Drowned_coastline
Submergent coastline
Stretches of coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels
Submergent coastlines or drowned coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels from either isostacy or eustacy.
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Submergent coastline are the opposite of emergent coastlines, which have experienced a relative fall in sea levels.
Many submergent coastlines were formed by the end of the Last Glacial Period (LGP), when glacial retreat caused both global sea level rise and also localised changes to land height.[1]