Chikyū

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Chikyū is a Japanese deep-sea scientific drilling vessel designed to bore into the Earth’s crust for geologic and seismological research.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deep-sea drilling ship
research vessel
scientific drilling vessel
affiliation Japanese scientific community
international ocean drilling community
countryOfOrigin Japan
designedBy Japanese shipbuilders
designedFor boring into the Earth’s crust
deep-sea scientific drilling
fieldOfResearch earth science
geology
seismology
hasDrillingCapability deep-ocean floor drilling
scientific core sampling
hasFeature dynamic positioning system
onboard scientific laboratories
riser drilling system
launchCountry Japan NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Japanese
nameMeaning Earth NERFINISHED
operatesIn Nankai Trough region NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
operator JAMSTEC NERFINISHED
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology NERFINISHED
primaryUse geologic research
seismological research
programAffiliation Integrated Ocean Drilling Program NERFINISHED
International Ocean Discovery Program NERFINISHED
purpose improvement of earthquake and tsunami hazard understanding
investigation of Earth’s interior
researchGoal study of Earth’s crust structure
study of earthquake mechanisms
study of plate tectonics
study of subduction zones
usedFor collection of deep-sea core samples
monitoring of seismogenic zones
ocean floor drilling expeditions
vesselType drillship
ocean drilling vessel

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