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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] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The first of these groups is characterized by limited arsenic concentrations in pyrite, relatively high formation pressures and temperatures, 'greenstone' (probably meaning greenschist) facies metamorphism, and thick flysch over mature continental crust, which would suggest a back-arc tectonic setting. There is a natural reserve with the unique, eighty-meter Strunjan cliff, the highest flysch wall on the Adriatic coast. 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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