Fig. 1: Geographic and geologic situation in the study area in southern Germany and adjacent countries. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Geographic and geologic situation in the study area in southern Germany and adjacent countries.

From: Sand spikes pinpoint powerful palaeoseismicity

Fig. 1

Outcrops with seismites and/or sand spikes linked to the Ries impact are situated within a distance of 40 to 205 km from the center of the impact structure. The orientation of sand spike tail apices (orange arrows and small rose diagrams) is indicated where measured. It is noteworthy that the orientation does not align with the general drainage direction in the Foreland Basin at the time of the Upper Freshwater Molasse.

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