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Definition of Flysch

Flysch
Flysch Flysch (fl?sh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to flow, melt.] (Geol.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.

Meaning of Flysch from wikipedia

- Flysch (/flɪʃ/) is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones...
- The Carpathian Flysch Belt is an arcuate tectonic zone included in the megastructural elevation of the Carpathians on the external periphery of the mountain...
- The mol****e deposits ac****ulate in a foreland basin, especially on top of flysch-like deposits, for example, those that left from the rising Alps, or erosion...
- orogenic belt is a Tertiary accretionary wedge of a so-called Flysch belt (the Carpathian Flysch Belt) created by rocks s****ed off the sea bottom and thrust...
- Contourite Flysch High-density turbidity currents (Lowe sequence) Sediment gravity flows Bouma sequence Bouma, Arnold H. (1962) Sedimentology of some Flysch deposits:...
- Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy...
- the north, rise from the Rhine Valley and belong to the Helvetic cover or flysch zone of the Alps. Eschnerberg represents an important settlement area in...
- are found: the Helvetic nappes, the Penninic nappes (as the Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone) and the Eastern Alps (as the Northern Limestone Alps). North of the...
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Borders on Swiss Alps, Italian Alps Geology Orogeny Alpine orogeny Rock age Tertiary Rock types Bündner schist flysch mol****e...
- set of continuous rock strata in the world. These formations are termed flysch and they date from the mid-cretaceous period to the present, a time period...