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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Equipment Used


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.equipmentused

Style activity every line style, multi-record, in mixed case, without tabs

Mnemonic
(ActivityID, Equipment)

Fortran format
(a7, t10, a)

C format
(%7s %s)

Purpose entity and attribute information

Derivative FACS Overview logbook

Example

1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890

J195SF SIDE SCAN SONAR J195SF GEOPROBE J195SF ACCOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS

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