The goal of cruise MAGIC ISMAR 02/10 is to acquire geophysical data "shallow waters"in the map sheets of eastern Sardinia that are the responsibility of ISMAR: Tavolara (map sheet 55), Orosei (map sheet 56), Arbatax (map sheet 57) and Costarei (map sheet 58).

The continental shelf and slope are quite vast (up to 20-25 km) in the northern part of the eastern Sardinian margin, while they narrow southward where the continental shelf is completely absent, for example in the Gulf of Orosei. MaGIC Project is funded by the Italian Civil Protection Department for the acquisition of high-resolution morphobatimetric data along Italian continental margins. Is expected the production of “Map of the elements of geohazards of the Itralian Seas”, consisting of 72 map sheets at scale 1:50.000, of which 19 pertaining to ISMAR-CNR UOS Bologna. For each sheet there are four thematic maps. They highlight different aspects of the geohazard and the different scales at which it can be investigated and represented.