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transgression
1.
n.
[Geology]
ID: 504
The
migration
of shoreline out of a
basin
and onto land during retrogradation. A transgression can result in sediments characteristic of shallow water being overlain by deeper water sediments.
Antonyms:
regression
Alternate Form:
transgressive
See:
condensed section
,
eustasy
,
onlap
,
regression
,
retrogradation
,
sequence stratigraphy
,
systems tract
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