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noun flysch an association of certain types of marine sedimentary rocks characteristic of deposition in a foredeep. 1
noun flysch 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 0
noun flysch (geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. 0

before 1845

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1845-55; < German < Swiss German flīsch referring to such deposits in the Swiss Alps; perhaps akin to Swabian dial. flins slate (akin to flint)

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