Survey Identifier: FM1801
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10050027
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: SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI CANYON
Funding: JOINT INDUSTRY
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19830707
Port of Departure: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19830720
Port of Arrival: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN C, SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING
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 2 MAGNETIC AG 2000 IN3,SPARKER
Formats of Seismic Data: MYLAR, PAPER, NEGATIVE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +30
Bottommost Latitude: +25
Leftmost Longitude: -095
Rightmost Longitude: -085
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: 004
Additional Documentation: MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC LINES ACQUIRED: MC-9 THRU 37, JOINT INDUSTRY SUPPORTED RESEARCH PROJECT. DATA AVAILABLE THRU UT INSTITUTE, FOR GEOPHYSICS ONLY.
Number of Data Records: 58827
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1983 07 07
Latitude: +25.06730
Longitude: -94.43120
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 434340
Magnetics Residual Field: -56170
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1983 07 29
Latitude: +29.61480
Longitude: -85.64450
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3296.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 693310
Magnetics Residual Field: +04190