We detail stratigraphic trends in facies distribution, mud cap proportion within event beds and net/gross in a ‘fill to spill’ turbidite minibasin.

We detail relationship between flow volume and severity of sediment stripping with respect to height of the confining topography.

We show that the mud associated with larger turbidite flows could likely escape the basin even during the initial phase of deposition.

The transition from an almost fully-ponded condition to an unconfined condition via a flow stripping-dominated condition is documented.

We test the applicability of the our findings to assessment of ponding from open-hole logs of a single well in a ‘fill to spill’ turbidite minibasin.