IODP Expedition 405 "JTRACK: Hiromu Akamatsu - Dynamic Positioning Operator"

IODP Exp.405 JTRACK will drill into the Japan Trench subduction zone with the goal of finding out what controls shallow slip during great earthquakes.
Exp. 405 will visit two sites; one in a transect across the trench from undisturbed sedimentary rocks on the incoming Pacific Plate; the second, in a site that will access the fault zone in the region of large, shallow slip observed during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake.
Hiromu Akamatsu, works on Chikyu as a Dynamic Positioning Operator (DPO). The DPO is responsible for the control of the Dynamic Positioning System, which keeps Chikyu's position stationary relative to the sea floor. Hiromu enjoys being a DPO, and he also enjoys the challenge of working aboard with people and researchers from many nations.

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