The most important results of DEKORP 2S are predominantly SE-dipping reflectors indicating flat-and-ramp tectonics and a differentiation into a highly reflective lower crust and a less reflective upper crust. This structural fabric extends to the NW as shown by the line DEKORP 2N.

In addition:

• SE-dipping thrusts in the upper crust mark the boundary between Saxothuringian and Rhenohercynian below the Spessart Mountains,
• a concentration of diffraction effects occurs in the lower crust (5 - 10 s TWT), predominantly vertically arranged and possibly related to
  • post-Variscan extensional or wrench faulting or
  • ramps and horsts of the Saxothuringian/Moldanubian thrust system.

Münsterland Cretaceous Basin:

• strong reflections in the upper crust (0 to 4 s TWT) => Upper Cretaceous sediments over folded Carboniferous rocks
• poor reflectivity of the lower crust
• weak Moho reflections at ca. 11 s TWT (more than 30 km depth)

Rhenish Massif:

• SE-dipping reflections in the upper crust represent lithologic contrasts as well as thrust faults known from surface geology,
• highly reflective lower crust with strong, predominantly SE-dipping reflectors => flat-and-ramp tectonics
• Moho reflections at ca. 26 km deepening to the NW

• highly reflective coal-measures beneath the Cretaceous cover, truncated by normal faults with apparent dips to the NE,
• prominent reflections within the upper crust (2.5 s TWT) in the SW and NE which probably correspond to the Devonian platform carbonates,
• strong reflections in the middle crust (between 5 and 6 s TWT) which were interpreted as the top of Cadomian basement.