Open AccessSystematic mapping of the Spanish continental margin
Author(s) -
Acosta Juan,
Muñoz Araceli,
Uchupi Elazar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo300001
Subject(s) - exclusive economic zone , hydrography , oceanography , navy , geography , continental shelf , mediterranean sea , continental margin , fishery , political science , mediterranean climate , cartography , geology , archaeology , paleontology , tectonics , biology
For economic, environmental, recreational, military, and political reasons it is critical for coastal states to have up‐to‐date information on their marine margins. Spain began to acquire such data 17 years ago. From 1995 to the present, the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO), a research organization of the state, has carried out a systematic geological and geophysical study of the Spanish margins. Among these projects are (1) the hydrographic and oceanographic study of the Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that was implemented by the Navy Hydrographic Institute (IHM); (2) the Espace Project, a study of the Spanish continental shelf; and (3) the Capesme Project, which created fisheries maps of the Mediterranean Sea. The latter two projects were carried out in collaboration with the Secretariat General of the Sea (SGM).