FLYSCH

Meaning of FLYSCH in English

/flish/ , n. Geol.

an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep.

[ 1845-55; flisch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perh. akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to FLINT) ]

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FLYSCH — noun Etymology: German, from German dialect Date: 1853 a thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone that is formed in …
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FLYSCH — Sequence of shales interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke -like sandstones. Such sequences are usually thousands of yards thick, but the …
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FLYSCH — ˈflish noun ( -es ) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: German dialect (Switzerland), literally, something that slides or flows; derivative from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLYSCH — (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and …
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FLYSCH — noun Etymology: German, from German dialect Date: 1853 : a thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone that is formed …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLYSCH — noun a name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the alps, and …
Webster English vocab
FLYSCH — [ flɪʃ ] ■ noun Geology a sedimentary deposit consisting of thin beds of shale or marl alternating with coarser …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLYSCH — [flysch] n [G dial.] (1853): a thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone that is formed in a geosyncline adjacent …
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FLYSCH — sequence of shales rhythmically interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke-like sandstones. The total thickness of such sequences is commonly many thousands …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLYSCH — n. Sequence of shales interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke -like sandstones. Such sequences are usually thousands of yards thick, but …
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FLYSCH — флиш
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FLYSCH — горн. флиш
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FLYSCH — флиш
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FLYSCH — n. Pronunciation: ' flish Function: noun Etymology: German, from German dialect Date: 1853 : a thick and extensive deposit largely …
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MACIGNO — məˈchēn(ˌ)yō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian, millstone, flysch, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin machineus, from Latin machina machine — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOLASSE — thick association of continental and marine clastic sedimentary rocks that consists mainly of sandstones and shales formed as shore deposits. …
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JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
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CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS — Regional division of the Carpathian Mountains (top) and a geologic cross section of the Western a geologically young European mountain …
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ФЛИШ — flysch
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