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CRUISE SUMMARY

SHIP: URANIA START: 1999-06-31 PORT DEPARTURE: CIVITAVECCHIA
END: 1999-08-04 PORT ARRIVAL: CIVITAVECCHIA
SEA/OCEAN:

1.: Atlantic Ocean
2.: Azores Islands
3.: Gibraltar Strait

LIMITS: NORTH: 39 SOUTH: 37.5 WEST: -29.5 EAST: -36.5
OBJECTIF:
STUDY OF THE TECTONIC AND PRESSURE CONTROLS ON THE GROWTH OF GIANT VOLCANIC RIDGES IN THE AZORES REGION (ATLANTIC OCEAN)
COORDINATING BODY: IGM CNR BOLOGNA (ITALY)
CHIEF SCIENTIST(S):

1.: Dr. Marco Ligi IGM-CNR

PARTICIPATING BODIES:

1.: DEPT. EARTH SC.- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2.: SOUTHAMPTON OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
3.: UNIVERSITY LISBON
4.: UNIVERSITY ALGARVE
5.: CENTRO RICERCHE MARINE AMBIENTE - ENEA
6.: CIEMAT - MADRID

DISCIPLINES:

1.: Earth Sciences

DATA TYPES:

1.: SIDE SCAN SONAR
2.: MAGNETISM
3.: VERTICAL AND SWATH BATHYMETRY
4.: OCEANOGRAPHY
5.: WATER SAMPLING
6.: METEREOLOGY

WORK DONE:

1.: TOBI RUNS AZORES
2.: TOBI SWATH BATHYMETRY
3.: CONTINUOUS MAGNETOMETRY BATHYMETRY
4.: 1 CTD 5 XBT AZORES
5.: 6 CTD/WATER SAMPLING GIBRALTAR
6.: CONTINUOUS METEREOLOGICAL DATA

LOCATION MAP(S):

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G.Bortoluzzi
1999-10-16