Transgression And Regression Flashcards by Charley Lunt | Brainscape

Q

Sea levels rise - flooding land

A

Transgression

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Rise in land level

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Regression

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Example of emergent coastline

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Scotland

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Emergent coastline features

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Raised beaches
Marine terraces
Relic cliffs

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Submergent coastlines example

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Falmouth
Plymouth
Salcombe
Dartmouth

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Submergent coastlines features

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Rias
Fjords
Shingle beaches

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Flooded river valley

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Rias

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Flooded glacial valley

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Fjords

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Sediment ‘rolled’ onshore

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Shingle beaches

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Way to describe rias

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‘Jagged and dendritic’

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Example of rias

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Uk south coast

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Fjord examples

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Lofoten islands - Nor
Milford sound - NZ

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Shingle beach examples

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Chesil beach at Portland bill

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