EMODnet Seabed erosion
EMODnet Seabed erosion is an index map collected within project EMODnet geology, WP3, Seabed substrate. The dataset includes index areas of available seabed erosion studies and related background information provided by project partners from European waters. Mandatory information includes identification code, country, data provider, contact info, sea area, seabed erosion type, study description, method and reference. Additional metadata includes e.g., DOI, purpose of the study, data availability and format, erosion continuity, seabed dynamics, areal extent and erosion rates information, if available. The focus is only on recent/present day erosion.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%40/100
Verification has failed 1 consecutive time.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%38/100
5 of 13 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%100/100
Normalised to cc-by-4.0 — open, redistributable.
- Agent readinessweight 15%25/100
2 distribution(s) declared · DCAT themes assigned
Data schema (51 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectid | long | — |
| geom | geometry | — |
| code | string | — |
| country | string | — |
| data_provider | string | — |
| contact_info | string | — |
| sea_area | string | — |
| seabed_erosion_type | int | — |
| method | string | — |
| reference | string | — |
| doi | string | — |
| purpose | int | — |
| survey_data_availability | int | — |
| survey_data_format | string | — |
| timeframe | int | — |
| anthropogenic_erosion | int | — |
| erosion_continuity | int | — |
| seabed_dynamics | int | — |
| areal_extent | double | — |
| erosion_extent | string | — |
| substrate_type | string | — |
| substrate_change | int | — |
| water_depth_range | string | — |
| rate_unit | string | — |
| rate | string | — |
| comments | string | — |
| shape_length | double | — |
| shape_area | double | — |
| data_holder | string | — |
| contact | string | — |
| scale | int | — |
| original_scale | int | — |
| original_grain_size | string | — |
| mapping_method | int | — |
| references | string | — |
| reclassification | int | — |
| sample_number | int | — |
| original_substrate | string | — |
| relation | int | — |
| folk_16cl | int | — |
| folk_16cl_txt | string | — |
| folk_7cl | int | — |
| folk_7cl_txt | string | — |
| folk_5cl | int | — |
| folk_5cl_txt | string | — |
| surface_feature | string | — |
| surface_feature_group | int | — |
| conf_rs | int | — |
| conf_s | int | — |
| conf_d | int | — |
| conf_tot | int | — |
Schema captured from wfs 2 days ago.
Sample data (3 records)
Record 1doi: — · code: SE_001
{
"doi": null,
"code": "SE_001",
"rate": null,
"method": " Based on, in the bottom surface, the formation environment of the occurring sediment, grain size, organic material content, and terrain conditions",
"country": " Sweden",
"purpose": null,
"comments": null,
"location": null,
"objectid": 1,
"sea_area": "Baltic Sea",
"rate_unit": null,
"reference": " SGU-rapport 2020:04",
"timeframe": null,
"shape_area": 0.0857549075410829,
"description": " In order to carry out good work with coastal zone and physical planning, and succeed in measures against erosion and flooding, knowledge of coastal morphology and how associated coastal sediment dynamics and sediment transport work is needed",
"areal_extent": null,
"contact_info": "sgu@sgu.se",
"shape_length": 16.891882111123206,
"data_provider": "SGU",
"erosion_extent": null,
"substrate_type": null,
"seabed_dynamics": null,
"substrate_change": null,
"water_depth_range": null,
"erosion_continuity": null,
"survey_data_format": null,
"seabed_erosion_type": 1,
"anthropogenic_erosion": null,
"survey_data_availability": null
}Record 2doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.10 · code: SI705
{
"doi": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106061",
"code": "SI705",
"rate": " ",
"method": "Erosion determined from roughness of multibeam dataset and from subbottom sonar profiles",
"country": "Slovenia",
"purpose": 1,
"comments": " ",
"location": "Gulf of Trieste",
"objectid": 2,
"sea_area": "Adriatic Sea",
"rate_unit": " ",
"reference": "Novak et al., 2020, Marine Geology",
"timeframe": 3,
"shape_area": 0.0001753916347644845,
"description": "Erosion of Holocene marine sediment and partial erosion of underlying Late Pleistocene continental sediment",
"areal_extent": 0,
"contact_info": "ana.novak@geo-zs.si",
"shape_length": 0.08016770723647658,
"data_provider": "GeoZS",
"erosion_extent": " ",
"substrate_type": "mud",
"seabed_dynamics": 6,
"substrate_change": 0,
"water_depth_range": "38",
"erosion_continuity": 7,
"survey_data_format": "polygon",
"seabed_erosion_type": 1,
"anthropogenic_erosion": 4,
"survey_data_availability": 2
}Record 3doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007637 · code: PT001
{
"doi": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007637",
"code": "PT001",
"rate": " ",
"method": "High resolution multichannel seismics and single channel reflection seismics and sediment samples. Multibeam bathymetry",
"country": "Portugal",
"purpose": 5,
"comments": " ",
"location": "SW Portugal Alentejo Margin",
"objectid": 3,
"sea_area": "Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast",
"rate_unit": " ",
"reference": "Neres et al high-resolution magnetic surveys on the continental shelf. In Tectonics, AGU. First published: 02 May 2023",
"timeframe": 5,
"shape_area": 0.28618544977094146,
"description": "Continental shelf comprehending areas of depositional and erosional processes. Inner and outer sediment starved shelf dissected by canyons and repository of rivers mouth deposits. The west Iberia continent possibly undergoing general uplift.",
"areal_extent": 2791.784912109375,
"contact_info": "luis.batista@ipma.pt",
"shape_length": 3.0682072068213873,
"data_provider": "IPMA",
"erosion_extent": " ",
"substrate_type": " ",
"seabed_dynamics": 4,
"substrate_change": 0,
"water_depth_range": "0-350m",
"erosion_continuity": 6,
"survey_data_format": " ",
"seabed_erosion_type": 1,
"anthropogenic_erosion": 4,
"survey_data_availability": 3
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Verification Status
Using the API
Query examples
curl -s 'https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/gtk/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Coverage
- First published
- 2023-09-24
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
- Category: cc
Themes
Distributions (2)
gtk:seabed_erosion
https://drive.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/gtk/wfs?Seabed erosion data
https://www.emodnet-geology.eu/products/wp3/EMODnet_Seabed_Erosion.zip