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Molasse

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The molasse can sometimes completely fill a foreland basin, creating a nearly flat depositional surface, that nonetheless remains a structural
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that form as terrestrial or shallow marine deposits in front of rising mountain chains. The molasse deposits accumulate in a
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of lowlands, as compared to deep-water flysch sediments. Sedimentation stops when the
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Type of sedimentary rock deposit associated with the formation of mountain chains.
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Tenchov, Yanaki G. (1989) "Demarcation of Molasse from Non-molasse sediments"
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Index

molasses

Appenzell Alps
geology
/məˈlæs/
sandstones
shales
conglomerates
foreland basin
flysch
Alps
Himalaya
alluvial
fluvial
sediments
orogeny
syncline
craton
convex
clastic wedges
Geology of the Himalaya
Molasse basin


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"Flysch to molasse transition in peripheral foreland basins: the role of the passive margin versus slab breakoff"
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/alps/map/molasse.htm
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