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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.purpose
Style activity first line style, multi-record, in mixed case, without tabs
Mnemonic
(ActivityID, Purpose)
Fortran format
(a7, t10, a)
C format
(%7s  %s)
Purpose summary of intentions
Derivative FACS Overview logbook

Example
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J194MB   Three goals:
1. Image the coastal nearshore to determine areas of rock outcorps and
     depositional sites for sand using side-scanning sonar;
2. Image the thickness of the sediment accumulation over bedrock using
     high-resolution geophysical profiling;
3. Gather bathymetric profiling data to be used both for geophysical record
     interpretation and for mapping of the nearshore areas previously
     unmapped in detail by personnel of Pacific Marine Geology.  
      

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