Giovanni Bortoluzzi wrote and finalized the main body of this report, in addition to being involved in the general organization and execution of the project.
D.Penitenti and G.Carrara took in charge the swath bathymetry data acquisition and processing. They wrote chapter 4.1, in addition to producing and finalizing the DTMs and cartographic production of both the 1996 and 1999 data. P.Fabretti helped with the processing of the second leg of TIR96. D.Penitenti was also responsible of the positioning data.
N.Zitellini was chief scientist for the first leg of TIR96, whereas M.Marani lead the second leg of TIR96 and the whole TIR99 cruise. They wrote the Geological Settings (part 1.1).
M.Tonani wrote the chapters regarding the Oceanographic Settings (1.2) and the analysis of the XBT-XCTD data of TIR99 (3.4.2).