Figure 1. Seismic line showing a Pleistocene deepwater turbidite system in the Gulf of Mexico; flanking oblique map views display turbidite fan and channel morphologies. The annotated condensed section creates a regional strong seismic reflection on which a turbidite mound (i.e., frontal splay/lobe) builds. The mound is about 12 miles wide in this figure and is overlain by an isolated leveed channel about half a mile wide. The water depth here is approximately 10,000 feet.