RBINS metadata catalog
Seabed substrate map, surficial sediments Belgian part of the North Sea [map]. 1:100.000
A multi-scale process-based substrate map of the Belgian Part of the North Sea. A proxy of the surficial sediment type is mapped using automated seafloor classification using derivates of very-high resolution multibeam bathymetry from Flemish Hydrography ( https://www.agentschapmdk.be/en/flemish-hydrography), informed by sediment dynamics and geological processes. The mapping was steered towards a Folk classification (Folk, 1954) representing a maximum of fifteen major textural groups defined on ratios of silt-clay (< 63 µm), sand (63 µm to 2 mm) and gravel (> 2 mm) percentages. The original classification (15 classes) was merged into 6 classes and 4 classes, the latter to align with the requirements of Europe’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2024-04-03T14:02:08Z
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-04-08T09:25:08Z
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-12-29T16:13:21.876Z
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2820
- Identifier
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bmdc.be:dataset:2820
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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This dataset is composed of the following sources: Vera van Lancker (2024). Seabed substrate map, surficial sediments Belgian part of the North Sea [map]. 1:100.000.
- Theme
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seabed sediments
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acoustic seafloor classification
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broad-scale habitat type
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Marine essentials
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No limitations on public access.
- Use limitation
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No conditions apply to use.
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 100000
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- Extent type code
- Yes
- Date
- Unique resource identifier
- Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
- gml32:beginPosition
- 2012-01-01
- gml32:endPosition
- 2022-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
- Distribution format
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application/xml
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Unknown
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application/xml
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Unknown
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Distributor
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.22797
- OnLine resource
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od_nature:Seabedsubstrate_Surficialsediments_100k_WGS84
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OGC:WMS
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A WMS service to view a map
Distributor
- Name
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.110439
- OnLine resource
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od_nature:Seabedsubstrate_Surficialsediments_100k_WGS84
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OGC:WFS
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A WFS service to download
- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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The acoustical mapping combined a classification of the range in depth values at 1-m resolution, and of roughness at 10-m resolution. Outcomes were processed to a 50.000 (50k) scale with a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 0.01 km². Sediment samples, lithological descriptions, visual observations and geological datasets are used for validation. Generalization towards higher mapping scales and metadata assignment followed procedures from EMODnet-Geology (www.emodnet.eu): 100k (MMU: 0.05 km²), 250k (MMU: 0.3 km²) and 1M (MMU: 4 km²).
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:2820 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-29T16:13:21.876Z
- Metadata standard name
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Geographic information -- Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
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