Fig. 8. Histograms showing dominance of debris-flow facies in cores taken from channels in the outer Mississippi Fan (see Fig. 7 forlocation of cores). Percentages of facies were calculated by the author using published data from Schwab et al. (1996). Note that all ninecores contain debris flows, whereas only three cores comprise turbidites. In seven out of nine cores, the amount of debris-flow facies farexceeds the amount of turbidite facies. In core CC 44. debris flows comprise 100%. This facies distribution has important implications forsubmarine-fan models. See text for details.