Holocene highstand deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz, SW Iberian Peninsula: A high-resolution record of hierarchical environmental changes

The influence of two distinct trends or asymmetric cycles of sea-level change seems to have been significant in the generation of the major-scale architecture. The transition between both major phases was probably related with a major sea-level rise. Other factors, such as changes in the magnitude and/or direction of storm events and climatically induced changes of sediment supply, are proposed to have controlled the generation of intermediate- and minor-scale architectures.