BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

MAYC-95 Cruise (29HE19951004) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1995, Continental margin and deep basins: sedimentary record variable. During the campaign of October 1995 two types of scientific activities have been carried out: 1) Physical oceanography studies in transit between Cartagena and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 10 CTD stations up to 1000 m and 70 XBT stations up to 800 m. Continuous measurements with thermosalinograph and currents with ADCP. The salinity of the samples was calculated with the autosal. 2) Studies of marine geology on the continental margin of Agadir and the Agadir basin (Morocco): 13 seismic profiles of air cannons and TOPAS system, 3 EM-2 echosounder profiles, 13 gravimetric and magnetometric profiles. The different techniques used have allowed the morphological and seismic recognition of the system formed by the continental margin of Agadir and the Agadir Basin in order to quantify the transfer of sediments from the mainland to the Agadir Basin and to establish the chronology of the important events sedimentary

SAGAS Cruise (29HE20081122) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2008, This project intends to study, through a multidisciplinary geological and geophysical approach, the current structure and recent evolution of the Gibraltar arch system (sag), which includes the basins and margins of the Alboran and Algerian-Balearic sea and its surroundings, the orogen bético-rifeño and the accretion prism of the Gulf of Cádiz. The objective is to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the internal processes that affect the lithosphere and the earth's crust, the dynamics of external processes responsible for morphology, sedimentation and geoenvironment, and the interrelation between deep and superficial processes. The specific objectives refer to processes and mechanisms that occur at different scales, and therefore require complementary approaches, activities and methods. The project would increase the geological and geophysical infrastructure in the Spanish Mediterranean and is of interest for allowing actions aimed at preventing and designing contingency plans for geological and environmental risks in a region in which considerable earthquakes and underwater landslides occur