Survey Identifier: LEG171AJ
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 23060075
Parameters Surveyed Code: 35115
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19970401
Source Institution: OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM/TEXAS A&M
Country: USA+ODP MEMBERS
Platform Name: JOIDES RESOLUTION
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DR. CASEY MOORE, DR. ADAM KLAUS
Project: OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM, LEG 171A
Funding: NSF+ODP MEMBERS
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19961217
Port of Departure: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19970108
Port of Arrival: BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Navigation Instrumentation: MX1107 GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS FIXES AT 1 MIN INTERVALS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PDR-105B
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS & MICROFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: EGG 886
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOG RECORDS & MICROFILM
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +16
Bottommost Latitude: +09
Leftmost Longitude: -080
Rightmost Longitude: -058
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 06
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 0450
Sensor Depth: 00100
Horizontal Sensor Separation: 000
Reference Field Code: 00
Reference Field: UNUSED
Additional Documentation: ORIGINAL RECORDS ARCHIVED AT ODP, NOTE: MGD77 FILE CREATED FROM WINFROG RAW FILES USING WF2MGD77 V1.4
Number of Data Records: 25554
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 12 20
Latitude: +9.10912
Longitude: -79.92481
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 296310
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1997 01 08
Latitude: +15.54320
Longitude: -58.63638
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 535490