Field Activity G2171SP

Identifier G2171SP
Also known as DSDP21GC, G-21-71-SP
Location Papua New Guinea, Southern Pacific
Summary data holdings publications: Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 21: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/dsdp/data/21/leg21.htm
Comments FAC created 11/15/2018 from InfoBank by CR. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dates are based on the start and end of airgun data. DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data) MCG Data Collection ID --- G2171SP Institution Data Collection ID --- DSDP21GC NGDC ID --- 15050019 Funding --- (unspecified) Project, Cruise & Leg --- DEEPSEA DRILL.LG 21 Study region --- -9.00000,-41.00000,+145.00000,-174.00000 Chief Scientist(s) --- ANDREWS J.,BURNS B. Name of vessel --- D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER (surface ship) Date field data collection started --- 11/16/71 SUVA,FIJI Date field data collection ended --- 01/06/72 DARWIN,AUSTRALIA Parameters surveyed --- Bathymetry: surveyed, contained in data file Magnetics: surveyed, contained in data file Gravity: not surveyed High-resolution seismics: not surveyed 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 --- 11/22/79 Contributing institution --- SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY Country --- USA Navigation instrumentation --- SATNAV,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO AND SPD CHANGES Position determination method --- LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES Bathymetry instrumentation --- 12KHZ/GIFFT RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM Additional forms of bathymetric data --- ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS,35MMFILM General rate of bathymetry in file --- 5.0 minutes General collection rate of bathymetry --- 1SECONDSWEEP Assumed sound velocity --- 1463.0 m/sec Bathymetric datum code --- No correction applied (sea level) Bathmetry interpolation scheme --- 5 MINUTE INTERVAL Magnetics instrumentation --- VARIAN MFD PROTON PRECESSION MOD 4970 Additional forms of magnetics data --- ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS,35MMFILM General rate of magnetics in file --- 5.0 minutes General collection rate of magnetics --- 6 seconds 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 --- LIN.INTERP.AT 30DEG C/C OR 500MI ALONG TRACK Seismic instrumentation --- 20TO300CU.IN.AIRGUN,10-300HZ,EDO PSR REC Formats of seismic data --- ANAL.RECORDS,35MM MICROFILM Notes --- *TIME*NAV AND RECORDS ORIGINALLY IN LOCAL TZ. DIGITIZED DATA CONVERTED TO GMT.
Projects
Platform
Glomar Challenger
400 feet
Itinerary
Start Suva, Fiji 1971-11-15
End Darwin, Australiz 1972-01-07
Bounds
West 144.93148185
East 149.32665576
North -8.0374734
South -11.35079672

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Affiliate principal James Andrews, Robert Burns

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar, Electro-Magnetic
Data type: Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Single Beam, Magnetics

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
transitsatellite Navigation (no data reported)
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
12khz Single Beam (no data reported)
bathymetry Single Beam (no data reported)
magnetics Magnetics (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity