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1 Workshop to develop 250,000 soil database for Danube Basin using esoter methodology JRC Ispra, Italy 04/02/2015 Parent material (PM) Rainer Baritz 1
2 EGS - Task Force Superficial Deposits/ Soil Resources 39 members (24 countries) Chair: Rainer Baritz (BGR, Germany) Co-Chair: Florence Quesnel (BRGM) 2
3 Objectives of the task force: Superficial Deposits/ Soil Resources Mid-term: to develop a European map of surface-close lithologies (parent material map) Long-term: to develop a database which comprises the major mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of the weathered geological materials 3
4 1. Relevant continental PM maps 2. Harmonized PM classification needed to link between soils and geology considering comaptibility with INSPIRE 3. Status of Europe-wide PM mapping activities 1:250,000 4
5 Workshop to develop 250,000 soil database for Danube Basin using esoter methodology JRC Ispra, Italy 04/02/ Relevant continental PM maps 5
6 Parent material in Europe-wide soil data bases Parent material associations (European soil regions map) European soil geographical database(pm layer)
7 Other databases The 1:2.5 Million Quarternary Geological Map of Europe (IQuaME) - currently digitized International Hydrogeological Map of Europe and the Mediterranean Region 1:1.5 Mio - Data atjrc; northern European added, public release 04/2015
8 Workshop to develop 250,000 soil database for Danube Basin using esoter methodology JRC Ispra, Italy 04/02/ Harmonized PM classification 8
9 1. Soil Parent Material Classification 1:1 Mio Soil Data Base of Europe (STU Level; not mapped, proportions within SMU) MAT11 First level dominant parent material code. MAT21 First level secondary parent material code. (Present in: STU) No information 1 Undifferentiated alluvial deposits (or glacial deposits) 2 Calcareous rocks 3 Clayey materials 4 Sandy materials 5 Loamy materials 6 Detrital formations 7 Crystalline rocks and migmatites 8 Volcanic rocks 9 Other rocks No information 10 Undifferentiated alluvial deposits (or glacial deposits) 11 River alluvium 12 Estuarine/Marine alluvium 13 Glaciofluvial deposits 14 Glaciofluvial drift 15 Colluvium 20 Calcareous rocks 21 Limestone 22 Secondary chalk 23 Marl 24 Gypsum 25 Dolomite. No information 100 Undifferentiated alluvial deposits (or glacial deposits) 110 River alluvium 111 Old fluviatile deposit (Tertiary) 112 Terraces 113 Lacustrofluvial alluvium 120 Estuarine/Marine alluvium 130 Glaciofluvial deposits 131 Till 140 Glaciofluvial drift 150 Colluvium 200 Calcareous rocks 209 residuum from calcareous rocks 210 Limestone 211 Primary limestone (Carboniferous) 212 Secondary limestone 213 Tertiary limestone 214 Ferrugineous limestone 215 Hard limestone 216 Soft limestone 217 Marly limestone 218 Chalky limestone 219 Detrital limestone 220 Secondary chalk.
10 1:250 K Soil Data Base of Europe (Manual of Procedures) Major Class Group Type Subtype 100 Consolidated 110 psephite or rudite 111 conglomerate 1111 pudding stone clastic 112 breccia sedimentary rocks 120 psammite or 121 sandstone 1211 calcareous sandstone arenite 1212 ferruginous sandstone 1213 clayey sandstone 1214 quartzitic sandstone / orthoquartzite 1215 micaceous sandstone 1216 feldspathic sandstone 122 arkose 123 greywacke 1231 feldspathic greywacke 130 pelite, lutite or 131 claystone/ 1311 kaolinite agillite mudstone 1312 bentonite 132 siltstone 140 facies bound 141 flysch 1411 sandy flysch rocks 1412 clayey and silty flysch 1413 conglomeratic flysch 142 molasse 200 Sedimentary 210 calcareous rocks 211 limestone 2111 hard limestone rocks (chemically 2112 soft limestone precipitated, 2113 marly limestone evaporated, or of 2114 chalky limestone organogenic or 2115 detritial limestone biogenic origin) 2116 carbonaceous limestone 2117 lacustrine or freshwater limestone
11 e-soter Regional pilot platform as EU contribution to a Global Soil Observing System A new classification of soil parent material Ulrich Schuler Ulrich Schuler Rainer Baritz, Jan Willer, Harald G. Dill
12 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 consolidation degree Revised PM classification: 1. Rock types (5 Levels) geochemical character strength of geochemical character C consolidated CS siliceous CSA acid (>66% SiO 2 ) C consolidated CC calcareous CCP basic (>90% Karbonate) major rock type CSAI magmatite CCPM metamorphite rock type CSAI2 granite, rhyolite,. CCPM1 marble C consolidated CK rock sequence CKX not specified CKXX not specified CKXXx rock with calcareous sequence with rocks calcareous rocks S semiconsolidated SC calcareous CCX not specified CCXS not specified SCXS1 chalk U unconsolidated US siliceous USA acid (>66% SiO 2 ) USAS sediment USAS1 sand U unconsolidated UC calcareous UCX not specified UCXS sediment UCXS1 carbonate sand
