Atlantic Shoreline Classification
The Atlantic dataset is part of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Shoreline Classification and Pre-Spill database. Shoreline classification data has been developed for use by the Environmental Emergencies Program of Environment and Climate Change Canada for environmental protection purposes. Marine and estuarine shorelines are classified according to the character (substrate and form) of the upper intertidal (foreshore) or upper swash zone (Sergy, 2008). This is the area where oil from a spill usually becomes stranded and where treatment or cleanup activities take place. The basic parameter that defines the shoreline type is the material that is present in the intertidal zone. The presence or absence of sediments is a key factor in determining whether oil is stranded on the surface of a substrate or can penetrate and/or be buried. This dataset contains thousands of linear shoreline segments ranging in length from 200 m and 2 km long. The entities represent the location of the segments and their geomorphological description.
There exist further fields in the attribute table for this dataset. We are currently working on standardizing our shoreline segmentation datasets and the updated data will soon be uploaded to the catalog.
Sergy, G. (2008). The Shoreline Classification Scheme for SCAT and Oil Spill Response in Canada. Proceedings of the 31stArctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar.Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Pp. 811-819.
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Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 30449352-2556-42df-9ffe-47ea8e696f91 XML
- Date Stamp
- 2021-07-02T14:37:34
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Dataset
http://ec.gc.ca
Data identification
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-05-05
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-05-12
- Status
- Completed
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Unknown
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Keywords
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SCAT; Shoreline Classification; Shoreline; Segmentation; Bedrock Cliff; Bedrock Vertical; Bedrock Platform; Boulder Beach; Man-made Permeable; Man-made Solid; Mud Tidal Flat; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Wetlands; Not Classified; Bedrock Sloping; Bedrock Ramp; Boulder Bank; Marsh; Mixed Sediment Beach; Mixed Sediment Bank; Pebble Beach; Cobble Beach; Sand Beach; Sand Bank; Sediment Cliff; Vegetated Bank; Canada; Quebec; QC; AR; Saint-Lawrence; Geomorphology; Coastal Landforms; Coastal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Coastal Landform; Mud Bank; Clay Bank; Sand Tidal Flat; Beach; Rocky Coast; New Brunswick; NB; N.B.; Newfoundland and Labrador; NL; N.L.; Nova Scotia; NS; N.S.; Prince Edward Island; PE; P.E.I.; Que; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Maine; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Sable Island; Littoral
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Oceans
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external.theme.EC_Information_Category
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Other
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external.theme.EC_Functions
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Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
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Respond to Environmental Emergencies
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Environmental Stewardship Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Environmental Protection Operations
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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external.place.GC_Geographic_Scope
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Atlantic - Prince Edward Island (PE)
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external.place.GC_Geographic_Scope
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Atlantic - New Brunswick (NB)
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Atlantic - Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
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Atlantic - Nova Scotia (NS)
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Quebec (QC)
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Water - Drainage regions - Maritime Coastal
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Water - Drainage regions - Newfoundland–Labrador
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Water - Drainage regions - Saint John–St. Croix
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Water - Major drainage area - Maritime Provinces
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Water - Ocean basin - Arctic Ocean
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 2017-05-12
Extent
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 4326 /
Distribution
Distribution Formats
- Distribution format
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FGDB/GDB
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FGDB / GDB
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FGDB/GDB
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FGDB / GDB
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http://ec.gc.ca