A new digital lithological Map of Italy at 1:100.000 scale

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We present a lithological map of Italy at a scale of 1:100.000, obtained from classification of a comprehensive digital database. We first obtained the full database, containing about 300.000 geo-referenced polygons, from the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research. We grouped polygons according to a lithological classification by expert analysis of the original 5,456 unique descriptions of polygons, following geo-mechanical criteria. The procedure resulted in a lithological map with a legend including 19 classes, intended mainly for slope stability assessment, geo-morphological and geo-hydrological purposes. Other possible applications, including geo-environmental studies, evaluation of river chemical composition, estimation of raw material resources, are also possible and encouraged.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935673
Related Identifier https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.14876
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107124
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.935673
Provenance
Creator Bucci, Francesco; Santangelo, Michele ORCID logo; Fongo, Lorenzo; Alvioli, Massimiliano; Cardinali, Mauro ORCID logo; Melelli, Laura; Marchesini, Ivan ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 2 data points
Discipline Geology; Geosciences; Geospheric Sciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (12.000 LON, 43.000 LAT); Italy