Flysch
See also: flysch
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Flysch (uncountable)
- (geology) A set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 84:
- The lower part of the rock section over which you have just climbed is the Flysch: dark grey slaty rocks that come out in small shards if you pick at them with your fingers.