Figure 16-Isostatically balanced reconstruction in sequence [animation]) of the cross section in Figure 14 assuming a two-stage evolution: (1) extrusion of salt (green) into a canopy near the seafloor by Eocene-Oligocene time (bottom section) and (2) evacuation of allochthonous salt by prograding Miocene depocenters to produce a salt weld (middle two sections). In this model, counter-regional faults below the detachment are interpreted as collapsed salt bodies that acted as feeders during the salt emplacement. Reconstruction above detachment is by the PREP method.