flysch
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/flɪʃ/
Definition of flysch
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)A set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
“The lower part of the rock section over which you have just climbed is the Flysch: dark grey slaty rocks that come out in small shards if you pick at them with your fingers.”
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noun
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(uncountable)A set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
“The lower part of the rock section over which you have just climbed is the Flysch: dark grey slaty rocks that come out in small shards if you pick at them with your fingers.”
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A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
“Most of the structures and textures observed at Ponkapoag section have been noted in turbitite and flysch sequences.”
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Etymology
From German fließen (“to flow, to melt”).
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