Survey Identifier: FM0104
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050004
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.A. AUSTIN JR.
Project: IPOD SITE SURVEYS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Funding: IPOD/NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790516
Port of Departure: WALVIS BAY SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790611
Port of Arrival: CAPETOWN 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 3 MAG AIR GUNS
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -16
Bottommost Latitude: -35
Leftmost Longitude: +001
Rightmost Longitude: +018
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: AM-4 THRU 56
Number of Data Records: 7888
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 05 16
Latitude: -34.68710
Longitude: +1.38000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 283510
Magnetics Residual Field: -06060
Seismic Shot-Point Number: 010000
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 06 11
Latitude: -16.34060
Longitude: +17.37260
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5726.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 314250
Magnetics Residual Field: +08380
Seismic Shot-Point Number: 010000