EMODnet Seabed substrate multiscale –Europe

The EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data network) Geology project collects and harmonizes marine geological data from the European sea areas to support decision making and sustainable marine spatial planning. The partnership includes 39 marine organizations from 30 countries. The partners, mainly from the marine departments of the geological surveys of Europe (through the Association of European Geological Surveys-EuroGeoSurveys), have assembled marine geological information at various scales from all European sea areas (e.g. the White Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, the Iberian Coast, and the Mediterranean Sea within EU waters). This multiscale dataset includes EMODnet seabed substrate maps at a scale of 1:1 500, 1:5 000, 1:10 000, 1:15 000, 1:20

000, 1:25 000, 1:30 000, 1:45 000, 1: 50 000, 1:60 000, 1:70 000 from the

European marine areas. Traditionally, European countries have conducted their marine geological surveys according to their own national standards and classified substrates on the grounds of their national classification schemes. These national classifications are harmonised into a shared EMODnet schema using Folk's sediment triangle with a hierarchy of 16, 7 and 5 substrate classes. The data describes the seabed substrate from the uppermost 30 cm of the sediment column. Further information about the EMODnet Geology project is available on the portal ( http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/).

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Date (Publication)
2021-09-24
Identifier
http://paikkatiedot.fi/so/1001769
Purpose

The material has been developed for the decision-making, research and large-scale marine spatial planning. The material is produced on 1:25 000, 1: 50 000, 1: 100 000, 1: 250 000 and 1: 1 000 000 scales. It describes the seabed substrate at a general level only, and is not suitable for a detailed analysis. The data tells the seabed substrate composition from the seabed surface to 30 cm depth in the sediment column.
Credit

The EU and the EMODnet Geology project partners
Status
On going
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Finland - Anu Kaskela ( Geologist )
Theme

  • substrates

  • sediments

  • marine geology

  • regional planning

  • mapping
Place

  • Europe

  • Baltic Sea

  • North Sea

  • Celtic Sea

  • White Sea

  • Barents Sea

  • Norwegian Sea

  • North Atlantic

  • Bay of Biscay

  • Iberian Coast

  • Black Sea

  • Macaronesia

  • Mediterranean Sea

  • Adriatic Sea

  • Aegean Sea

  • Levantine Sea

  • Ionian Sea
Temporal

  • Holocene - Precambrian
Discipline

  • Marine Geology

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  • Not-Inspire

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology
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Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
EMODNET-licence
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1500
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5000
Denominator
10000
Denominator
15000
Denominator
20000
Denominator
25000
Denominator
30000
Denominator
45000
Denominator
50000
Denominator
60000
Denominator
70000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Environment description

The material has been produced in the ESRI ArcGIS environment.
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Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
Distribution format
  • ESRI file geodatabase ( )

OnLine resource
https://www.emodnet-geology.eu/ ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
INSPIRE - metadata for WMS-service Seabed substrate ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Dataset is not conformant with INSPIRE regulations
Pass
No
Statement

Copyright: European Community, represented by the European Commission. The holders of the intellectual property rights (IPR) to the data, which existed prior to the Contract being entered into, are the EMODnet Geology partners.
Description

National classifications are harmonized into a shared EMODnet schema using Folk's sediment triangle with a hierarchy of 16, 7 and 5 substrate classes. The data describes the seabed substrate from the uppermost 30 cm of the sediment column. The data has been generalized into target scales of 1: 50 000, 1:100 000, 1: 250 000 and 1: 1 000 000. The smallest cartographic units within the dataset are 0.01 km2 (1 hectare), 0.05 km2 (5 hectares) 0.3 km (30 hectares) and 4 km2, respectively. The restricted areas have been removed from the material.


Seabed substrate multiscale consists of data layers in multiple scales compiled in three subsequent EMODnet geology projects running since 2009. For this multiscale product attribute tables were unified following the schema implemented in the EMODnet 3 Geology.
File identifier
8ffed2ef-2c3c-43c8-8a1d-35ec76193640 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-02-20T14:07:08
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Finland - Anu Kaskela ( Geologist )
Vuorimiehentie 5 , P.O. Box 96 , FI-02151 Espoo , FI
 
 

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Keywords

mapping marine geology regional planning sediments substrates
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
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