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Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500,000 provides an overview of the subsurface subdivided into three groups of rocks: unconsolidated rocks, sedimentary r...
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Geological Atlas of Switzerland 1:25000
Regions and cities, Environment
The sheets of the Geological Atlas of Switzerland (GA25) give detailed information about the uppermost layers of the subsurface structure. Geological formations are represented ...
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Status of the cantonal geotope inventories
Regions and cities, Environment
The Geotopes Project Group (Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT) centralises all geodata relating to cantonal geotope inventories in a GIS database. The aim is to obtain a nationwid...
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Aeromagnetic Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The overall magnetisation of a rock consists of induced magnetisation caused by the Earth's magnetic field and of remanent magnetisation acquired by the rock during its formatio...
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Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000 (vector map)
Regions and cities, Environment
The map (GK500-LGM) shows the maximum extent of glaciation in Switzerland at the height of the last Ice Age around 24,000 years ago. It presents the latest results of current re...
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Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (TK500) depicts the tectonic units and structural elements of the entire Swiss territory and neighboring regions. These units group together rock...
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Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Isostatic Anomalies) 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
Isostatic anomalies can be deduced using the Pratt or Airy hypothesis. These anomalies correspond to the static flotation of the Earth’s crust in the upper mantle. The deviation...
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Salt
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of salt in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Salt falls under the category of industrial minerals and is mainl...
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Lithological and mineralogical map of Switzerland 1:200000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Lithological-mineralogical map of Switzerland 1:200,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to lithological criteria. The superimposed locations of m...
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Dimension stone
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of dimension stone in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Sculpted or sawn, these dimension stones are mainly us...
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Quarries 1965
Regions and cities, Environment
The data on quarries is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database contains ent...
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Energy raw materials
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the locations where energy raw materials have been identified as well as the former mining sites in Switzerland. Currently, no energy raw materials are exploi...
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Geotopes in Switzerland
Regions and cities, Environment
Geotopes are geoscientific natural monuments. Geotopes that represent geological history show the development of the landscape, the climate and life, the formation and disappear...
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Grundwasserschutzareale
Regions and cities, Environment
Grundwasserschutzareale dienen zum vorsorglichen Schutz des Grundwassers im Hinblick auf eine zukünftige Nutzung (Versorgung oder Anreicherung). Die Grundwasserschutzareale bild...
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Gewässerschutzbereich Ao
Regions and cities, Environment
Gewässerschutzbereiche Ao werden zum Schutz der Wasserqualität oberirdischer Gewässer ausgeschieden, wenn diese zur Trinkwasserversorgung genutzt werden oder wenn diese indirekt...
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Geologische Gefahrenkarte nach Teilprozess
Regions and cities, Environment
Geografische Inventar der Gebiete, die natürlichen geologischen Gefahren ausgesetzt sind, nach Teilprozess (Stein- / Blockschlag, Fels- / Bergsturz, Rutschung, Hangmure, Eisstur...
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Grundwasseraustritte, Fassungen und Anreicherungsanlagen
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Die Daten zum Thema „Quellen und Fassungen“ beinhalten und beschreiben die gefassten und nicht gefassten Quellen und Brunnen, die Fassungsstränge oder –stollen und die Gewässerf...
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Grundwasserschutzzonen
Regions and cities, Environment
Grundwasserschutzzonen dienen dazu, Trinkwasserfassungen und das Grundwasser unmittelbar vor seiner Nutzung als Trinkwasser vor Beeinträchtigungen zu schützen. Die Grundwassersc...
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Gewässerschutzbereich Au
Regions and cities, Environment
Der Gewässerschutzbereich Au ist als Instrument des flächendeckenden, ressourcenorientierten Grundwasserschutzes gleichermassen auf den quantitativen wie auf den qualitativen Gr...
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Sectoral Plan Deep Geological Repositories
Regions and cities, Environment
Most of the radioactive waste in Switzerland comes from the country's five nuclear power plants, though a certain amount is also produced in the healthcare sector, in industry a...