Survey Identifier: FM0102
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050002
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55133
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19880609
Source Institution: UT INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V FRED H. MOORE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): J.L. WORZEL
Project: IPOD SITE SURVEYS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Funding: IPOD/NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790309
Port of Departure: RECIFE BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790407
Port of Arrival: WALVIS BAY SOUTH AFRICA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING, OMEGA
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12 KHZ ECHOSOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG CHART RECORDS, 35MM MICROFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: PROTON PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOG CHART RECORDS, 35MM MICROFILM
Seismic Instrumentation: DFS IV 2 MAG AIR GUNS, SPARKER
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -08
Bottommost Latitude: -27
Leftmost Longitude: -035
Rightmost Longitude: +015
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1,1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 250.
Reference Field Code: 04
Reference Field: IGRF 75
Additional Documentation: MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC LINES ACQUIRED: MR-1 THRU 53
Number of Data Records: 8548
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 03 09
Latitude: -26.76990
Longitude: -34.60160
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 70.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 256020
Magnetics Residual Field: -05260
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 04 07
Latitude: -8.29200
Longitude: +14.36330
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6345.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 316770
Magnetics Residual Field: +12920