Look up: flysch

1. flysch
   1)strictly, sandy and calcareous strata of late Cretaceous and early Tertiary age in the Swiss Alps, formed just before the main mountain upheaval; 2)hence, by extension, any immediately pre-orogenic formation, in contrast to the post-orogenic molasse Category: The cosmos
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2. Flysch
   Flysch (flēsh) noun [ A Swiss word, from German 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.
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3. flysch
   <geology> A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. ... Origin: A Swiss word, fr. G. Fliessen to flow, melt. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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4. Flysch
   • (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
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5. flysch
   sequence of shales rhythmically interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke-like sandstones. The total thickness of such sequences is commonly many ... [2 related articles]
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6. Flysch
   The Flysch is a name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
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7. Flysch
   `Flysch` is a sequence of sedimentary rocks that is deposited in a deep marine facies in the foreland basin of a developing orogen. Flysch is typically deposited during an early stage of the orogenesis. When the orogen evolves the foreland basin becomes shallower and molasse is deposited on top of t...
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