k279ar.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity K-2-79-AR in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Arctic from 08/25/1979 to 09/23/1979

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Single-beam bathymetry data along with DGPS navigation data was collected as part of field activity K-2-79-AR in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Arctic from 08/25/1979 to 09/23/1979, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k279ar/html/k-2-79-ar.meta.html The geophysical source was a Knudsen 12 kHz 320B/R echosounder. These data are reformatted from space-delimited ASCII text files located in the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) InfoBank field activity catalog at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k279ar/html/k-2-79-ar.bath.html into MGD77T format provided by the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The MGD77T format includes a header (documentation) file (.h77t) and a data file (.m77t). More information regarding this format can be found in the publication listed in the Cross_reference section of this metadata file.

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bureauCode	[ "010:12" ]
identifier	USGS:6baa4a8a-d51e-45e6-b2fb-12d6f26a8026
spatial	-149.5,70.0,-145.0,70.82
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