Definition of Flyschs. Meaning of Flyschs. Synonyms of Flyschs

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Flyschs. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Flyschs and, of course, Flyschs synonyms and on the right images related to the word Flyschs.

Definition of Flyschs

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 Flyschs 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Turbidite (Gorgoglione Flysch), Miocene, South Italy...
- volcanic forms inters****d with Cretaceous and Eocene sediments. The Kailash flysch zone extends about 20 km (12 mi) from the mountain and marks the northern...
- consist of an ophiolite mélanges composed of Neotethys oceanic crustal flyschs and ophiolites; the Dras Volcanics: which are basalts, dacites and minor...
- Contourite Flysch High-density turbidity currents (Lowe sequence) Sediment gravity flows Bouma sequence Bouma, Arnold H. (1962) Sedimentology of some Flysch deposits:...
- müesli, and rösti have become English words, as did loess (fine grain), flysch (sandstone formation), kepi, landammann, kilch, schiffli, and putsch in...
- thrust faults. As the rising peaks underwent erosion, a layer of marine flysch sediments was deposited in the foreland basin, and the sediments became...