Survey Identifier: FM1402
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050023
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51133
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: MISSISSIPPI CANYON SOURCE STUDY (AIRGUN SIGNATURE)
Funding: MARATHON OIL CO.
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19821201
Port of Departure: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19821204
Port of Arrival: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN C
Geodetic Datum/Position: LORAN C
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ ECHOSOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG CHART RECORDS, 35MM MICROFILM
Seismic Instrumentation: DFS IV 12 FOLD 1 MAGNETIC AIR GUN
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +30
Bottommost Latitude: +27
Leftmost Longitude: -095
Rightmost Longitude: -088
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
Additional Documentation: MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC LINES ACQUIRED: MC-1 THRU 8, DATA AVAILABLE THRU UT INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS ONLY
Number of Data Records: 975
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1982 12 01
Latitude: +27.27020
Longitude: -94.79520
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11.0
Seismic Line Number: NOPRO
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1982 12 04
Latitude: +29.36530
Longitude: -88.91800
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2009.0
Seismic Line Number: NOPRO