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 data
• CTD and SVP casts ranging from 0 to 1800 m water depth.
• magnetometric data
• MCS
• SBP
• Current meter data
• water samples
• bottom samples (dredges, grabs, cores)