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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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
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
But it is by wide agreement the very best flysch of all.
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
The most extensive are flysch, a soft crumbly rock that is usually sandstone but frequently contains shales, sandy limestones, and marl.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane
The clastic Flysch formation of the 662 Carpathians and northern Alps appears to be of Eocene age in the upper and Cretaceous in the lower part.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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 Joly, John
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
Upper part of the Alpine Flysch and Vienna and Carpathian sandstones.Macigno of the Apennines and Maritime Alps.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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
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