Associations of dominant parent material in Europe 1:15,000,000

For the legend-building of the soil regions map (EUSR5000), areas with similar climate (EUCA15000) are further subdivided into areas with similar parent material, thus with a similar geologic paleogeographic development. Because the geological conditions (nature of parent material) are key factors for soil formation, it must be characterized at the level of the soil regions as well. In order to represent parent material at the Europe-wide continental level, data from small-scale geological maps were re-interpreted and aggregated to parent material associations 1:15 Mio. The different rocks are summarized by geological formation, at the same time following the main class- or group-level from the List of Parent Material according to Finke et al.(2001). As a result, 18 rock complexes were received and evaluated in respect of their effect on soil formation. Here it must be pointed out that soils are not formed on the rock itself but on weathering products mostly consisting of several layers and with numerous external components incorporated by redeposition.

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EUPM15000
Date (Publication)
2025-09-04
Date (Creation)
2005-08-09
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1.0
Citation identifier
acd77c46-c706-ee1b-739d-45181dc7c397
Citation identifier
https://doi.org/10.25928/EUPM15000_1.0
Author
  Baritz, Rainer, Dr.
Author
  Fuchs, Michael, Dr.
Author
  Hartwich, Reinhard, Dr.
Author
  Krug, Dietmar
Author
  Richter, Stefanie
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Stilleweg 2 , Hannover , 30655 , DE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Soil

  • Geology
Theme

  • Boden

  • Soil map

  • Europäische Union

  • European Union

  • Ausgangsgestein

  • Parent material

  • Soil parent material associations

  • Gruppen der Bodenausgangsgesteine

  • Soil physical properties

  • Bodenphysikalische Eigenschaften

  • Geological process

  • Soil process

  • Soil resource

  • Soil structure

  • Soil texture

  • Soil fertility
Place

  • Europa

  • Europe
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15000000
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English
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EPSG:3035
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EUPM15000 (PDF)

EUPM15000 im Format Adobe Acrobat Datei

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EUPM15000 im Format ESRI Shape

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EUPM15000 im Format GeoPackage

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Die Datenquellen sind in Hartwich et al. (2005) gelistet und erläutert: - Europaweite thematische Karten und Datensätze - Nationale/regionale Bodenkarten und Expertenwissen von Mitgliedern des European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN) - The data sources are listed, explained and cited in Hartwich et al. (2005): - Europe-wide thematic maps and data sets - national/regional soil maps and expert knowledge from members of the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN)
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Metadata language
English
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UTF8
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Dataset
Hierarchy level name

Boden
Date stamp
2025-09-11
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INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
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n/a
Point of contact
  Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
DEU
https://www.bgr.bund.de
 
 

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Ausgangsgestein Boden Bodenphysikalische Eigenschaften European Union Europäische Union Geological process Gruppen der Bodenausgangsgesteine Parent material Soil fertility Soil map Soil parent material associations Soil physical properties Soil process Soil resource Soil structure Soil texture
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