INITIAL RESULTS

Initial results are presented, in order to address the importance of the preliminary findings and processing sequence of the data acquired. As explained in Chapter 4, during the cruise we acquired:

• Multibeam bathymetric and backscatter data, with SVP casts ranging from 0 to 2000 m water depth.
• Magnetometric and gravimetric data
• Multichannel and Single-channel Seismic Reflection profiles
• Sub-bottom profiling
• Rock sampling