Giovanni Bortoluzzi compiled and finalized the main body of this report. Luca Gasperini, Milene Cormier and Namik Cagatay, as co-chief scientists, contributed to the geological and scientific background and to the preliminary data analysis. Alina Polonia coordinated the Project from the Italian Side, was in charge of the preparation of the Cruise and gave substantial help in the revision of this document. All the participants to the cruise contributed to this report with their work and discussions aboard the R/V Urania.
When not already noted, most of the multibeam maps were produced by M.Cormier with the MB-SYSTEM and GMT softwares. When not already noticed, the photographs were taken by G.Marozzi.