Flysch

See also: flysch

English

Noun

Flysch (uncountable)

1. (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.