Difference between revisions of "Retrograding coast"

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|definition= A coast where sediment supply is insufficient to prevent landward shifting of the shoreline due to  rise of the relative sea level.}}

Revision as of 19:29, 28 December 2018

Definition of Retrograding coast:
A coast where sediment supply is insufficient to prevent landward shifting of the shoreline due to rise of the relative sea level.
This is the common definition for Retrograding coast, other definitions can be discussed in the article