flysch

[ flish ]

nounGeology.

an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.

Origin of flysch

1845–55; <German <Swiss German flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perhaps akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to flint)

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How to use flysch in a sentence

flysch and Vienna sandstone, with younger nummulitic beds and Hring group.
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Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.
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flysch, representing both the Cretaceous and Eocene systems, is widely distributed.
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British Dictionary definitions for Flysch

Flysch

/ (flɪʃ) /

noun

(sometimes not capital) a marine sedimentary facies consisting of a sequence of sandstones, conglomerates, marls, shales, and clays that were formed by erosion during a period of mountain building and subsequently deformed as the mountain building continued. The phenomenon was first observed in the Alps

Origin of Flysch

Swiss German

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