Nankai Trough, Kumano-nada, Offshore Kii peninsula, Japan
Period
From 15 July to 20 August, 2010
Drilling Vessel
CHIKYU
Drilling Plan
The NanTroSEIZE Stage 3 is a very challenging expedition that will focus on drilling 6,000-7,000 meters below the seafloor deep into the seismogenic zone and across the plate interface into the subducting crust.
The Expedition 326 is to prepare the borehole for future ultra-deep riser drilling at the Site C0002 by installing the wellhead and casing pipe.
Expedition Science Party
Co-Chiefs Scientists
Masataka Kinoshita
Institute For Research on Earth Evolution, JAMSTEC (Japan)
Harold J. Tobin
Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, The Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Expedition Project Manager
Nobu Eguchi
IODP Department
Center for Deep Earth Exploration, JAMSTEC
