EU-SEASED, a searchable catalogue of over 300.000 seafloor samples from the ocean basins and continental shelves, held at European institutions
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Marine Information Service |
| Country | Netherlands  |
| Time period | The samples range from ca. 1840 to present. |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | European continental shelves and the ocean basins |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Mineralogical composition; Sediment grain size parameters; Sediment water content, porosity and surface area; Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties; Geological sample density; Concentration of organic matter in sediments; Carbon concentrations in sediment; Lithology |
| Instruments | Magnetometers; sediment traps; sediment grabs; unconsolidated sediment corers; rock corers; rock dredges |
| Description | |
| Summary | The EU-Seased database and website has come forward from the EU-funded projects EUROCORE and EUMARSIN. It provides a searchable catalogue of over 300.000 seafloor samples from the ocean basins and continental shelves, held at European institutions. There are more than 60 geological survey departments and university departments contributing to the metadatabase. Searches can be made using a graphic interface ('Search by map') or by text filled fields (Search all fields') which allows searching on a wide range of parameters. The result of searches will only list metadata, access to samples and any related accessory datasets is for negotiation between the user and the repository where the sample is stored. Contact information is provided. The website is managed by MARIS in a service contract for Euro Geo Surveys. |
| Originators | British Geological Survey (Edinburgh) Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources , Hannover French Geological Survey (BRGM) Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Geological Survey of Finland Geological Survey of Norway Geological Survey of Spain Geological Survey of Sweden Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Marine Geology Department Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Instituto Geologico e Mineiro National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology Polish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Geological Survey of Belgium TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands |
| Data web site | http://www.eu-seased.net |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Marine Information Service |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Dick M.A. Schaap (Managing director) |
| Address | Marine Information Service |
| Telephone | +31 (0)70-3004710 |
| Facsimile | +31 70 3903546 |
| dick@maris.nl | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee |
| Local identifier | 20007002 |
| Global identifier | 2999 |
| Last revised | 2009-03-17 |