13 Revised PM classification: 2. Genesis (3 Levels) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Prozess Specification State a aeolian deposition ab sandy abxi terminated c chemical deposition cd encrusted cdca continuing l lake deposition lb littoral lbxa continuing u fluvial deposition ux not specified uxxa continuing e erosion ew hydric ewxa continuing e erosion ev aeolian evxa continuing w weathering wp physical wpfa continuing w weathering wc chemical wcbi terminated x not specified xx not specified xxxx not specified
14 Applications 1. Rock types (Level 4) Baltic Sea esoter Pilot area sheet Chemnitz 2. Genesis
15 Report: 1. Review & revision EGS - Communicated with INSPIRE data specifcations(geology) - Sentout tofewiuss experts; needs to be more widely communicated - EGS firstcheck 2014; some extensions needed(genesis ); will bedone Basis for PM legend 1.250, Publication - Report (ISRIC) - Revised SOTER manual - Next edition of the FAO Guidelines forsoilprofiledescription
16 Workshop to develop 250,000 soil database for Danube Basin using esoter methodology JRC Ispra, Italy 04/02/ Status of Europe-wide PM mapping activities 1:250,000 16
17 EGS: High-resolution geology maps accross Europe Metaanalysis towards a new map Goodprogressgeologymapping+/-1: Analysis of mapped parameters, mapping depth Application/testofeSOTERPM; discussiontouseitasthe new legend (suface-close lithology) VariouschallengesremaintoapplyharmonizedPM classification(all legends collected): e.g. derive Stratigraphy( age ) where missing; disaggregate existinglegendswhicharetoorefined; elboratetargetlegend; aggregation, disaggregation and generalization, etc. EGS: efforttocover SE Europe; conceptdevelopmentbyend of2015 1st steps: Danube?
18 Important existing PM maps Quaternary (Status: 1st Meeting 2013) 1Mio UK Parent material 200k IRL Quaternary 50k 200k Quaternary (Flanders) 500k Quaternary 50k bed rock geology CZ Lithostratigraphy F: Regolith 200k SK Quaternary AT Substrate Types Alps 50k 1Mio ES Quaternary 1Mio 250k Lithostratigraphy PT Lithostratigraphy
19 Existing surface-close geology data Superficial Deposits/ Soil Resources review of depth relation of available, high-resolution lithological data sets in Europe Depth relation DE > 2m DK 1m depth ES 1m ( 1 to 3(4)m F 0-10 m Draft Jan 2015, incomplete FI 1 m (in practice: variable) IRL within 1 m depth IT > 2 m depth NL 0-30 m NO thickness of deposits > 0.5 m PL thicker than 2 m SE > 0,5 m depth UK 1 m
20 Country reports N=22 Status: 3rd Meeting 2015) Austria Lithology 1:200k (100%)(legend: Substrate types) Belgium Quaternary Flanders: 1:200k (100%) Lithostratigraphy Wallonia: 1:25k (ca. 60%) Croatia Lithostratigraphy 1:300k (100%) CY Lithostratigraphy 1:250k (100 %) CZ Lithostratigraphy 1:50k (100%) Denmark Lithology 1:200k (100%) Finland Quaternary 1:200k (100%) France Lithostratigraphy 1:50k (100%); regolith covered in different qualities 100% + Genesis Germany Lithostratigraphy 1:200k (100%)(not fully harmonized) + Genesis Ireland Quaternary 1:50k (100%) Italy Lithostratigraphy 1:100k (100 %); 652 maps sheets 1:50k (ca. 40%) Lithuania Quaternary 1:200k (100%), 1:50 k (60 %) Netherlands Lithostratigraphy 1:50k (ca. 40% of NL covered); 3D voxel modeling ca. 40% Norway Quaternary Mixed scales 100%: 1:50 k (23 %); 1:250 k (ca. 80 % incl. Poland Lithogenesis (+Stratigraphy) 1:500k in the North); 1: 1 Mio (100%) Mixed scales 90%: 1:50k (80-90%); 1:200k ca. 50 %); 1:500K (100%) Portugal Lithostratigraphy Mixed scales ca. 85%: 1: 1:50k (74%); 1:200k (50%) Slovakia Quaternary 1: 200k, 1:500k both 100% Slovenia Lithostratigraphy 1:250k (100%) Spain Lithology 1:200k (100%); 1:50k (70%); Quaternary 1:1Mio (100%) Sweden Quaternary Mixed scales ca. 805%: 1:200k (North), 1:50k (South), Switzerland Lithostratigraphy + Genesis UK Parent material 1:50k (100%) (1:1Mio 100%) 1:500k (100%)(original scale; 1:300k)
21 Index maps 1:50k to 1:500k Status: 3rd Meeting Jan2015
22 Status PM esoter WP3 Pilot Chemnitz Geology 1:1Mio (esoter-pm) esoter-land forms(version: GMK) Conceptual soil map (esoter map, soil component)
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