Bathymetric and multichannel seismic data from the Congo deep sea fan

However, only minor attention has been given to the distal parts of such systems where the impact of salt‐tectonic deformation is relatively unpronounced. The stress put on the sedimentary column by moving salt on a continental margin may influence fluid flow systems even outside of the salt province.

This stress may lead to overpressure formation within reservoirs and determine the orientation of overpressure‐induced fractures. Seepage in the Congo Fan has been discovered in such a distal position at the Regab pockmark, about 35 km west of the salt front and its geology and biology have been studied extensively in recent years. We present high‐resolution multichannel seismic data from the Regab pockmark that reveal the underlying migration pathways from a buried channel flank 300 mbsf to the seafloor via hydraulic fractures in the sealing overburden.