1. Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, Chiba Institute of Technology
2. Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
3. Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
4. Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
5. Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University
6. Department of Solid Earth Geochemistry, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
7. Department of Marine Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University
8. Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
9. Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
10. Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
11. Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
12. Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)