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A new multi-grid bathymetric dataset of the Gulf of Naples (Italy) from complementary multi-beam echo sounders
Federica Foglini
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Marzia Rovere
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Renato Tonielli
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Giorgio Castellan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
NBFC – National Biodiversity Future Centre, Palermo, Italy
Mariacristina Prampolini
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
NBFC – National Biodiversity Future Centre, Palermo, Italy
Francesca Budillon
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Marco Cuffaro
CNR – IGAG – National Research Council, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Rome, Italy
Gabriella Di Martino
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Valentina Grande
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Sara Innangi
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Maria Filomena Loreto
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Leonardo Langone
CNR – ISP – National Research Council, Institute of Polar Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Fantina Madricardo
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Alessandra Mercorella
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Paolo Montagna
CNR – ISP – National Research Council, Institute of Polar Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Camilla Palmiotto
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Claudio Pellegrini
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Antonio Petrizzo
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Lorenzo Petracchini
CNR – IGAG – National Research Council, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Rome, Italy
Alessandro Remia
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Marco Sacchi
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Daphnie Sanchez Galvez
CNR – ISMAR – National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Anna Nora Tassetti
CNR – IRBIM – National Research Council, Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, Ancona, Italy
Fabio Trincardi
CNR – DSSTTA – National Research Council, Department of Earth Systems Science and Environmental Technologies, Rome, Italy
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In 2022, the new CNR research vessel Gaia Blu explored the seabed of the Naples and Pozzuoli gulfs and the Amalfi coastal area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) from 50–2000 m water depth, covering 5000 m2 of seafloor. This paper describes data acquisition and processing and provides maps in unprecedented detail of this area affected by geological changes and human impacts. The findings support future geological and geomorphological investigations and mapping and monitoring of the seafloor and habitats.
In 2022, the new CNR research vessel Gaia Blu explored the seabed of the Naples and Pozzuoli...
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