EMODnet Seabed substrate 1:60 000 – 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 dataset includes EMODnet seabed substrate maps at a scale of 1:60 000 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)
2021-09-21
Identifier
http://paikkatiedot.fi/so/1001767
Purpose

The material has been developed for the decision-making, research and marine spatial planning. This material is produced on a 1:60 000 scale from background information that depends on the original producer. The user should assess its suitability for the intended purpose. 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 )
Paikkatietohakemiston asiasanasto
Discipline

  • Marine Geology
Temporal

  • Holocene – Precambrian
Theme

  • seabed

  • 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

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
EMODNET-licence
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
60000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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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

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. The harmonised data has been assembled and in cases also generalised into the target scale. The restricted areas have been removed from the material. Further information about the EMODnet Geology project is available on the portal ( http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/).


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

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. The harmonised data has been assembled and in cases also generalised into the target scale. The restricted areas have been removed from the material. Further information about the EMODnet Geology project is available on the portal ( http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/).

Source
File identifier
d6091a49-8aa2-43f8-8666-56b77aa3c168 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

Aineisto
Date stamp
2024-02-20T13:56:23
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Finland - Anu Kaskela ( Geologist )
 
 

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Keywords

mapping marine geology regional planning seabed sediments substrates
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Paikkatietohakemiston asiasanasto
Not-Inspire

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Associated resources

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