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Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features - Blue Habitats

Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and Geoscience Australia recently collaborated to produce a map of the global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features. The global seafloor geomorphic features map represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains. A detailed description and analysis of the global geomorphic features map can be found in in the scientific paper published in Marine Geology (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.01.011). The map and the underlying spatial data can be accessed from http://www.bluehabitats.org/

Seafloor Geomorphic Features Map by Harris, P.T., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Rupp, J. and Baker, E.K. 2014. Geomorphology of the oceans. Marine Geology, 352: 4-24. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The data is available as ESRI shapefiles in a single zipped archive and contains shapefiles for the following geomorphic features: abysses, basins, bridges, canyons, escarpments, fans, glacial troughs, guyots, hadals, plateaus, ridges, rift valleys, rises, seamounts, shelfs, sills, slopes, spreading ridges, terraces, trenches, and troughs.

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Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features

Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and…

Field Value
Publisher Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Modified 11 February 2022
Release Date 21 July 2021
Source URL http://www.bluehabitats.org/
Identifier b217458f-27e6-4ab6-8d68-f0dc5ef95285
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Global
Relevant Countries Worldwide
Language English (United States)
License Public
[Open Data]
Author Blue Habitats
Contact Name Miles Macmillan-Lawler
Contact Email [email protected]