Survey Identifier: FM0103
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050003
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. PHILLIPS
Project: IPOD SITE SURVEYS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Funding: IPOD/NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790413
Port of Departure: WALVIS BAY SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790510
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 24 CHANNELS 2 MAG AIR GUNS
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -22
Bottommost Latitude: -28
Leftmost Longitude: -007
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-56 THRU 135; AM-1 THRU 3
Number of Data Records: 8138
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 04 13
Latitude: -27.02780
Longitude: -6.00810
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 87.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 275590
Magnetics Residual Field: -07050
Seismic Shot-Point Number: 010000
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 05 10
Latitude: -22.09150
Longitude: +14.39520
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5829.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 309060
Magnetics Residual Field: +07620
Seismic Shot-Point Number: 010000