Fig. 1

The North Alpine Foreland Basin in its topographic environment. The model area is marked with a red square. The basin is highlighted in green, and the position of the Tauern Body is marked in yellow. LNH stands for the Landshut-Neuöttinger High, which is uplifted crust. The purple dashed line is showing the position of the profile in Fig. 2. Topography modified after Amante and Eakins 2009