| Institution | Country | Representative | Email |
| AIST | Japan | Eikichi Tsukuda |
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| Alfred-Wegener-Institut | Germany | Prof. Dr. Ralf Tiedmann |
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| British Geological Survey | UK | John Ludden |
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| Cardiff University | UK | Julian Pearce |
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| ETH,Geological Institute and ScNAT | Switzerland | Hans R. Thierstein |
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| European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) | France | Daniel Prieur |
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| Florida State University | USA | Leroy Odom |
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| Hokkaido University | Japan | Noriyuki Suzuki |
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| IFM-GEOMAR | Germany | Peter Herzig |
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| JAMSTEC/IFREE | Japan | Yoshiyuki Tatsumi |
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| IPG-Paris | France | Vincent Courtillot |
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| Kochi University | Japan | Iwao Watanabe |
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| Kyushu University | Japan | Kozo Takahashi |
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| Lamont Doherty Earth Obs. | USA | Michael Purdy |
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| Rutgers University | USA | Dennis Kent |
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| Texas A&M University | USA | Steve Bohlen |
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| Tohoku University | Japan | Akira Ishiwatari |
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| Tokai University | Japan | Toshiyasu Nagao |
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| Tongji University | China | Pinxian Wang |
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| Universitaet Bremen | Germany | Gerold Wefer |
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| University of Bergen | Norway | Olav Eldholm |
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| Univ of California, San Diego | USA | John Orcutt |
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| Univ of California, Santa Cruz | USA | Eli Silver |
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| University of Hawaii | USA | Brian Taylor |
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| University of Leicester | UK | Michael Lovell |
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| University of Miami | USA | Christopher Harrison |
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| National Oceanography Centre, Southampton | UK | Mike Coffin |
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| University of Texas at Austin | USA | Peter Flemings |
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| University of Tokyo | Japan | Toshihiko Kanazawa |
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| University of Washington | USA | Russell E. McDuff |
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| Vrije Universiteit | The Netherlands | Jan Smit |
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | USA | Susan Humphris |
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