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CRUISE SUMMARY

SHIP: R/V Urania
START: 2004-12-28 PORT: NAPLES
END: 2005-01-28 PORT: VENICE
SEA/OCEAN: Red Sea
LIMITS: NORTH 28:00.0 SOUTH: 22:00.0 WEST: 33:00.0 EAST: 38:30.0
OBJECTIVE: MORPHOBATHYMETRIC, GEOPHYSICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND
OCEANOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE NORTHERN RED SEA
COORDINATING BODIES: ISMAR-Bologna BOLOGNA (ITALY)
CHIEF OF EXPEDITION: Enrico Bonatti (ISMAR-CNR)
PARTY CHIEF ISMAR: Marco Ligi (ISMAR-CNR)
CONTACT: marco.ligi@ismar.cnr.it
DISCIPLINES: MORPHOBATHYMETRY, MAGNETICS,
SBP, MCS, OCEANOGRAPHY, WATER SAMPLING, SEABED SAMPLING
WORK DONE: 6500 KM SURVEY + 2000 KM TRANSIT MULTIBEAM,
2460 KM MAGNETICS, 2900 KM SBP, 345 KM MCS
40 XBT, 12 CTD CASTS, 4 ROSETTE SAMPLES
12 DREDGES, 5 GRABS, 1 GRAVITY CORE,
ADCP, METEO, SURFACE TEMPERATURE/SALINITY

LOCALIZATION: figure

**Figure 3:** Ship track during Cruise RS05. The red dots are XBT stations.
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**Figure 4:** Ship tracks (Ship tracks, general: Multibeam, SBP, Magnetics lines (black), Multichannel lines (blue)
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**Figure 5:** Ship tracks, Thetis Deep Area: Multibeam, SBP, Magnetics lines (black), Multichannel lines (blue).
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**Figure 6:** Samples taken in the Thetis Deep Area. DR* = dredges, GR* = grabs, CR* = cores, BR* = Brine sampling, CTD* = CTD.
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**Figure 7:** Samples taken in the Northern Area. DR* = dredges, GR* = grabs, CR* = cores, BR* = Brine sampling, CTD* = CTD.
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2005-11-05