version October 8, 2002 
  (original version June 14, 1995) 
  
  EqPac Operation log 
  R/V Thomas G. Thompson TTN013, Benthic leg 
  October 30, 1992 - December 13, 1992 
   
  Important note: Date and time reported in local Hawaii time (+10 time zone). 
                  140 W is geographically located in time zone +9. 
  
  year =  year of event in the form (YYYY); added by DMO February 2009 
  date =  date of event in the form (YYYYMMDD);  
          date was added by the US JGOFS DMO in October 2002 
  event = A unique number assigned to each over the side sampling activity. 
          This number is a composite of date and time in the form 
          MMDDHHmm that indicates the starting time of the sampling activity. 
          (MMDDHHmm: where MM = month, DD = day, HH = hour, mm = minutes) 
          Generally, one event began as the preceding event ended. 
  sta =   Station. A unique number designating a general geographic location at 
          which a suite of sampling activities may occur; occupied sequentially 
          during the cruise 
  lat =   starting latitude for each event (negative = south) in decimal degrees 
  lon =   starting longitude for each event (negative = west) in decimal degrees 
  depth = depth of water, units = uncorrected meters 
  activity_and_comments = Identifies the sampling/data collection method 
  person = Name of the scientist(s) involved in the particular sampling event or 
          responsible for the resulting data.