Survey Identifier: IG3601
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 10020045
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19880609
Source Institution: UT INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V IDA GREEN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): E.W. BEHRENS
Project: TX-LA CONTINENTAL SLOPE SEDIMENTATION AND STRATIGRAPHY
Funding: JOINT INDUSTRY
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19810521
Port of Departure: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19810527
Port of Arrival: GALVESTON TEXAS USA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE, DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ ECHOSOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +30
Bottommost Latitude: +26
Leftmost Longitude: -095
Rightmost Longitude: -090
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: NONE, JOINT INDUSTRY SUPPORTED RESEARCH PROJECT. DATA AVAILABLE THRU UT INSTITUTE, FOR GEOPHYSICS ONLY.
Number of Data Records: 1436
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 05 22
Latitude: +26.90330
Longitude: -94.70640
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 10.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 05 27
Latitude: +29.36010
Longitude: -90.47350
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2098.0