Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region

The Tethyside Orogenic System: An Introduction.- One Some Key Features of the Evolution of the Western Alps.- The Geometry of Crustal Shortening in the Western Alps.- Triassic and Jurassic Oceanic/Paraoceanic Belts in the Carpathian-Pannonian Region and its Surroundings.- Major Events of the Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the North Hungarian Paleo-Mesozoic: History of the Northwestern Termination of the Late Paleozoic - Early Mesozoic Tethys.- Tectonic Units and Sutures in the Pontides, Northern Turkey.- An Example for the Tectonic Evolution of the Arabian Platform Margin (SE Anatolia) During Mesozoic and Some Criticisms of the Previously Suggested Models.- Timing of Opening of the Black Sea: Sedimentological Evidence from the Rhodope-Pontide Fragment.- Paleomagnetic Study of the Neogene Formations of the Aegean Area.- An Approach to the Origin of Young Volcanic Rocks of Western Turkey.- Tectonic Evolution of Paleotethys in the Caucasus Sector of the Mediterranean Belt: Basic Problems.- Palaeomagnetism of Upper Cretaceous Rocks from the Caucasus and its Implications for Tectonics.- Tethys Evolution in the Afghanistan-Pamir-Pakistan Region.- Tectonogenesis and Evolution of a Segment of the Cimmerides: The Volcano-Sedimentary Triassic of Aghdarband (Kopet-Dagh, North-East Iran).- Geology of the Baluchistan (Pakistan) Portion of the Southern Margin of the Tethys Sea.- The Himalayan Orogenic Segment.- Crustal Scale Thrusting and Continental Subduction During Himalayan Collision Tectonics on the NW Indian Plate.- The Tectonic Evolution of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A Review Chang Chen-Fa.- The Neo-Cimmerian Ophiolite Belt in Afghanistan and Tibet: Comparison and Evolution.- The Western End of the Tibetan Plateau.- Thrusting on the Tibetan Plateau Within the Last 5 Ma.- Tectonic Evolution of the Yangtze Tectonic Regime.- Mesozoic Suturing in the Ebuanan Alps and the Tectonic Assembly of South China.- The Shan Plateau and Western Burma: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Plate Boundaries and Correlations with Tibet.- The Palaeo-Tethyan Realm and Indosinian Orogenic System of Southeast Asia.- The Contribution of Vertebrate Palaeontology to the Geodynamic History of South East Asia.- Convergent-Plate Tectonics Viewed from the Indonesian Region.

`In its present state, the text is most useful to scientists who are actively involved in research in parts of the Tethyan belt; for those scientists, I can recommend this volume.'
Episodes, 14 (2) 1991