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Flysch [flɪʃ] n (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (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 [Swiss German] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Although not traditionally viewed as an orogenic belt, the Superior Province has many features interpreted to record mountain-building processes on a 2000-km length scale, including arc magmatic rocks, orogenic flysch deposits, regionally extensive strain fabrics and medium to high metamorphic grades. This permit called Ruska Bystra is on the southwest slope of the Vihorlat Mountains, a sub range of the Flysch Carpathians. |
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