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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PREVIOUS DRILLING ALONG THE JAPAN TRENCH

TECTONIC AND SEISMIC SETTING

OPERATIONS STRATEGY

SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES

Dynamic Sliding of the Subducting Plate and Earthquake Process

Earthquake Source Studies

High-Resolution Geometry of the Plate Boundary

Miocene and Younger Volcanic Ash Stratigraphy in the Western Pacific

Subsidence History Across the Continental Slope to Constrain the Processes of Tectonic Erosion

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS

REFERENCES

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