The geological evolution of the eastern Mediterranean

The aim of this book is to bring together information from various fields of science to produce an overview of one of the world's complex orogenic areas. Fundamental processes of continental rifting, passive margin development, ophiolite generation and emplacement and the tectonic, magmatic and sedimentary effects of continental collision are studied in the eastern Mediterranean. The sedimentary evolution of the Mesozoic passive margins developed in the Tethyan realm is discussed.