Survey Identifier: MW8908


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020069
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51513
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19930527
Source Institution: HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS/LDGO
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): NANCY BREEN
Project: MW8908. BAHAMAS-ANTILLES COLLISION ZONE.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890619
Port of Departure: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890721
Port of Arrival: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRI=GPS,SEC=SAT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ 30 DEGREE BEAM, 1 SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL, MICROFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: LACOSTE ROMBERG S-33 ('89 MOD)
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: DIGITAL
Seismic Instrumentation: 120 CU.IN. AIRGUN,40 CU.IN. AIRGUN.
Formats of Seismic Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +30
Bottommost Latitude: +18
Leftmost Longitude: -081
Rightmost Longitude: -066
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 022
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 15-MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 010
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 30
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 8
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYSTEM 1974
Reference System Code: 3
Reference System: IGSN 71
Departure Base Station Description: JACKSONVILLE,FLORIDA - 7358.7
Arrival Base Station Description: SAN JUAN,PUERTO RICO - 6672.6
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: B,G. SEAMARC II SIDESCAN AND BATHY. ADCP PROFILES. SEISMICS(AIRGUN RECORDS AND DIGITAL LOGGING.) XBT'S. WIND. 8 STATIONS(1-8). ROCK DREDGES #1-#4. PISTON CORES #1-#4.
Number of Data Records: 61921

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 06 20
Latitude: +18.43982
Longitude: -80.52760
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000760
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 57.0
Observed Gravity: 9782296
Free-Air Anomaly: -3821

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 07 21
Latitude: +29.73418
Longitude: -66.07692
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 108850
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8364.0
Observed Gravity: 9793034
Free-Air Anomaly: +0898