GENERAL INFORMATION
- Title: Japan Trench Paleoseismology
- Expedition summary
- Sites: JTPS-01A, -02A, -05B, -06B, -07A, -09A, -10A; JTPC-01A, -02A, -03B, -05A, -08A, -09A; JTPN-02A, -05A, -07A, -09A, -10A (primary sites) JTPS-03A, -04A, -08A; JTPC-04A, -06B, -07A, -10A; JTPN-01A, -03A, -04A, -06A, -08A, -11A (alternate sites)
- Dates
Offshore: 13 April 2021 – 1 June 2021
Onshore: 14 February – 15 March 2022
Personal Sampling Party (PSP): 15 November – 6 December 2022 - Port: Departure from Yokosuka; mid cruise Port Call, Hachinohe; return to Yokosuka
- Co-Chief Scientists: Michael Strasser and Ken Ikehara
- Expedition Project Manager: Jeremy Everest
- Science Party
- Petrophysics Staff Scientist: Katharina Hochmuth
- MSP Outreach Officers: tba
- Drillships: Offshore R/V Kaimei; Onshore Science Party D/V Chikyu
- End of moratorium: one year from the last day of the OSP
- Post-cruise meeting: tbd
IODP Expedition 386 reached two new depth records in Scientific Ocean Drilling & Coring
- the deepest water site ever drilled and cored at the water depth of 8023 m
- the deepest sub-sea level sample recovered from 8060.74 mbsl (meters below sea level)
EXPEDITION MAP and LOGO


REPORTS and PUBLICATIONS
Pre expedition
- Proposal #866
- Scientific Prospectus
- Sampling and Measurement Plan
Reports & Blogs
- Ship reports (daily and weekly)
IODP Expedition Daily Reports from ESO – sign up here »
Daily reports » - Expedition blog: https://expedition386.wordpress.com/
- Onshore Science Party
Weekly reports » - Information webinar (video)
Publications
- Preliminary Report
- IODP Proceedings
- Expedition-related citations
DATA and SAMPLES
OUTREACH and MEDIA
CONTACT US

Michael Strasser
Co-chief Scientist

Ken Ikehara
Co-chief Scientist

Katharina Hochmuth
Petrophysics Staff Scientist