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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(2025) . Associations of dominant parent material in Europe 1:15,000,000. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fdcdd096-d8f6-4a98-bd03-861c9772b3b1

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File identifier: fdcdd096-d8f6-4a98-bd03-861c9772b3b1 XML

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code: acd77c46-c706-ee1b-739d-45181dc7c397

code: https://doi.org/10.25928/EUPM15000_1.0

Metadata language: eng English

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Geoscientific information

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Soil
Geology

Other keywords

Keywords ( 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

Keywords ( Place )

Europa
Europe

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Date ( Publication ): 2025-09-04

Date ( Creation ): 2005-08-09

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Lineage: 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)

Denominator: 15000000

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Access constraints: General Standard Terms and Conditions (GSTC) of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). The LBEG or the BGR is the owner of the rights of exploitation for software, digital data, and other products protected by copyright, as well as know-how. The contractual partner receives a simple right of use for the types of use defined in the following. The right to duplicate and present is also transferred. The rights which are not transferred include in particular the right to make accessible to the public, unless the contractual partner makes the aforementioned accessible to the public within the framework of an administrative procedure when acting as a participating authority in said administrative procedure. For the purpose of reuse the provided information has to be quoted as follows: BGR [Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe] (2005). Soil Regions Map of the European Union and Adjacent Countries 1:5,000,000 (Version 2.0). Special Publication, Ispra. EU catalogue number S.P.I.05.134.