz⁹, Nobuhisa Eguchi⁷, Seiya Fujishima¹⁵, Rina Fukuchi¹⁹, Maria Gea², Tatsuhiko Hoshino⁷, Jussi Hovikosko¹⁷, Tzu-Hao Huang⁵, Mutsumi Iizuka²⁰, Takashi Ishizawa²¹, Hiroshi Kitazato¹⁶, Christian März⁵, Mishelle Muthre¹², Natsumi Okutsu⁷, Charlotte Pizer², Claudio Robustelli Test⁸, Yasufumi Satoguchi²², Michael Stipp¹⁴, Margaret Stewart¹⁸, Lorna Strachan¹⁰, Sean Toczko⁷, Wenjie Xiao⁶, Shogen Yamagishi⁴, Yuhji Yamamoto¹, Yuka Yokoyama²³, Matthias Zabel³, Rena Maeda⁷, Ken Ikehara²⁰, Michael Strasser² (1. Kochi University, 2. University of Innsbruck, 3. MARUM, University of Bremen, 4. Akita University, 5. University of Bonn, 6. University of Southern Denmark, 7. JAMSTEC, 8. University of Turin, 9. Universidade de Vigo, 10. University of Auckland, 11. University of Tokyo, 12. CNRS, Université de Rennes, 13. University of Aberdeen, 14. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 15. Kyoto University, 16. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 17. Geological Survey of Finland, 18. British Geological Survey, 19. Naruto University of Education, 20. AIST, 21. Tohoku University, 22. Lake Biwa Museum, 23. Tokai University)