Cruise BIGSETS 1998 was designed to accomplish two major tasks: (a) the geological and geophysical definition of the inferred seismogenetic area off C.S.Vicente SARTORI1994, TORELLI1997, by mean of multichannel reflection survey, magnetics and SBP, and (2) the sampling of the seabed to constrain the age of deformation and detect fault displacements recorded in the sediment coverage, by means of gravity and piston corers.
After the approval of the Project by EC, the Italian Group made an application for ship's time to CNR, and a 40 days cruise with R/V Urania was scheduled for November 1998.
The cruise took place from 30-oct-1998 to 9-dec-1998, with two port calls to Cartagena for mobilization and demobilization of the Spanish equipment.
Hereafter, a description of the equipment and of their usage is given, along with details of the general setting and performances, as well as some preliminary results and concluding remarks.