Survey Identifier: FM0106
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050006
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): T. SHIPLEY
Project: IPOD SITE SURVEYS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Funding: IPOD/NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790719
Port of Departure: RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790811
Port of Arrival: TRINIDAD
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING
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 MAGNETIC AIR GUN
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +11
Bottommost Latitude: -32
Leftmost Longitude: -061
Rightmost Longitude: -034
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: WSA-1 THRU 20
Number of Data Records: 6000
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 07 18
Latitude: -31.10640
Longitude: -60.56810
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 34.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 232500
Magnetics Residual Field: -00390
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 08 11
Latitude: +10.79030
Longitude: -34.38420
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8532.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 359400
Magnetics Residual Field: +02640