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transgressive surface

1. n. []

A marine flooding surface separating the underlying lowstand systems tract from the overlying transgressive systems tract. Typically, this is the first major flooding surface following the lowstand systems tract.

See related terms: flooding surface, maximum flooding surface, sequence stratigraphy