| General info | |
| Project title | European Marine Sediment Information Network |
| Project acronym | EUMARSIN |
| Associated programme | EU Programme |
| Project website | http://www.eu-seased.net |
| Begin date | 1998-11-01 |
| End date | 2000-11-01 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | European seas |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The European Marine Sediment Information Network (EUMARSIN) project aims to provide a tool to assist integrated management of the European coastal and marine environment. Within the framework of the project, 16 organisations will develop and operate a public domain meta-database network, designed to give a standard overview of available marine geological data obtained by the partners in oceans and seas. The meta-data will provide an index to the marine sediment meta-data banks of the Geological Surveys of the EU countries and Norway, which represent about 140,000 sample points. The meta-database will consist of sedimentological, bathymetric and analytical data, e.g. geochemical analyses which will enable first approach studies for a wide variety of users. Users will be able to access information concerning the nature and quality of seabed sediments by identifying the sources where the required data are stored. After the official project end EUMARSIN is continued and maintained as an operational service as part of the EU-Seased website service. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Marine Geology Department
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| Country of Coordinator | Greece |
| Contact name | C. Perissoratis |
| Contact organisation | Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Marine Geology Department
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| Email | sdn-userdesk@seadatanet.org |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | British Geological Survey (Edinburgh)
EuroGeoSurveys, Association of the Geological Surveys in Europe
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources , Hannover
French Geological Survey (BRGM)
Geological Survey Ireland
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Geological Survey of Finland
Geological Survey of Norway
Geological Survey of Spain
Geological Survey of Sweden
Instituto Geologico e Mineiro
Marine Information Service
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Geological Survey of Belgium
TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 9657 |
| Collating centre | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre
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| Latest update | 2015-03-13 |
