EMODnet product catalogue
Seabed substrates
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 project partnership consists mainly of the marine departments of the geological surveys of Europe (through the Association of European Geological Surveys-EuroGeoSurveys), which 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), the Caspian Sea and the Caribbean Sea. EMODnet seabed substrate data products include datasets at 1:1 000 000, 1:250 000, 1:100 000 and high-resolution scales (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). 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. The datasets have been compiled at different scales from background information that depends on the original producer. In cases, the data has been generalized into a target scales. Coarser scale data (1M, 250k and 100k) describes the seabed substrate at a general level only and is not suitable for a detailed analysis. High-resolution material includes multiple scales from 1:1 500 to 1:70 000 and the user should assess its suitability for the intended purpose. The smallest cartographic unit within the data is about 4 km2 at 1:1M, 0,3km2 at 1:250k and 0,05km2 at 1:100k scale. Further information about the EMODnet Geology project is available on the centralized EMODnet portal https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/geology
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- Date (Revision)
- 2023-09-15
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Point of contact
- Keywords
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EMODnet Central Portal
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Creative Commons BY 4.0
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Oceans
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS84 (4326)
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Geodatabase
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/wms cp_wp3_seabed_substrate_folk_16
WWW:LINK
https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/geology EMODnet Geology
https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/wms cp_wp3_seabed_substrate_folk_7
https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/wms cp_wp3_seabed_substrate_folk_5
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2007-03-14
- Explanation
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See referenced specification
- Statement
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National seabed substrate classifications are harmonized and collated 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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 67602462-9e00-40e6-98d5-1f560a010855 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-04-07
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4
- Metadata standard version
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2003/cor.1/2006
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Point of contact
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