FLYSCH


Meaning of FLYSCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflish ]

noun

Etymology: German, from German dialect

Date: 1853

: a thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone that is formed in a geosyncline adjacent to a rising mountain belt and is especially common in the Alpine region of Europe

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