Geography A-Level
Marine Transgression and Sea Level Change
What Marine Transgression and Sea Level Change means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Marine Transgression and Sea Level Change
Analysis of the relative sea-level change resulting from the interplay between global eustatic rises and local isostatic subsidence or rebound.
Topics that use Marine Transgression and Sea Level Change
- Coastal Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Coastal Management and Human Interference
- Coastal Risk and Resilience
- Coastal Systems and Flux
- Contemporary Coastal Vulnerability
- Deformation and Discontinuity
- Discordant Coast
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Eustatic and Isostatic Interplay
Using Marine Transgression and Sea Level Change in the exam
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