6° Congress of the Italian Geological society - Marine geology section

The 6th congress of the Italian Geological Society - Marine Geology Section took place in Rome (Italy), at the CNR headquarter (17-18 March 2025).

CORSUB was present to share with the Italian scientific community some results of the project. We showed the enigmatic seabed forms of Punta Licosa and spoke with experts about the possible nature and origin of the bedforms.

MID-TERM Meeting - TIME TO RECAP!

On February 27th and 28th, 2025, we held an important mid-term meeting in Naples, at the CNR-ISMAR headquarter.

Over these two days, we reviewed the activities carried out so far and outlined the next steps. The meeting also featured in-depth scientific discussions on the data collected, enabling us to advance our interpretation of the enigmatic structures of Punta Licosa. Additionally, we assessed the project's economic progress and planned our participation in upcoming dissemination events, including the EGU and GEOHAB scientific conferences.

On board to acquire new data

Valentina and Pietro from UNIMIB and Renato from ISMAP-Napoli are onboard the research vessel Gaia Blu, in the framework of the cruise TREMOR, to acquire brand new data from Licosa area.

We are acquiring multibeam and backscatter data, together with chirp, but also images by remote operated vehicles and possibly some samples from the unknowns bee-structure, target of the CORSUB project.

Deliverables 6 and 14 are now available

If you are interested on our website and the preliminary results of survey 1, deliverables are now available in the OUTREACH page. Click on the number to open the link and access the document.

SEPTEMBER: we are back!

September has arrived and we are now planning for the next steps.

ROV inspections and sampling are on the table.

Preliminary results from CORSUB1 campaign has been shared at the 13th IFAA Symposium held in Le Castella (KR; Italy) (https://cresciblureef.unimib.it/ifaa-2024/).

The study site is quite challenging, but when things get tough, our work becomes even more fascinating.

Deliverables 3 and 4 are now available

If you are interested on our Spatial database and WEBGIS, deliverables are now available in the OUTREACH page. Click on the number to open the link and access the document.

CORSUB1 - first survey campaign done!

We are thrilled to announce that our first survey campaign has been completed. See details in Deliverable 6 (Outreach).

VA Bracchi and R Tonielli worked in the studied area between 24 and 28 June 2024, collecting Side Scan Sonar and Sub-bottom Profiler data from the areas of interest. We also did a preliminary exploration by using a remote operated vehicle.

What we can say? Targeted morphologies are there but we can't share more than this up to now.

Stay tuned to be updated!

CORSUB @Paleodays2024

CORSUB project has been presented at the Paleodays 2024, the XXIV Congress of the Italian Society of Paleontology.

The CORSUB geoportal is online

The CORSUB geoportal and the metadata catalogue are online.

CLICK AND ACCESS to all the information regarding the geology, biology and more of the submerged area of Punta Licosa.

IFAA 2024

Join us at the 13th International Symposium on Fossil algae of the IFAA

Because of the central role of calcareous algae in the global carbon budget, especially welcome are contributions aimed at the identification and delimitation in space and time of marine habitats dominated by calcareous algae, across latitudinal gradients and in different (paleo)environmental settings.

The third circular of the IFAA 2024 is now available at THIS LINK.

WE HAVE A Logo!

There is everything inside it: sea, vessel, acoustic, sampling, and our mysterious shape at seafloor.

The logo has been realized by the graphic designer Monnalisa Bracchi, starting from our ideas.

KICKOFF Meeting - 20 October 2023

We had our Kickoff Meeting and CORSUB officially started and planned the first months of the project. Hope to go to the sea soon!

CORSUB has started: the project officially started on 29 September 2023. Stay tuned!