Evaporites (Points)

Evaporites are crystalline sedimentary rocks that form by the evaporation of natural brines. Having complex mineralogy, there are many varieties of evaporites; the most economically important minerals include: calcite, gypsum, anhydrite, halite, polyhalite, sylvite, carnallite, kainite, kieserite and anhydrite. Although evaporite deposits formed in ancient marine basins are extensive on land, many of these also extend beneath the sea, not only beneath the continental shelves but also under some marginal ocean basins. Present day occurrences of subsea anhydrite, potash and magnesium evaporite deposits have been described along the margins of the Mediterranean Sea as well as in the North Sea and West Baltic Sea.

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Date (Revision)
2022-09-15
Unique resource identifier
EMODnet Geology WP7 Evaporites (Point)
Codespace

INSPIRE
Presentation form
Digital table
Purpose

Provide spatial information on evaporites locations in the marine environment across Europe.
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

Charise McKeon

charise.mckeon@gsi.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Spatial scope
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus
European Geoscience Registry - Projects
Keywords

  • features

  • Evaporites

  • EMODnet Central Portal
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2017-01-01
End date
2020-12-31
Unique resource identifier
ETRS89 (4258) [INSPIRE]
Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

10.x
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
WWW:LINK https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/geology

EMODnet Geology
WWW:DOWNLOAD https://www.emodnet-geology.eu/products/wp7/marine_minerals.zip

Data from work package 7. Marine minerals.
OGC:WMS https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/gsi/wms?

gsi:EvaporitesPoint
OGC:WFS https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/gsi/wfs?

gsi:EvaporitesPoint
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement

Evaporites location data delivered by EMODnet Geology partners to Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and data processed to meet EMODnet Geology WP7 data schema requirements.

Metadata

File identifier
50be8b7fe65024a98a945ee67eccc507d86c942b XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-03-20
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4
Metadata standard version

2003/cor.1/2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

Charise McKeon

charise.mckeon@gsi.ie

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

overview
overview

Spatial extent

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Keywords

European Geoscience Registry - Projects

EMODnet-Geology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Mineral resources
Spatial scope

European


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