Flysch
Flysch is a sequence of sedimentary rocks that is deposited in a deep marine facies in the foreland basin of a developing orogen. Flysch is typically deposited during an early stage of the orogenesis. When the orogen evolves, the foreland basin becomes shallower and molasse is deposited on top of the flysch. It is therefore called a syn-orogenic sediment (deposited contemporaneously with mountain building).
Sedimentological properties
Flysch consists of repeated sedimentary cycles with upwards fining of the sediments. At the bottom of each cycle are sometimes coarse conglomerates or breccias, which gradually evolve upwards into sandstone and shale/mudstone. Flysch typically consists of a sequence of shales rhythmically interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke-like sandstones. Typically the shales do not contain many fossils, the coarser sandstones often have fractions of micas and glauconite.
Flysch is formed under deep marine circumstances, in a quiet and low-energetic depositional environment. The coarser layers (which require higher energy) are disruptions in these circumstances, caused by pulsewise flows of mass transport from the forming orogenic wedge. In many cases the mass transports are represented in the record by turbidites.
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by: FletchThese last few weeks have been so perfect for me
But maybe it's never been enough for you
Maybe it's me
Maybe it's me that's not enough
Or maybe youve simply had enough of me and you
I don't know what to do
You go out and have your fun
And I stay home and do whatever
I know we'll never change no
We'll be this way forever
We just can't be together
This is it
I swear to god
We can't do this much longer
I lose my patience
You lose your temper
We both lose something that we hold dear
Now were left with a few good memories
And puzzle pieces of ourselves
Now it's time to go our own ways
Another story for us to tell
Another story for us to tell
So now I'm alone in my room
Staring at these photographs of you
How could we fade so far away
From where we were the other day
You looked happy
But maybe you don't want happiness
You're leaving me so frustrated
I get so confused
I don't know what to do
You go out and have your fun
And I stay home and do whatever
I know we'll never change no
We'll be this way forever
We just can't be together
This is it
I swear to god
We can't do this much longer
I lose my patience
You lose your temper
We both lose something that we hold dear
Now were left with a few good memories
And puzzle pieces of ourselves
The time has come to go our own ways
Another story for us to tell