Survey Identifier: FM0105
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050005
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): R.T. BUFFLER
Project: IPOD SITE SURVEYS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Funding: IPOD/NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790618
Port of Departure: CAPETOWN SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790716
Port of Arrival: RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING, LORAN C
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 6 CHANNEL 2-3 MAGNETIC AIR GUN
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -22
Bottommost Latitude: -38
Leftmost Longitude: -044
Rightmost Longitude: +019
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: SA-1 THRU 29
Number of Data Records: 7313
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 06 18
Latitude: -37.29060
Longitude: -43.15670
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 157.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 236020
Magnetics Residual Field: -05280
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 07 16
Latitude: -22.90880
Longitude: +18.45570
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5081.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 285080
Magnetics Residual Field: +08620