Simplified geological map of Germany and adjacent areas, based on Henningsen &amp; Katzung (2006),<sup id="cite_ref-henningsen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henningsen-1">[1]</a></sup> Pawlewicz et al. (2003)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2">[2]</a></sup>, GK 1000,<sup id="cite_ref-GK1000_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GK1000-3">[3]</a></sup> and Freudenberger et al. (1996).<sup id="cite_ref-GÜK500_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G%C3%9CK500-4">[4]</a></sup><br><p>Map Key/Legend : Quartär = Quaternary; känozoische Vulkanite (überw. basisch) = Cenozoic volcanic rocks (mainly basic);
Tertiär = Tertiary; Mesozoikum (einschl. Zechstein) = Mesozoic (including Zechstein); alpines  Mesozoikum und Alttertiär (Helvetikum, Penninikum und Ostalpin) =  Alpine Mesozoic and Paleogene (Helvetic, Penninic and Austroalpine nappes); Verwerfung (überw. Abschiebungen) = Fault (mainly normal faults); Permokarbon, sedimentdominiert = Permian-Carboniferous, sediment-dominated;
Permokarbon, vulkanitdominiert (überw. sauer) =  Permian-Carboniferous, volcanics-dominated (predominantly acidic); Grundgebirgsgranitoide (überw. spätvariszisch) = Basement granitoids (predominantly late Variscan); Grundgebirge (überw. zuletzt variszisch gefaltetes Prä-Oberkarbon) = Basement (mostly latest Variscan folded pre-Upper Carboniferous); paläozoisches Grundgebirge des Ostalpins  = Paleozoic basement of the Eastern Alps; Überschiebung = Thrust fault;<br>
Nordsee = North Sea; Ostsee = Baltic Sea; Mitteleuropäische Senke = Central European Depression; Münsterländer Kreidebecken = Münsterländ Cretaceous Basin; Niederrheingraben = Lower Rhine Graben; Rheinisches Schiefergebirge = Rhenish Massif; Saar-Nahe Becken = Saar–Nahe Basin; Pariser Becken = Paris Basin; Oberrheingraben = Upper Rhine Graben; Hessische Senke  = Hessian Depression; Süddeutsche Großscholle = South German Block;
Molassebecken = Molasse Basin; Alpen = Alps; Böhmische Großscholle = Bohemian Block; Thüringer Becken = Thuringian Basin;
Thür. Wald = Thuringian Forest; Thür-Fränk-Vogtl. Schiefergeb. = Thuringian-Franconian-Vogtland  Slate Mountains; Rügener Kreidefelsen = Rügen Chalk Cliffs; Nordböhmisches Kreidebecken = North Bohemian Cretaceous Basin; Böhmerwald = Bohemian Forest; Fränkische Alb = Franconian Jura; Oberpfälzer Wald = Upper Palatine Forest; Pfälzer Wald = Palatinate Forest; Fichtelgeb.= Fichtel Mountains;
Egergraben = Eger Graben; Schwarzwald = Black Forest; Vogesen = Vosges ; Schwäb. Alb = Swabian Jura; Kyffh. = Kyffhäuser;<br></p>
ESG = Elbsandsteingebirge = Elbe Sandstone Mountains; MB = Mainzer Becken = Mainz Basin; NR = Nördlinger Ries = Nördlinger Ries impact crater; NSVK = Nordsächsischer Vulkanitkomplex = North Saxon(ian) Volcanic Complex; RHG = Rothaargebirge = Rothaar Mountains; SGG = Sächsisches Granulitgebirge = Saxon(ian) Granulite Massif; TB = Trierer Bucht = Trier Embayment.
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