A rise in sea level relative to the land. This causes rocks that were just above sea-level to become submerged above the sea, possibly burying them by marine sediments. The opposite is called regression, when there is a relative fall in sea level.
The gradual expansion of a shallow sea, resulting in the progressive submergence of land, as when sea levels rise or land subsides.
The inland migration of shoreline resulting from a rise in sea level.
Transgression - The encroachment of the sea upon a continent.
An advance of the sea across the land, due to subsidence of the land, or a eustatic (qv) rise in sea level. Opposite of Regression (qv).
the slow raising of sea level and/or lowering of the edge of a continent such that the shoreline slowly moves toward the center of the continent, exposing less land above sea level and flooding the edge of the continent. Marine sediments deposited during transgression get finer in size as you move vertically upward through the pile.
An advance of the sea over land areas. Possible causes include a rise in sea level or subsidence.
A rise in sea level relative to the land which causes areas to be submerged and marine deposition to begin in that region.
an incursion of the sea over land areas, due to an increase in the relative sea-level height.
The spread of sea over land areas; also any change that brings offshore, deep-water environments to area that were once near shore, shallow- water environments. The movement of the shoreline towards the land.
the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
extension of the sea over land areas.
(Simply) The advance or spread of seas over land surfaces which cause changes in erosion and depositional patterns of marine and non-marine strata.
ingression * regression Latin transgresszio "stepping over" The advancing of the ocean towards the mainland.
(n) A rise in sea level relative to the land.
advance of a feature (sea or ice) over the land. Regression is the opposite, the retreat of a feature from the land.
Transgression is the flooding of a continent as the sea level increases, usually caused by melting polar ice. Another cause is sea floor spreading and underwater volcanism, in which large amounts of underwater lava cause water to be displaced onto land.
A transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused either by the land sinking or the ocean basins filling with water (or decreasing in capacity).