Revision as of 17:42, 4 October 2015 edit Awickert (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 10,301 edits rmv glacial bullet and add portion that is more in line with the science to sediment input (i.e. the main cause) ← Previous edit		Revision as of 17:43, 4 October 2015 edit undo Awickert (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 10,301 edits →top: remove the last three bullet points that are either unrelated to the topic, confusing, or redundant. Possibly re-add Chang Jiang later, but an example already exists. Next edit →
Line 3: Progradation can be caused by: * Periods of [[sea level\|sea-level]] fall which result in [[marine regression]]. This can occur during major [[glaciation\|continental glaciation]]s within [[ice age]]s, be caused by changes in the rates of [[seafloor spreading]] that affects the volume of the ocean basins, or tectonic effects on the regional mantle density structure that can change the [[geoid]] elevation. * Extremely high sediment input, such as by the Huang He ([[Yellow River]]) in [[China]], which drains the [[Loess plateau]], or from high sediment loads in [[proglacial river]]s. Human activities. Surveys show that the increased population at the Huang He River in China has caused the progradation of its shoreline. Based on studies on the Chang Jiang river it's discovered that high accretion rate around the river mouth caused by the high concentration of river-borne sediment eventually resulting in low organic content in the sediments. This high accretion then results in progradation. *Bed adjustment as well as regression. ==See also==

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