Japanese Drilling Vessel CHIKYU (IMAGE)

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International

Japanese Drilling Vessel CHIKYU

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Japan's contribution to IODP, the CHIKYU, will be joined by a U.S.-sponsored drilling vessel (currently undergoing rehabilitation and as yet unnamed) off the coast of Japan in Sept. 2007, when international teams of IODP scientists will investigate how and why earthquakes and tsunamis occur.

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IODP/Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX), Japan

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