Evaporites (Areas)

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 (Areas)
Codespace

EMODnet Geology
Purpose

Provide information on the distribution of evaporites 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
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Spatial scope
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus
European Geoscience Registry - Projects
Keywords

  • features

  • EMODnet Central Portal

  • Evaporites
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Other restrictions
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Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Access constraints
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Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2003-01-01
End date
2020-12-31
Unique resource identifier
ETRS89 (4258) [INSPIRE]
Distribution format
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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:EvaporitesArea
OGC:WFS https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/gsi/wfs?

gsi:EvaporitesArea
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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

Data delivered to Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) by EMODnet Geology partners and data processed to meet EMODnet data requirements.

Metadata

File identifier
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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
 
 

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Keywords

European Geoscience Registry - Projects

EMODnet-Geology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Mineral resources
GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus

mineral deposit
Spatial scope

European


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