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Field Activity Details for field activity B276NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: B-2-76-NP,09030039

Status: Completed

Organization(s): U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

Funding Program(s): Navoceano Deep Ocean Survey (MU201)

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Current, Sonar: Single Beam

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Start Date: 1976-04-07

End Date: 1976-04-23

Equipment Used: transitsatellite, magnetics, sparker, 3.5khz, expendablebatthermograph, currentmeter, 12khz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 3.5 khz analog profiles, EDO 240 system, 20 SVSTD stations taken, 17 cores, 163 successful XBTs, 1 current meter array implanted and recovered

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Notes: US Naval Oceanographic Office

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Unspecified - Chief Scientist

Location:

Japan

Boundaries
North: 49.99 South: 22.785 West: 142.9217 East: -161.27

Platform(s):

photo of Silas Bent
Silas Bent

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
transitsatellite --- Navigation
magnetics --- Magnetics
sparker --- Sparker
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
currentmeter --- Current
12khz --- Single Beam

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