Survey Identifier: SI-79-1
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050007
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51113
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19820402
Source Institution: HAWAII INST. GEOPHYSICS FOR CCOPSOPAC
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MACHIAS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): A.JOHN HALUNEN
Project: CCOP/SOPAC-UN/RAS/79/074,SI-79-1
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790130
Port of Departure: NOUMEA,NEW CALEDONIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790222
Port of Arrival: HONIARA,SOLOMON ISLANDS
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV MAGNAVOX 1112/RADAR/SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV/2-NEAR LAND,RADAR/3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS,MICROFILM
Seismic Instrumentation: BOLT 1900C AIRGUN,EPCS4100-4600,1CHANNEL
Formats of Seismic Data: ANALOG RECORDS,MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -07
Bottommost Latitude: -15
Leftmost Longitude: +156
Rightmost Longitude: +161
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 71
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 01 SEC/SWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS AND 15MIN INTERVLS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: 06 RAYTHEON PTR-106C,07KHZ,01SEC/SWEEP. BATHYMETRY ACCOMPANYING SEISMIC, 06 REFLECTION PROFILING AROUND INDISPENSIBLE REEF,OFF SOUTH GUADALCANAL, 06 AND IN THE SLOT(SOUTH AND CENTRAL SOLOMON ISLANDS).
Number of Data Records: 4913
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 01 30
Latitude: -14.28167
Longitude: +156.59700
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000100
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 02 22
Latitude: -7.06850
Longitude: +160.89117
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 070950
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5357.0