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Field Activity Details for field activity K172CP

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AKA: K-1-72-CP

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s): Hammond

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

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End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1972-11-08

End Date: 1972-11-26

Equipment Used: transitsatellite, 3.5khz, magnetics, gravity, airgun, sparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical holdings

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: FAN created 11/20/2018 from InfoBank.
NGDC overview:
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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)

MCG Data Collection ID --- K172CP
Institution Data Collection ID --- 72110801
NGDC ID --- 08010016
Funding --- ONR/IDOE
Project, Cruise & Leg --- KK72-11-08-01
Study region --- +22.00000,-19.00000,+178.00000,-154.00000
Chief Scientist(s) --- HAMMOND
Name of vessel --- R/V KANA KEOKI (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 11/08/72 HONOLULU, HAWAII
Date field data collection ended --- 11/26/72 SUVA, FIJI
Parameters surveyed ---
Bathymetry: surveyed, contained in data file
Magnetics: surveyed, contained in data file
Gravity: surveyed, contained in data file
High-resolution seismics: surveyed, but not contained in data file
Deep penetration seismics: surveyed, but not contained in data file
Format ---

(I1,A8,F5.2,4I2,F5.3,F8.5,F9.5,I1,F6.4,F6.1,I2,i1,3F6.1,I1,F5.1,F6.0,F7.1,F6.1,F5.1,A8,4I1)
Date of data input to NGDC --- 03/03/83
Contributing institution --- HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS
Country --- U.S.A.

Navigation instrumentation --- SATELLITE
Position determination method --- PRIM-SATELLITE

Bathymetry instrumentation --- 3.5 KHZ 30 DEG BEAM
Additional forms of bathymetric data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM
General rate of bathymetry in file --- 6.2 minutes
General collection rate of bathymetry --- 1/SECOND
Assumed sound velocity --- 1500.0 m/sec
Bathymetric datum code --- No correction applied (sea level)
Bathmetry interpolation scheme --- NONE.(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 15 MIN
INTERVLS IF SMOOTH)

Magnetics instrumentation --- VARIAN PROTON PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER
Additional forms of magnetics data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM
General rate of magnetics in file --- 10.4 minutes
General collection rate of magnetics --- (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor tow distance --- (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor depth --- (unspecified)
Two sensor horizontal separation --- (unspecified)
Residual magnetics reference field --- IGRF-65
Method of applying residual field --- FOR EACH DATA VALUE

Gravity instrumentation --- LACOSTE ROMBERG S-33
Additional forms of gravity data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM
General rate of gravity in file --- 15.4 minutes
General collection rate of gravity --- (unspecified)
Theoretical gravity formula --- International 1930
Reference system --- Potsdam system
Corrections applied --- NONE APPLIED
Starting land tie --- (unspecified)
Ending land tie --- (unspecified)

Seismic instrumentation --- (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Formats of seismic data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM

Notes ---
09 AIRGUN, SPARKER, B, M, G, REFLX (HIGH, LOW, MIX), REFRX, ASPER 1-8
15 INTERNATIONAL GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS, MADISON, UNIV OF WISCONSIN, 1963

Location:

Hawaii to Fiji

Boundaries
North: 27.21555621 South: -2.63578857 West: -179.38527975 East: -151.69649691

Platform(s):

photo of Kana Keoki
Kana Keoki

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
transitsatellite --- Navigation
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
magnetics --- Magnetics
gravity --- Gravity
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
sparker --- Sparker

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