Reconstruction of the Paleoproterozoic deeper ocean environment: Preliminary Report of the Ghana Birimian Greenstone Belt Drilling Project (GHB)

Shoichi Kiyokawa1, Satoshi Yoshimaru2, Tsubasa Miki2, Shiono Sakai2, Minoru Ikehara3, Kosei E Yamaguchi4, Takashi Ito5, Tetsuji Onoue6, Mami Takehara7, George M Tetteh8 and Frank K Nyame9, (1)Kyushu University, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Fukuoka, Japan, (2)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, (3)Kochi University, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Nankoku, Japan, (4)NASA Astrobiology Institute, ., United States, (5)Ibaraki University, Faculty of Education, Mito, Japan, (6)Kumamoto University, Faculty of Science, Kumamoto, Japan, (7)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (8)university of mine and technology at Tarkwa, Geology, Tarawa, Ghana, (9)University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana