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Field Activity Details for field activity M168CP

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AKA: M-1-68-CP

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s): L. Kroenke

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1968-10-12

End Date: 1969-01-24

Equipment Used: gravity, transitsatellite, 3.5khz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical holdings

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

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

MCG Data Collection ID --- M168CP
Institution Data Collection ID --- 68101200
NGDC ID --- 08040006
Funding --- ONR
Project, Cruise & Leg --- SOLIS 68 MAHI 68-10-12 LEG 1-9
Study region --- +22.00000,-13.00000,+152.00000,-157.00000
Chief Scientist(s) --- L. KROENKE
Name of vessel --- MAHI (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 10/12/68 HONOLULU
Date field data collection ended --- 01/24/69 HONOLULU
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 --- 09/20/83
Contributing institution --- HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS
Country --- U.S.A.

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

Bathymetry instrumentation --- 3.5 KHZ
Additional forms of bathymetric data --- (unspecified)
General rate of bathymetry in file --- 10.9 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 --- (unspecified)
Additional forms of magnetics data --- (unspecified)
General rate of magnetics in file --- 18.6 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 --- (unspecified)
Method of applying residual field --- (unspecified)

Gravity instrumentation --- (unspecified)
Additional forms of gravity data --- (unspecified)
General rate of gravity in file --- 21.8 minutes
General collection rate of gravity --- (unspecified)
Theoretical gravity formula --- (unspecified)
Reference system --- (unspecified)
Corrections applied --- (unspecified)
Starting land tie --- (unspecified)
Ending land tie --- (unspecified)

Seismic instrumentation --- (unspecified)
Formats of seismic data --- (unspecified)

Notes ---
15 GRAVITY BASE STATIONS IN GEORGE P. WOOLLARD AND JOHN C. ROSE

Location:

Central Pacific

Boundaries
North: 14.60484716 South: -17.64402203 West: 151.51920352 East: 177.89377024

Platform(s):


Mahi

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
gravity --- Gravity
transitsatellite --- Navigation
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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