ISTITUTO PER LA GEOLOGIA MARINA - CNR BOLOGNA
TECHNICAL REPORT N. 53

TECTONIC AND PRESSURE CONTROLS ON THE GROWTH OF GIANT VOLCANIC RIDGES
IN THE AZORES REGION (ATLANTIC OCEAN).

REPORT ON TOBI SIDE-SCAN SONAR,
SWATH BATHYMETRY, SBP PROFILING, AND MAGNETIC
INVESTIGATIONS DURING CRUISE AZ99.

THE IGM-CNR, OXFORD, TOBI-SOC AND PORTUGUESE TEAMS

Bologna - October 1999

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IGM-CNR Cataloging-In-Publication data TECHNICAL REPORT IGM-CNR N.: 53
AZ99 Cruise Technical Report / by G.Bortoluzzi, G.Carrara, F.Gamberi, M.Marani, M.Ligi, D.Penitenti, R.Portaro, G.Centorami, M.Rovere, N.Mitchell, C.Jacobs, I.Rouse, C.Flewellen, S.Whittle, J.Freyre Luis, N.Lourenco, P.Terrinha
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
1. Azores 2. TOBI 3. Geophysics

Abstract:

A summary of the ship-board activities of a side scan sonar and swath bathymetry (TOBI) and magnetics survey around the Azores I. (AZ99, july 1999) is presented. The survey used R/V Urania of CNR for 35 days, inclusive of transits from and to Civitavecchia. Along with a description of technical details of the equipment employed, we discuss problems regarding data acquisition and quality.

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Cruise navigation and metereological (every 5 min) and CTD-XBT data available for download

Copyright ©1999 by IGM-CNR.

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