Seismic data recently acquired by GECO in the offshore West Africa Salt Basin image numerous minor faults in the post-Miocene section. The faults have normal throw and the majority dip shoreward, ie opposite to the present bathymetric slope. This direction is contrary to that which would be expected in a model of gradual downslope creep and their consistency on dip lines has led to the images being dismissed as spurious features introduced during data processing.