Sea Level Change
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Eustatic
Global changes in sea level
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Isostatic
Local changes in sea level
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Thermal Expansion
Warm water expands in volume as it heats up, leading to the sea level rising
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Marine Transgression
The land flooding due to the sea level rising and causing the shoreline to move inward
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Isostatic Readjustment
The slow uplift of land that occurs after the removal of heavy weight, such as ice sheets from a glacial period
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