USGS CMG F-3-91-CP Metadata

Westpac GLORIA leg 4

Associated cruises:


  F-13-90-CP
  F-1-91-CP
  F-2-91-CP
  F-3-91-CP
  F-5-91-CP
  F-6-91-CP

Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW  (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)

MCG Data Collection ID ---         F391CP
Institution Data Collection ID --- FARN0391
NGDC ID ---                        06780064
Funding ---                        USGS
Project, Cruise & Leg ---          MV FARNELLA CRUISE 3, 1991.
Study region ---                   +20.00000, +4.00000,-165.00000,-154.00000
Chief Scientist(s) ---             DR J.B. WILSON, IOSDL
Name of vessel ---                 MV FARNELLA (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 02/25/91     HILO, USA
Date field data collection ended ---   03/21/91     HONOLULU, USA
Parameters surveyed ---
   Bathymetry:                     surveyed, contained in data file
   Magnetics:                      surveyed, contained in data file
   Gravity:                        (unspecified)
   High-resolution seismics:       (unspecified)
   Deep penetration seismics:      (unspecified)
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 ---     04/25/94
Contributing institution ---       NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Country ---                        UNITED KINGDOM

Navigation instrumentation ---     GPS
Position determination method ---  SATELLITE

Bathymetry instrumentation ---            IOS MK3 10KHZ ECHO-SOUNDER
Additional forms of bathymetric data ---  ANALOG RECORDS
General rate of bathymetry in file ---    5.7 minutes
General collection rate of bathymetry --- (unspecified)
Assumed sound velocity ---                (unspecified)
Bathymetric datum code ---                No correction applied (sea level)
Bathmetry interpolation scheme ---        (unspecified)

Magnetics instrumentation ---            (unspecified)
Additional forms of magnetics data ---   (unspecified)
General rate of magnetics in file ---    1.9 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 ---    (unspecified)
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)

Paskevich, Valerie F.; Wong, Florence L.; O'Malley, John J.; Stevenson, Andrew
J.; Gutmacher, Christina E., 2010, GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery for parts of
the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent areas, URL:
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/#search:basic/query=OFR%202010-1332/page=1/page_size=100:0
Gardner, J.V., Field, M.E., and Twichell, D.C., eds., 1996, Geology of the
United States' seafloor -- The view from GLORIA: Cambridge and New York,
Cambridge University Press, 364 p.