Alternate title

QAFI

Date (Creation)

2010-10-19

Date (Publication)

2012-02-07

Date (Revision)

2012-02-07

Citation identifier

69

Presentation form

Digital map

Presentation form

Digital document

Purpose

The QAFI database has two main objectives: the storage and dissemination of information on the active quaternary faults of the Iberian Peninsula in a technologically updated and dynamic format, as well as contributing to improving seismic hazard estimates and making critical infrastructure projects and emergency or land-use plans more effective and optimal.

Credit

Technical Editor: Santiago Martín Alfageme.

Web application: Ángel Prieto Martín.

Science Editors: Julián García Mayordomo (IGME-CSIC), Juan M. Insua Arévalo (U. Complutense de Madrid), Jose Jesús Martínez Díaz (U. Complutense de Madrid), Alberto Jiménez Díaz (U. Complutense de Madrid), Raquel Martín Banda (IGME-CSIC), Jose A. Álvarez Gómez (U. Cantabria), Raúl Pérez López (IGME-CSIC), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pascua (IGME-CSIC), Martín Rodríguez Peces (U. Complutense de Madrid), Jorge Giner Robles (U. Autónoma de Madrid), Fidel Martín González (U. Rey Juan Carlos), Eulalia Masana (U. Barcelona), Héctor Perea (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Eliza S. Nemser (Intituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), João Cabral (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal).

Metadata Editor: Raquel Martín Banda (IGME-CSIC).

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC)	García Mayordomo, Julián	qafi@igme.es	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

Annually

Keywords

• IGME

• Iberia

• Palaeoseismology

• Tectonics

• Sismic Hazard

Tesauro IGME

• Quaternary

• Fault

GEMET

• Geology

• NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ANTHROPIC ENVIRONMENT

• LITHOSPHERE (soil, geological processes)

• Geological processes

• Seismic activity

• Earthquakes

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Natural hazard zones

Keywords

• Earthquakes

• Seismic Hazards

CEOLocation

• COUNTRIES

• SPAIN

• PORTUGAL

EuropeanTerritorialUnits

• SPAIN

Keywords

• Iberia

Spatial scope

• National

Keywords

• EGDI-selection

Specific usage

The QAFI database has two main objectives: the storage and dissemination of information on the active quaternary faults of the Iberian Peninsula in a technologically updated and dynamic support, as well as contributing to improve seismic hazard estimates and to make critical infrastructure projects and emergency or land-use plans more effective and optimal.

User contact info

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC)		cartografiadigital@igme.es	Point of contact

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

No limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

LICENCE OF USE: Conditions of public use and dissemination of information for the re-use of IGME data. http://www.igme.es/Ayuda/CondiUso.htm

Title

Neotectonic Map of Spain at Scale 1:1,000,000

Date (Creation)

1990-12-03

Citation identifier

26045

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC)		publicaciones@igme.es	Point of contact

Association Type

Cross reference

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

200000

Language

English

Character set

8859 Part 1

Description

Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)

Supplemental Information

QAFI has been funded and supported by the following research projects: FASE-GEO (CGL2009-09726-/BTE), IBERFAULT (CGL2009-07388-E/BTE) and SHARE (FP7-226967).

The database has been created with Access 2003 from Microsoft, Inc. To open it correctly, it is necessary to use Access 2003 or a later version and to enable macros.

QAFI is also online at www.igme.es/infoingme/aplicaciones/QAFI/, where the fault traces of the database are displayed on the GoogleMap interface.

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:4326

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:4258

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:4230

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:23028

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:23029

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:23030

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:23031

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:25828

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:25829

Title

European Petroleum Surgey Group

Date (Creation)

1986-01-01

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:25830

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:25831

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:3857

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:102100

Distribution format

Name	Version
Mapa digital: SHP - ArcView ShapeFile	9.2
Mapa digital: MDB - Microsoft Data Base	2003
Mapa en papel	Unknown
Servicio web: WMS - Web Map Service	1.3.0

Units of distribution

Las unidades de información que comprenden esta base de datos son las siguientes: Identificación-compilación. Geometría y cinemática. Actividad cuaternaria. Parámetros sísmicos. Sismicidad asociada. Información extendida y referencias.

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities	http://mapas.igme.es/gis/services/BasesDatos/IGME_QAFI/MapServer/WMSServer?service=wms&request=getcapabilities&version=1.3.0	Link to the GetCapabilities of the web service hosting the product
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related	http://mapas.igme.es/Servicios/default.aspx#IGME_QAFI	Link to the GetCapabilities of the web service hosting the product

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Firstly, the scientific design of the database was carried out after reviewing other existing databases related to the subject (U.S. Geological Survey - http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/), New Zealand GNS - http://data.gns.cri.nz/af/), Japanese AIST - http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/activefault/index_e.html, French BRGM - www.neopal.net, INGV - http://diss.rm.ingv.it/diss/). Unlike the previous ones, QAFI was designed to be created from the altruistic collaboration of Earth science researchers, therefore an input form was designed.

The data collection took advantage of the First Iberian Meeting on Active Faults and Palaeoseismology (Iberfault) held in October 2010, after which two major revisions (v.1.1 and v.2.0) were carried out. The latter aimed to improve the quality, uniformity and completeness of the data.

All this information can be found in the following article: J. García-Mayordomo, J.M. Insua-Arévalo, J.J. Martínez-Díaz, A. Jiménez-Díaz, R. Martín-Banda, S. Martín-Alfageme, J.A. Álvarez-Gómez, M. Rodríguez-Peces, R. Pérez-López, M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua, E. Masana, H. Perea, F. Martín-González, J. Giner-Robles, E.S. Nemser, J. Cabral and the QAFI Compilers Working Group (2012) The Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI v.2 .0), Journal of Iberian Geology (submitted).

Description

Scientific design: Agreed by the authors after analysis of existing databases related to the subject.

Description

Creation of an input form: It highlights a peculiarity in its design: it has been designed to be created from the altruistic collaboration of researchers in Earth Sciences..

Description

Data upload: The data collection took advantage of the celebration of the First Iberian Meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology (Iberfault) held in October 2010 in Sigüenza (Guadalajara). At this meeting the first version of the database (then called QAFDBI v.1.0) was presented containing a total of 239 records.

Description

Data revision I: The information provided in each of the records, as well as the internal organisation of the database, was reviewed and corrected. New fields were added, some records were deleted and new ones were added. QAFDBI v.1.1 was finally distributed in February 2011 containing 223 records.

Description

Data Revision II: QAFDBI v.1.1 underwent an intensive revision process in order to improve the quality and uniformity of the information. This process was carried out by reviewing the literature referenced in each record and correcting the content of fields where necessary, always after obtaining permission from the compiler. In order to also improve completeness, new records were added by the database authoring team, resulting in QAFI v.2.0.

Metadata

File identifier

ESPIGMEQAFI2012031269 XML

Metadata language

Spanish; Castilian

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-04-04T12:34:13.397974Z

Metadata standard name

Reglamento (CE) Nº 1205/2008 de Inspire, "Perfil IGME"

Metadata standard version

2.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC)	Leticia Vega Martín	l.vega@igme.es	Point of contact

Other language

Language	Character encoding
English	UTF8
Spanish; Castilian	UTF8