Shaded-relief image derived from the NOS multibeam bathymetry. Yellow lines marks the location of the thalweg of Bryant Canyon that is shown in the adjacent plot. Thalweg gradients of turbidite system pathways. Green line on the adjacent shaded-relief image shows location of the thalweg of the Eastern system, yellow line shows location of the Bryant Canyon system, and orange line shows location of the westward extension of the Bryant Canyon system. Note the abrupt changes in gradient where the thalweg crosses the salt-withdrawal basins.
Yellow boxes show the location of three perspective views and the arrows show the look direction.
Perspective Views click on the images for a closer view Vertical arrows in perspectives show profile locations. Note that the high-backscatter extends up the basin walls to the rim of the basin. Red lines show locations of adjacent 3.5-kHz profiles. Note the prolonged return from the seafloor with no subbottom reflections on Profiles B and C and the hyperbolae on profile D where these profiles cross the pathway of the turbidite system. Schematic summary of evolution of a basin influenced by turbidite sedimentation.