PROTEKER: a near-shore submarine observatory in the Kerguelen Islands for the long-term monitoring of benthic habitats
Collected date : from Nov 2011 ongoing
Creators :
Thomas Saucède
PROTEKER is a pilot program that aims at establishing a baseline for assessing the impact of climate change on near-shore marine ecosystems of the Kerguelen Islands by implementing an ecological and genetic monitoring at reference sites. The high diversity of coastal marine ecosystems is usually ...
Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology
Disciplines :
geochemistry & geophysics
geosciences, multidisciplinary
Collected date : from 1993 to 2003
Creators :
Philippe Amiotte Suchet
Global map of the main rock types exposed on the continental areas (present day). This map has been constructed and digitized from synthetic lithological and soil maps published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-UNESCO) for each continent, and from additional other sources. The ...