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EA:  SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1376

Concept definition: The principal characteristic type of a <SURFACE>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B: PSC]
Supplemental references:  

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
BARE Bare or cleared. 1 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:14] [SOED, "bare", 3]
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
BROKEN Broken. 2 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:1] [SOED, "broken", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
CALCAREOUS Calcareous. 3 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:17] [SOED, "calcareous"]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
COARSE Coarse. 4 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:2] [SOED, "coarse", 2]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
DECAYED Decayed. 5 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:3] [SOED, "decay", 2]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
FINE_PARTICLES Fine, minute <PARTICLE>s. 6 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:4] [S57A, Attribute, NATQUA:1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
FLINTY Flinty. 7 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:18]  
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
GLACIAL Glacial. 8 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:19] [SOED, "glacial", A.1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
GRITTY Gritty. 9 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:5] [SOED, "gritty", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
GROUND Ground. 10 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:20] [SOED, "ground", 10]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
HARD Hard. 11 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:6] [SOED, "hard", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
KARST Karst. 12 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:15] [SOED, "karst"]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
LARGE_PARTICLES Large sized <PARTICLE>s. 13 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:21] [SOED, "large", 8]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
MEDIUM_PARTICLES Medium sized <PARTICLE>s. 14 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:27] [S57A, Attribute, NATQUA:2]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
MEMBRANE Fibre <MATERIAL>, coated by a water-repellent <MATERIAL> (for example: plastic); membrane. 15 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:16]  
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
ROCKY Rocky. 16 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:22] [SOED, "rocky", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
ROTTEN Rotten. 17 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:7] [SOED, "rotten", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
SMALL_PARTICLES Small sized <PARTICLE>s. 18 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:23] [SOED, "small", 1a]
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
SOFT Soft. 19 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:8] [SOED, "soft"]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
SPECKLED Speckled. 20 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:24] [SOED, "speckled"]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
SPRINGS_IN_OCEAN_FLOOR Springs in <OCEAN_FLOOR>. 21 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:28]  
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
STICKY Sticky. 22 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:9] [SOED, "sticky", 1a]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
STIFF Stiff. 23 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:10] [SOED, "stiff", 1]
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
STREAKY Streaky. 24 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:11] [SOED, "streaky", 1]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
TENACIOUS Tenacious. 25 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:12] [SOED, "tenacious", 1a]
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
UNEVEN Uneven. 26 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:13] [SOED, "uneven", 2]
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
UNSTABLE Unconsolidated <MATERIAL> that is unstable. 27 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:29]  
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
UNSURFACED Unsurfaced. 28 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:100]  
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
VARIED Varied. 29 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:25] [SOED, "varied", 3]
STD
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SURFACE_CHARACTERISTIC-
_TYPE
VOLCANIC Volcanic. 30 IR [FACC, Annex B, PSC:26] [SOED, "volcanic", 1]

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