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Del Gaudio, P., Di, Toro, G., Han, R., Hirose, T., Nielsen, S., Shimamoto, T., Cavallo, A.(2009) Frictional melting of periodotite and seismic slip. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B06306. doi: 10.1029/2008JB005990.

Byrne, T., Lin, W., Tsutsumi, A., Yamamoto, Y., Lewis, J.C., Kanagawa, K., Kitamura, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Kimura, G. (2009). Anelastic strain recovery reveals extension across SW Japan subduction zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 36, L23310, doi:10.1029/2009GL040749.

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Masui, N., Morono, Y., Inagaki, F. (2009) Bio-archive core storage and subsampling procedure for subseafloor molecular biological research. Sci. Drilling, 8, 35-37.

Misawa, K., Kohono, M., Tomiyama, T., Noguchi, T., Nakamura, T., Nagano, K., Mikouchi, T., Nishiizumi, K.(2009) Two extraterrestrial dust korizons found in the Dome Fuji ice core, East Antarctica. Earth Planetary. Science Letter. , Vol. 289, issues 1-2, 287-297.

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Machiyama, H., Kinoshita, M., Takeuchi, R., Matsumoto, R., Yamano, M, Hamamoto, H., Hiromatsu, M., Satoh, M., Komatsubara, J. (2009) Heat flow distribution around the Joetsu gas hydrate field, Western Joetsu Basin, Eastern Margin of the Japan Sea. Journal of Geography. 118(5) 986-1007 2009.

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Machiyama, H., Matsumoto, R,. and Hiromatsu, M. (2009) Pictorial 2: ROV observation of Sea-floor Methane Hydrate and Methane-seep-induced, Characteristic Collapse Structures. Journal of Geography, 118(1), ii.

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