Research Expeditions
IODP Expedition 386: Japan Trench Paleoseismology
jointly implemented by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD)
Science Operator (ESO), and the Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) within the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
offshore Phase: Apr - Jun 2021
onshore science party: Oct -Nov 2021
Co-Chief Scientists: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Strasser, Dr. Ken Ikehara
R/V Sonne Expedition: to study Earthquake and Tsunami offshore Japan
(Oct 1 - Nov 2 2016): Michael Strasser and Jasper Moernaut along with PhD student Tobias Schwestermann and 3 Master students of the University of Innsbruck will participate on the upcoming research cruise of the RV Sonne along the coast of Japan.
(Click on the links for more information and weekly blog by the students)