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2009

9/1-10/10

NanTroSEIZE Stage 2 Exp. 319 starts

9/5-11/4

IODP Exp. 324 Shatsky Rise

10/3,10,
17,24

Live event between Joides Resolution and National Museum

10/17,
18

Open ship of CHIKYU at Shingu port in Wakayama

2009 October 9th

[IODP News Release]
Scientists Obtain Rocks Moving into Seismogenic Zone

October 9, 2009 - Shingu, Japan - An international group of scientists aboard the CHIKYU will return from a 40-day scientific expedition.

2009 September 3rd

[IODP News Release]
Scientists return from first ever riser drilling operations in seismogenic zone

The CHIKYU successfully completed riser drilling operations on Aug. 31, for IODP Expedition 319, Stage 2 of the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE).

2009 August 17th

[IODP News Release]
Ocean-drilling expedition cites new evidence related to origin and evolution of seismogenic faults

New research about what triggers earthquakes, authored by NanTroSEIZE Stage 1 science party appear in the Aug. 16 2009 issue of Nature Geoscience (online version).

2009 July 30th

[IODP News Release]
Researchers on Chikyu Report Successful Riser-Drilling

Under harsh weather and ocean conditions and the complex geological characteristics, the expedition team successfully drilled down to a final depth of 1,603.7 meters beneath the sea floor.

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