Worldwide seabed sediment map

The “World Seabed Sediment Map” product contains geo-referenced digital data, describing the nature of the sediment encountered in different seas and oceans of the world. The objects are all surface areas and the description of an object includes in particular the nature of the sediment including rock-type bottoms.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Original title
Original abstract
Topic category
  • physical_characteristics
Sub category Sedimentology
Resource language English
Domain area
  • worldwide
Owner
Provider
Data portal data.shom.fr
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - polygon
Coordinate reference system epsg:4326 - WGS84 (degree)
Web services OGC-WMS
Derives from
Derived datasets
Successor of
Predecessor of
Temporal extent
Spatial extent
Data accessibility This product is distributed under a dual license: commercial use or CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Validation level
Additional information
Metadata completeness
Notes

Additional info - MSP - Environment

Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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MSFD Classes
MSFD Descriptors/Criteria
Non MSFD Classes
WFD

Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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Variables

Additional info - MSP - Conservation

Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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Types
Zonation

Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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Activity types

Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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Types

Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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Activity types
Value types
Categories

Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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CICES classes

Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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Themes
Functions
Who is in charge?

Additional info - MSP - Relevance

Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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Relevance (spatial and temporal)