A major objectiv of the cruise as the identification of active faults by bathymetric mapping and HR and VHR (Chirp) seismic profiles, as well as chronology of major historic quakes by dating of turbidites.

Bathymetry of the central-southern Tyrrhenian Sea compiled by CNR-IGAG in order to illustrate the main geological features of the italian margin using multibeam echosounder.