31. Geologically the highlands are composed of Carpathian flysch and the limestone unique to the Pieniny Klippen Belt. 32. Rocks of Triassic and Jurassic age also crop out in the catchment and include dolomitic limestone and flysch . 33. The Eastern Alps strike south of the Flysch Zone and occupy the largest area in the German Alps. 34. Flysch typically consists of a sequence of shales rhythmically interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke-like sandstones.35. The Subpyrenean Basin was consequently filled in by 1000 to 4000 m of " flysch ?fucoides ". 36. Character of the lithosphere in former Flysch basins ( oceanic, suboceanic or continental ) is a matter of debate. 37. The insight that flysch is actually a deep marine sediment typical for a particular plate tectonic setting came only much later. 38. Other approaches have been proposed to adapt SMR to different situations as high slopes, flysch formations or even heterogeneous materials. 39. Nappes of the Flysch Belt were thrusted due to subduction of their basement and later formed and fold and thrust belt. 40. The Saint Christophe formation can be correlated with the Sassauna Formation found in Graub�nden and calcareous flysch found in the Engadine.
