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Figure 5. 3D-view of late Messinian basin geometry/paleo-bathymetry, based on reflector M; contour map of it shown between a) and b). Note the curvilinear Cilician-Adana, transtensional graben system (“Cilician Trough”), in which the Plio-Quaternary depositional environment has controlled salt-sediment body styles and fold architecture. Red lines show data and their locations. Blue arrows: major trends of salt migration-sediment gravity flow into abyssal plain. Orange polygon: basinal distribution of salt diapirism and the salt-cored fold system province.