BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

FAUCES-1 Cruise (29SG20170925) carried out on the Research Vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa in 2017, The FAUCES-1 cruise is an activity carried out within the framework of the Spanish project entitled “Fauces” (CTM2015-65461-C2-R). The project addresses the study of marine geological hazards, with special emphasis on sedimentary instabilities associated with three submarine canyons located on the Mediterranean continental margins of southern Iberia (Palomares and Alboran margins). During the cruise will acquire data in specific areas along the submarine canyons axis and margins (Almanzora-Alías-Garrucha canyon head on the continental margin of Palomares, and the La Linea and Guadiaro canyon heads on the Alboran margin) with the aim of fit into the main objectives of the project: 1) to determine the geomorphology and geological evolution of the canyons, during the Quaternary, their processes and controlling factors; 2) to analyze the slope-stability of canyon heads by means of sedimentary and geotechnical characterizations; and 3) to establish the key elements and geological processes that can represent a potential hazard