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transgression

1. n. [Geology]

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

See: condensed sectioneustasyonlapregressionretrogradationsequence stratigraphysystems tract