Progradation

In

• Periods of
  continental glaciations within ice ages,^[2] be caused by changes in the rates of seafloor spreading that affects the volume of the ocean basins,^[3] or tectonic effects on the regional mantle density structure that can change the geoid elevation.^[4]
• Extremely high sediment input, such as by the Huang He (
  Loess plateau,^[5] or from high sediment loads in proglacial rivers.^[6]

• Retrogradation – Movement of the front of a river delta inland over time
• Aggradation – Increase in land elevation due of the deposition of sediment
• Marine transgression – Geologic event in which sea level rises relative to the land
• Sedimentology – Study of natural sediments and their formation processes
• Stratigraphy – Study of rock layers and their formation
• Sequence stratigraphy – Study and analysis of groups of sedimentary deposits
• Sediment transport – Movement of solid particles, typically by gravity and fluid entrainment

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