Flandrian transgression
Flandrian transgression
[′flan·drē·ən tranz′gresh·ən] (oceanography)
The rapid rise of the North Sea between 8000 and 3000 B.C. from about 180 feet (55 meters) below to about 20 feet (6 meters) below its present level.
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