Funding: This study was sponsored as part of the Turbidites Research Group (2007-2010), funded by Anadarko, BG, BP, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Marathon, Maersk, Nexen, Petronas, StatoilHydro and Woodside. JV was supported by BHP-Billiton. Acknowledgements We thank Mary Ford, Nigel Woodcock and an anonymous referee for providing insightful comments on drafts of this paper. RWHB thanks Thierry Dumont for discussions on Alpine geology and timings – although of course the authors take sole responsibility for the information and interpretations presented here.
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