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Continental shelf break in the Bay of Biscay

This is the path of the continental shelf break of the Bay of Biscay’s northwestern border.

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Alternate title
FR-330-715-368-00032-Rebord_plateau_GDG_Arc_wgs84
Date ( Creation )
2008-03-01T13:10:00
Identifier
FR-330-715-368-00032-Rebord_plateau_GDG_Arc_wgs84
Presentation form
Digital map
Credit
Ifremer, Géosciences Marines
Status
On going
Author
IFREMER - Satra Le Bris Catherine
Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané , Brest , France
02 98 22 46 32
02 98 22 45 70
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Thèmes Sextant Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )
  • /Physical Environment/Sedimentology Geology/Geomorphology
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Morphology
  • Sedimentology
Keywords ( Place )
  • Bay of Biscay
  • Atlantic
Keywords ( Discipline )
  • geophysics
external.theme.gemet external.theme.gemet ( Theme )
  • morphology underwater
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Geology
Sous-regions marines Sous-regions marines ( Place )
  • Bay of Biscay
Use limitation
Restricted access
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Restricted
Other constraints
Obligation de citation : Bourillet J-F., Reynaud J.-Y., Baltzer A. and Zaragosi S., 2003. The “Fleuve Manche”: the sub-marine sedimentary features from the outer shelf to the deep-sea fans. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18(3-4): 261-282.
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
100000
Metadata language
fr
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Geoscientific information
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Reference system identifier
4326
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Curve
Geometric object count
1

Distributor

Distributor
Ifremer - Centre de Brest - Sextant server administrator ( Appointed custodian for digital data )
Name
fichier Shape ESRI
Version
ArcGIS 9.3.1
OnLine resource
DCSMM_REBORD_PLATEAU_GDGASC_A ( OGC:WMS )
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

Shelf edges extracted from the GIS linear morphology layer of the Gulf of Biscay.

Morphological interpretation of imagery, bathymetry and slope in the Bay of Biscay.

Description
The border of the shelf-slope is selected at 2° from the DTM Atlantic EEZ.
File identifier
2cbb2286-07ec-417a-b725-7fc74f0cc470 XML
Metadata language
fr
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-06-04T00:54:14
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
IFREMER - Satra Le Bris Catherine
Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané , Brest , France
02 98 22 46 32
02 98 22 45 70
 
 

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Keywords

Morphology Sedimentology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geology
Thèmes Sextant
/Physical Environment/Sedimentology Geology/Geomorphology
external.theme.gemet
morphology underwater

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