AUTHORSHIP

N. Zitellini, L. Matias and M. Rovere compiled and finalized the main body of this report. 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 maps were produced by the GMT software. The front page figure shows the focal mechanism of the 12/10/2002 earthquake, occurred at sea during the VOLTAIRE 2002 cruise and recorded by the inland Portuguese seismic network.