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

Reports & Blogs

Publications

DATA and SAMPLES

  • Core data

  • Logging data

OUTREACH and MEDIA

Docs

Photos & Videos

  • Videos (offshore operations)
  • Expedition photo gallery

Media

CONTACT US

Michael Strasser
Co-chief Scientist

Ken Ikehara
Co-chief Scientist

Jeremy Everest
Expedition Project Manager

Lena Maeda
MarE3 Expedition 386 Liasion

Katharina Hochmuth
Petrophysics Staff Scientist