The cruise MAGIC ISMAR 09/10 is aimed at the acquisition of multibeam ecometric data in the map sheets of the southern Adriatic sea that are under ISMAR competence: Lecce (map sheet 50), Otranto (map sheet 49) and Tricase (map sheet 48). During the oceanographic cruise, the acquisition of only the area of depth less than 120 m in map sheet 50, of the platform area and internal continental slope in map sheet 48 is planned.

The thematic maps that will be created will constitute a cognitive tool that the Civil Protection Department will have at its disposal for the management of territorial risks, but also a basis for research activities in marine areas that are geologically and largely still little known. 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.