■Southern Ocean Cruise KH-10-7 (Dec 14, 2010 - Jan 21, 2011)

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■The Kochi University research project started (2010.4.1)

Research Center for Global Environmental Change by Earth Drilling Sciences (2010-2015)

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■Farewell party for graduate students was held (2010.3.23)

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■The research paper was published in Journal of Quaternary Science.

IKEHARA, M., D. AKITA, and A. MATSUDA, Enhanced marine productivity in the Kuroshio region off Shikoku during the last glacial period inferred from the accumulation and carbon isotopes of sedimentary organic matter, Journal of Quaternary Science, 24 (8), 848-855, 2009.

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■Ikehara participated to the IODP Expedition 323 (Bering Sea Paleoceanography) from July 5 to September 4, 2009.