Survey Identifier: ELT38
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01020038
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19890705
Source Institution: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Country: USA
Platform Name: ELTANIN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): LR POMEROY
Project: CRUISE 038
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19690320
Port of Departure: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19690512
Port of Arrival: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE AND SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE AND DEADRECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PDR 12KHZ WIDEBEAM 60 DEGREE 1/SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG DATA
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -38
Bottommost Latitude: -65
Leftmost Longitude: +146
Rightmost Longitude: +153
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Number of Data Records: 5397
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1969 03 20
Latitude: -64.36570
Longitude: +144.80200
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000325
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 24.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1969 05 12
Latitude: -38.55380
Longitude: +152.88880
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 070350
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5297.0