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<p>A <b>marine transgression</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=geology">geologic</a> event where <a href="page.php?w=sea_level">sea level</a> rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused by the land sinking or by the ocean basins filling with water or decreasing in capacity. Transgressions and <a href="page.php?w=Marine_regression">regressions</a> may be caused by <a href="page.php?w=Tectonics">tectonic events</a> like <a href="page.php?w=orogeny">orogenies</a>, severe <a href="page.php?w=Climate_variability_and_change">climate change</a></p><p>
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