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Figure 5. Plan view of a hypothetical retrograde failed shelf margin immediately following the collapse phase. The headwall is arcuate, and isolated slump blocks litter the collapse unconformity on the left. On the right, strata were torn apart from the headwall, but did not continue to slide into the basin. The rollover is largely postdepositional. A schematic dip line through this region is shown in Figure 6. Where the slab joins the headwall, rate of translation is lower, and a typical growth fault situation is attained.