Glossary entry

Slovak term or phrase:

flyš

English translation:

flysch

Jul 25, 2001 11:38
23 yrs ago
Slovak term

flyš

Slovak to English Science
Soil/rock type appearing like combination of layers of alluvial sediments and limestone. Often used in words like flyšové pohorie, vrstva flyšu, etc.

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flysch

simple as that

see e.g.www.sbg.ac.at/gew/publicat/1998/freidipe.html
The structure of the Rhenodanubian Flysch Zone in the Attersee to Traunsee region (Austria)

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Martina
Peer comment(s):

disagree Apolonia Vanova : The meaning of the word was not explained. The translation relates rather to geography instead of geology.
4 hrs
the meaning explained the asker, I know it too. You are just repeating ... easy
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Dakujem za promptnu odpoved a mnozstvo uzitocnych odkazov. Kvoli tomu slovicku som si dokonca kupila anglicku ucebnicu geologie, ale ani v registri ani v prislusnych kapitolach nebol flys spomenuty. Dakujem. "
5 hrs

flyš => flysch

A thick and extensive deposit largely of sandstone (and also layers of alluvial
sediments) and limestone that is formed in a geosyncline adjacent to a rising mountain belt and is especially common in i.e., the Alpine region of Europe
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flyš (striedanie vrstiev bridlíc, pieskovcov, zlepencov, ílovcov)

just an explanation, it is well about geology.

Martina

ref. internet: www.sazp.sk/slovak/periodika/sprava/SPRAVA95/HORNINY/gehorn...
www.adore.sk/stavba/2000/09/cl03.html
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16 hrs

flysch

The word comes originally from German - hence the non-English spelling. It is a standard geological name for a certain kind of sedimentary rock unit.
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