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deposits. As the basin fills up, shallow-water sandstones and continental deposits form. Most of the resulting rocks have little deformation, but near the edge of the mountain chain they can be subject to folding and thrusting. After the basin fills up, continental sediments
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form, and a mountain chain rises. On the upper plate, the land between the mountains and the undeformed continent bends downward, forming a
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in 1827. Studer used the term for the typical alternations of sandstone and shale in the foreland of the Alps. The name comes from the
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The name flysch is currently used in many mountain chains belonging to the Alpine belt. Well-known flysch deposits are found in the
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at the bottom of each cycle, which gradually evolve upwards into
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Sedimentary Basins : Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget
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The name flysch was introduced in geologic literature by the
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tectonic plate pushes on the plate above it, making the rock
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Flysch consists of repeated sedimentary cycles with upwards
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Index

Flyschoid

Bay of Biscay
Zumaia
/flɪʃ/
sedimentary rock
turbidity flow
shales
sandstones
North American Cordillera
Alps
Pyrenees
Carpathians
fining
conglomerates
breccias
sandstone
shale/mudstone
graywacke
fossils
micas
glauconite
continental collision
subducting
fold
thrust faults
foreland basin
Appalachians
North American Cordillera
turbidity currents

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