Sediment maps of the Baltic Sea
(draft version of 8 October 2002)

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Baltic Sea Research Institute
Seestrasse 15
18 119 Rostock Warnemuende, Germany

Overview map of the Baltic sediments

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Winterhalter, B., Ignatius, H., Axberg, S., Niemistö, L. (1981): Geology of the Baltic Sea. In: Voipio, A. (Editor), The Baltic Sea. Oceanography Series. Elsevier, pp. 1-121.

Digitalised version supplied by:
B. Bobertz,
Baltic Sea Research Institute (IOW) Germany

Central Baltic

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L.-Y. Gelumbauskaite; A. Grigelis; I. Cato; M. Repecka & B. Kjellin
(1999). LGT Series of Marine Geological maps No.1. SGU Series of Geological Maps Ba No. 54.

Coast around Denmark

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Hermansen, B. & Jensen, J. B. (2000): Digital Sea Bottom Sediment Map around Denmark. Danmarks og Groenlands Geologiske Undersoegelse Rapport, 68, 2000.

German coast

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This map is based on the map of Hermansen & Jensen (2000): Digital Sea Bottom Map around Denmark. 1:500.000, Hrsg.: GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), Kopenhagen and data of the German Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH).

H-C. Reimers
State Agency for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology of Mecklemburg Western-Pommerania (LUNG), Germany.
(unpublished)

State Office for Environment and Nature in Rostock (STAUN) Rostock, GIS Küste M-V. version 2.0, 05.01.2000.

Provided by:
L. Tiepolt
State Office for Environment and Nature in Rostock (STAUN) Rostock, Germany.

Western Baltic

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E. Emeljanov; G. Neumann & W. Lemke (1993). Bottom Sediments of the Western Baltic. St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea Research Institute (IOW)
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Atlantic Branch

German coast detailed maps for selected regions

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1. F. Tauber, W. Lemke & R. Endler (1999): Map of sediment distribution in the Western Baltic Sea (1:100.000), sheet: Falster-Moen. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift, 51, 1, 5-32.
2. F. Tauber & W. Lemke (1995): Map of sediment distribution in the Western Baltic Sea (1:100.000), sheet: Darss. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift, 47, 3, 171-178.
3. B. Bobertz 1997.Untersuchen der regionalen Verteilung granulometrischer Eigenschaften der Oberflächensedimente der Pommernbucht mit geostatischen Verfahren und ihre genetische Interpretation . Diploma Thesis, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, 53pp.

Polish coast

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Sz. Uscinowicz, J. Zachowicz. Geological map of the Baltic Sea bottom. Polish Geological Institute, Branch of Marine Geology. (1990-1991) Wydawnictwa Geologiczne. (1992-1994) Wydawnictwo Kartograficzne Polskiej Agencji Ekologicznej S.A.

Digitised version provided by:

J. Urbanski,
Gdansk University, Poland

Lithuanian coast

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Gulf of Riga

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Finland detailed maps for selected regions

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