66703bd4-3694-475c-a7bd-3ee50a010855 eng utf8 0919a24507783020f16eb06dab812fe30532b8ef dataset Myriam Chergui French Geological Survey (BRGM) 3, avenue Claude-Guillemin, BP 36009 Orléans 45060 France m.chergui@brgm.fr https://www.brgm.fr/ pointOfContact 2025-12-16 ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4 2003/cor.1/2006 WGS84 (4326) Geological synthesis of Europe 2008 publication mapDigital This resource is a geological synthesis of Europe at the scale of 1 to 1.5 million, compiled by Billa et al. (2008). Geological survey of France (BRGM) French Geological Survey (BRGM) +33 2 38 64 34 34 3, avenue Claude-Guillemin, BP 36009 Orléans 45060 France contact@brgm.fr https://www.brgm.fr/ pointOfContact French Geological Survey (BRGM) France contact@brgm.fr custodian notPlanned Geology theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication ProMine European Geoscience Registry - Projects 2020-01-01 publication Geology Europe otherRestrictions Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 otherRestrictions no limitations to public access vector 1000 eng geoscientificInformation imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -31.50 69.00 27.50 82.00 Europe ESRI Shapefile WWW:LINK Geological synthesis of Europe information COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See referenced specification This map is one of the 'deliverables' of the BRGM R&D project 'GIS Europe' that was initially undertaken as part of the ESF (European Science Foundation) GEODE (Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution) programme, ABCD (Alpine-Balkan-Carpathian-Dinarides) sub programme. The first synthesis produced within the frame of this programme (Metallogenic map of Central and Southeastern Europe), has later been completed with scientific work realized for developing several regional- to country-scale GIS (e.g. SIG Mines France [BRGM], GIS Karelia [RFML – Russian-French Metallogenic Laboratory], GIS Caucasus [BRGM – CNRS], etc.), to finally end up in a Pan-European synthesis. The coverage has mainly been created by digitalization and synthesizing of published national geological maps after applying a standardized legend based on the age and the lithology of the mapped units. The used input maps of all countries in the area have been published at a 1:500,000 scale or less and allow to certify the precision of the synthesis at a 1:1,500,000 scale. Some key areas like the Alps have been completely redrawn. Note that the Fenno-Scandinavian part of the map has been produced by the Geological Surveys of Finland, Norway and Sweden. BRGM input is nil, and limited to an attempt to homogenize legends in order to present an exhaustive synthesis