flysch
noun
an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.
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Flyschnoun(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
flysch
American
[flish]
/ flɪʃ /
noun
Geology.
Flysch
British
/ flɪʃ /
noun
Etymology
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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But it is by wide agreement the very best flysch of all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Later, Dunn and Luis Chiappe, the Natural History Museum’s head of research and collections, hiked down the flysch to get a closer look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Zumaia’s flysch — the geologic term for this kind of rock formation — is not the only flysch on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Bouma, A. H., Kuenen, P. H. & Shepard, F. P. Sedimentology of some flysch deposits: a graphic approach to facies interpretation.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
In the "flysch" of the Eocene of the Alps, few or no fossils have been found.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly
Such mountains as the remarkable-looking Mythen, near Schwyz, for instance, are weathered from masses of Triassic and Jurassic rock, and repose on the much more recent Flysch.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Parts of the Flysch of the eastern Alps, the Biancone of Lombardy, and argile scagliose of Emilia, are of Aptian age; so also are the “Trinity Beds” of North America.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the Flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
In sharp contrast to the Flysch scenery, they stand as abrupt and gigantic erratics, which have been transported from the central zone of the Alps lying far to the south.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
In the middle member are the representatives of the Flysch and the Macigno.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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