Survey Identifier: A118L1
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17080009
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19900315
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ATLANTIS II
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): W. STUBBLEFIELD/B. MCGREGOR
Project: A118L1
Funding: NOAA/USGS
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19860920
Port of Departure: WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19861007
Port of Arrival: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN-C
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-LORAN
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM vertical beam
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +40
Bottommost Latitude: +37
Leftmost Longitude: -074
Rightmost Longitude: -071
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 014
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR-W-DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE AVERAGES
Additional Documentation: Other data reported to have been collected on this cruise were Alvin dives and, coring.
Number of Data Records: 14020
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 09 22
Latitude: +37.96957
Longitude: -73.79040
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 004507
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 336.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 10 05
Latitude: +39.10708
Longitude: -71.06170
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 039093
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2917.0