flysch
[ flish ]
/ flɪʃ /
noun Geology.
an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.
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)
Words nearby flysch
Example sentences from the Web for flysch
Flysch and Vienna sandstone, with younger nummulitic beds and Hring group.
Lenticular intercalations of gabbro, diabase, &c., occur in the Flysch in Calabria on the Pyrenees.
Flysch, representing both the Cretaceous and Eocene systems, is widely distributed.
British Dictionary definitions for flysch
Flysch
/ (flɪʃ) /
noun
(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
Word Origin for Flysch
Swiss German