New discovery of two seismite horizons challenges the Ries–Steinheim double‑impact theory

Buchner, Elmar; Sach, Volker J.; Schmieder, Martin, 1978-; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-5148

New discovery of two seismite horizons challenges the Ries–Steinheim double‑impact theory

Buchner, Elmar; Sach, Volker J.; Schmieder, Martin, 1978-; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-5148

URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1738

Date: 2020-12-17

Abstract:

The Nördlinger Ries and the Steinheim Basin are widely perceived as a Middle Miocene impact crater doublet. We discovered two independent earthquake-produced seismite horizons in North Alpine Foreland Basin deposits potentially related to both impacts.

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