Editing Flysch (section)

==Name and use==

[[Image:Carpathian flysch cm03.jpg|thumb|[[Carpathian Flysch Belt|Carpathian flysch]]]]
The name flysch was introduced in geologic literature by the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] geologist [[Bernhard Studer]] 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 [[German language|German]] word ''fliessen'', which means ''to flow'', because Studer thought flysch was deposited by rivers. The insight that flysch is actually a deep [[marine sediment]] typical for a particular [[plate tectonic]] setting came only much later.<ref name="Labhart">{{cite book|last1=Labhart|first1=Toni P.|title=Geologie der Schweiz|language=German|trans-title=Geology of Switzerland|date=2005|publisher=Ott Verlag|location=Bern|isbn=3-7225-0007-9|page=64|edition=7th}}</ref>

The name flysch is currently used in many mountain chains belonging to the Alpine belt. Well-known flysch deposits are found in the [[Foreland basin|foreland]]s of the [[Pyrenees]] and [[Carpathians]] and in tectonically similar regions in [[Italy]], the [[Balkans]] and on [[Cyprus]]. In the northern Alps, the Flysch is also a  [[lithostratigraphy|lithostratigraphic]] unit.