Survey Identifier: V1610
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01030390
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19890630
Source Institution: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Country: United States
Platform Name: R/V VEMA
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: ship
Chief Scientist(s): Dr. Maurice Ewing
Project: v1610
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19600514
Port of Departure: Ushuaia, Argentina
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19600610
Port of Arrival: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Navigation Instrumentation: stars and dead reckoning
Geodetic Datum/Position: DR
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12 khz PDR
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: paper records
Magnetics Instrumentation: unknown
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: paper records, maybe
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -35
Bottommost Latitude: -56
Leftmost Longitude: -069
Rightmost Longitude: -054
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 099
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: contineous
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14631
Bathymetric Datum Code: 0
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 178
Reference Field Code: 4
Number of Data Records: 3760
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1960 05 14
Latitude: -55.15833
Longitude: -68.03166
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000101
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 252300
Magnetics Residual Field: -04119
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1960 06 09
Latitude: -35.03833
Longitude: -54.17833
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 069851
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5241.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 341280
Magnetics Residual Field: +08501