Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Transgression dan Regression

In sequence stratigraphy, the fundamental events that determine the locations of environments and unconformities are transgressions and regressions.

*A transgression is a landward shift in the coastline, and hence a landward shift in all marginal marine environments. A regression is a seaward shift in the coastline.

*A drop in relative sea level always causes a regression. A transgression hence requires rising relative sea level.  However, rising sea-level can result in transgression, stationary shorelines, or regression depending on sediment supply. 

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