Figure 7
Photographs of the details of the Steinheim seismite and clastic dikes from the four outcrops discussed in the present study; (a) The 4–5 m-thick Steinheim seismite in the Ziemetshausen sand pit with slumps in the upper parts and convolute bedding in the lower parts of the seismite. A reworked (secondary) layer of distal Ries ejecta is integrated into folding of convolute bedding and clearly demonstrates that the upper seismite horizon is of post-Ries age; (b) Giant clastic dike cross-cutting a horizon of reworked OSM material approximately 2–3 m above the Ries seismite and distal Ries ejecta in the Tobel Oelhalde-Nord (Hochgeländ); (c) Slump in the Steinheim seismite from the Josefstobel (Hochgeländ plateau south of Biberach an der Riß); (d) Ball-and-pillow structures in the upper (Steinheim) seismite horizon at the Dietenwengen sand and gravel pit, hammer for scale. Photograph (a) was taken by E.B. in 2008; photographs: (c)and (d) were taken by V.J.S. in 2021 (b in 2019).
