Document of dataset 635

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Bathymetric Position Index (zones) : large scale slopes, crests, flats and depressions on the Belgian continental shelf (UG_RCMG_BPI_z)
Description in English
The DEM was compiled by the RCMG from bathymetric singlebeam data from the Ministry of the Flemish Community (Department of Environment and Infrastructure, Waterways and Marine Affairs Administration, Division Coast, Hydrographic Office) and was completed with data from the Hydrographic Office of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Abstract in English
Large scale zones indicating slopes, crests, flats and depressions on the Belgian continental shelf (BCS) derived from the digital elevation model (DEM) of the BCS using the Bathymetric Position Index (Weiss (2001); Iampietro & Kvitek (2002)).
Rights
Restricted
Comment
Dataset available as GIS shapefile and raster

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1989-01-01
End date
2004-01-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Bathymetric position index
Bathymetry
Digital Elevation Models
Geology
Structures

Themes

theme
Geology - Geophysics - Sedimentation
Geology - Geophysics - Sedimentation > Bathymetry - sonar images

Ownerships

contributor
Renard Centre of Marine Geology
creator
Els Verfaillie
creator
Renard Centre of Marine Geology
creator
Vera Van Lancker
creator
Renard Centre of Marine Geology
contactPoint
Els Verfaillie
contactPoint
Renard Centre of Marine Geology

Dataset references

is part of
Full coverage sediment and bathymetry map of the BCS

Special collections

part of special collection
Belgian marine datasets

Document metadata

date created
2005-11-25
date modified
2015-12-04