Morphological and lithological coastal type
Short description
Pan-European map of morphological and lithological coastal type at zoomable scale. The map is collated and harmonised from geological maps provided by partners of EMODnet Geology. Where no such data were available, information from the EUROSION project is provided. The main attributes denote several types of rocky coast, beach, inshore area and artificial coast. The current version was finalised in May 2021.
Point of contact
Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO)
sytze.vanheteren@tno.nl
Netherlands
Spatial extent
['-24.549', '45.764', '31.952', '71.746']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Keywords

European ;


cliff ; beach setting ; coast ; estuary ;


EMODnet-Geology ;

muddy coast, man-made coast ;


Resource provider(s)
Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO)
sytze.vanheteren@tno.nl