Geological Map of the Federal Republic of Germany 1:200,000 (GÜK200) — CC 8742 Bad Reichenhall

Building blocks of the Eastern Alps are depicted on sheet Bad Reichenhall: Lower and Schladminger Tauern, Salzkammergut, Berchtesgaden Alps as well as Höllengebirge, Dead Mountains, Hagengebirge, Leoganger Steinberge, Tennengebirge, Dienten Mountains and Steinernes Meer. The subalpine Molasse basin limits the alpine units in the north. The tertiary sediment filling of the molasse basin is mostly superimposed by quaternary top layers (e.g. fluviatile and glazifluviatile gravel and sands). The helvetic zone of the Alps (Creide and Tertiary), which is adjacent to the Molasse, also only occasionally emerges under the quaternary cover. The Flysch zone is much wider. The Cretaceous deep water formations are characterised by alternating clay-mergely or sandy-calcareous layers. The central part of the map sheet occupies a zone embossed by folding, cladding, raising and overshifting interlocking or adjoining plaice and ceilings. The sediments of the Trias (e.g. Wettersteinkalk, Main Dolomite, Dachsteinkalk) and the Jurassic are dominated by the Tyrolean thrust mass of the limestone Alps. The Tyrolic region includes Göll Massif, Staufen-Höllengebirgs-Decke, Totengebirgsdecke, Warscheneck-Decke, Werfener Schuppenzone and Mandlingschuppe. Other ostalpine ceiling blocks are switched on: Bajuvarikum: Allgäu ceiling, Langbath-Scholle, Reichraminger ceiling; Berchtesgaden ceiling and roof stone ceiling; Hallstätter Zones and deck floes: Lofer-Reichenhaller Zone, Hallein-Berchtesgadener Zone, Ischl-Ausseer-Zone, Grundlsee-Zone, Lammermasse, Plassen, Mitterndorfer Schollen; Gosau basin with Cretaceous sand and marl stones. To the south, the grey wacken zone (Paleozoic grey wacken, clay and pebble slate) is joined. Smaller activations of green slate, metadiabas, carbonate and pebble marble also occur. Metamorphic rocks (slate, phyllite, gneise, quartzite) of the Central Alps are recorded on the southern edge of the map sheet. From west to east, the Tauern slate shell of the Penninikum, the Penninisch-Radstädter Mixing Zone, the Radstadt complex and the Ostalpine Altkristallin can be distinguished. In addition to the legend, which informs about the age, genesis and petrography of the represented units, a tectonic overview map illustrates the regional geological structure in the map section. A geological section provides additional insights into the structure of the subsurface. The N-S profile crosses the Molasse sediments, the Flysch zone, the Tyrolean thrust mass of the Limestone Alps with stored Lammer mass, the Penninisch-Radstädter Mixing Zone and ends in the Penninikum of the Central Alps.