Nördlinger Ries impact structure

	«	Wilhelm Branca (lower right) and Eberhard Fraas (upper right) later modified Gümbel’s theory. They assumed that a low-lying magma intrusion was responsible for the uplift. Volcanic eruptions only took place along the edge. Again, later on the central part sunk and a caldera was thus formed (1903).	»
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