========================================
CHIKYU MAIL NEWS Vol.128, April 28th 2009

This mail news service provides you with information
about the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu" and
science and technology for the IODP Earth exploration.

CHIKYU HAKKEN WEB SITE
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/
========================================
----------------------------------------
[Update]
IODP NanTroSEIZE Stage2 Special Site is Now Open!
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/eng/Expedition/NantroSEIZE/special.html
----------------------------------------
The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
(NanTroSEIZE) Stage 2 expeditions is about to go from
May 2009. During the seagoing expeditions, the latest report
and photo from shipboard members will be available.
Be sure to catch up the updates on scientist's report and
drilling operations for international research project.

IODP NanTroSEIZE Stage 2 Special Page:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/eng/Expedition/NantroSEIZE/special.html

----------------------------------------
[Update]
The Latest Issue of CDEX Newsletter Avaiable Online!
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/eng/Library/index.html
----------------------------------------
CDEX Newsletter "CHIKYU HAKKEN - Earth Discovery - (Vol.7)" is
published and available online at following address;
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/eng/Library/index.html

Contents:
SPECIAL TOPIC 1: NanTroSEIZE: Towards Stage 2
In 2007 - 2008, Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu conducted
the Stage 1 Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
(NanTroSEIZE) expeditions under the Integrated Ocean Drilling
Program (IODP). This Spring (2009), Chikyu will proceed to
Stage 2 and start deep sea drilling anew at the Kumano Basin
off the Kii Peninsula. Stage 1 produced tremendous results.
For the first time in the world, a core sample was directly
extracted from the Megasplay fault at the central section
of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism. In Stage 2,
riser drilling will be carried out for the first time in the
history of scientific drilling. With the aim of better
understanding of the mechanisms that govern the development
of major ocean-trench type earthquakes and tsunamis,
preparations will start in 2009 for the future installation
of a borehole observation system that will provide realtime
data from the Nankai Trough plate subduction zone. (continue...)

SPECIAL TOPIC 2: IODP Challenges of the Mysteries of Earth Science 
GRAFIC GUIDE: Long term Borehole Monitoring System 
DISCOVER the Earth: Science Team will Reveal Past Climate Changes
via Drilling in the Bering Sea
FACE: IODP Project Staff -IODP Curator-
CDEX DECK: Chikyu Event Information 
FOR THE FUTURE: This is the year when IODP breaks through 
CLOSE UP: Meet the Chikyu at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

========================================
CHIKYU MAIL NEWS
To subscribe or unsubscribe,
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/eng/mailnews/

CHIKYU HAKKEN web site introduces you to every
aspect of the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu" and
science and technology for the IODP Earth exploration.
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is an
international marine research drilling program dedicated
to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth by
monitoring and sampling sub seafloor environments.
IODP drilling operations aboard the Chikyu are managed by
JAMSTEC through CDEX, Japan Implementing Organization.
http://www.iodp.org

"CHIKYU HAKKEN" means Discover the Earth in Japanese.
=========================================