Geomorphology of the Caribbean Sea displayed on the EMODnet Portal. See the EMODnet Portal for a detailed legend.
EMODnet Geology has completed its current phase, which saw the release of 26 million km2 of new or updated spatial datasets which included the following parameters: coastal resilience and vulnerability, coastal behaviour, seabed substrates, seafloor geology, (marine) geological events and probabilities, marine minerals, and submerged landscapes. In addition, updated metadata for Boreholes, samples and Geophysics are available. EMODnet’s marine and coastal geological offer spans European and non-European seas, with major contributions from the Caribbean and Caspian Sea regions.
At the end of September 2025 EMODnet Geology will complete its current phase which has seen a large advancement in EMODnet’s marine and coastal geological offer. Data sets shared, assembled and integrated into EMODnet over the past two years have been used to either produce new data products, update existing data layers or expand data coverage. Among the highlights is the new EMODnet Geology coastal resilience/vulnerability data product, offering a pan-European visualisation, at variable scales. This product is based on a database of data from more than 900 studies. Several other geological data products have also been restructured or updated to improve resolution, usability and coverage. A data inventory conducted in June 2025 revealed that approximately 26 million km2 of new or updated spatial datasets were to be delivered by the end of the phase. In addition, the inventory included around 2 million km of line data and about 18 000 data points. Notably, several new data sets originate from the Caribbean Sea, with individual datasets covering an area of approximately 3.3 million km².
Indeed, in addition to successful collection and harmonisation of data layers from European marine areas, during the past two years EMODnet Geology has extended its efforts beyond European Seas, including data sets from the Caribbean and Caspian Seas. To support its expansion, a Caribbean working group was established in 2023. Coordinated by the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME-CSIC) and supported by the Association of Iberoamerican Geological and Mining Surveys (ASGMI), the group includes the Geological Surveys of Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Their collaboration has resulted in the successful delivery of numerous harmonised data layers from the Caribbean Sea that are now available at the EMODnet Portal as part of the EMODnet Geology data products.
The EMODnet Geology team has substantially advanced the EMODnet marine and coastal geological offer, providing harmonised and accessible marine geological data products from the European Seas, Caribbean and Caspian Seas and beyond to support stakeholders with their marine knowledge needs from coastal vulnerability to marine geohazards and more.
Anu Kaskela, Geological Survey of Finland GTK, EMODnet Geology Coordinator
Additionally, datasets from the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea have been incorporated into the project outputs, thanks to productive cooperation with Caspian Locus LLC.
To improve user experience, EMODnet Geology has also enhanced the user-friendliness of its data products. Several attribute field names have been revised to make the datasets more understandable and accessible to users, and of several data layers have been renamed to enhance their understandability.
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