I Physiographic and Geotectonic Framework. - 1 Mediterranean Seafloor Features: Overview and Assessment. - 2 Geological Information from Satellite Surveys of the Mediterranean Region. - 3 Seismicity of the Mediterranean Basin. - 4 Geophysical Contribution to Knowledge of the Mediterranean Crust. - 5 Some Boundary Conditions for the Evolution of the Mediterranean Region. - II Region-by-Region Synthesis. - 6 The Western Mediterranean Basin. - 7 Tectonic Evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea. - 8 Structural Features and Basin Tectonics of the Tyrrhenian Sea. - 9 Recent Geological Evolution of the Adriatic Sea. - 10 Structure and Evolution of the Central Mediterranean (Pelagian and Ionian Seas). - 11 Geophysics and Geodynamic Implications for the Evolution of the Hellenides. - 12 Slice Tectonics in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin. - III Messinian to Recent Volcanism Tectonics and Sedimentation. - 13 Neogene and Quaternary Mediterranean Volcanism: The Tyrrhenian Example. - 14 Plio-Quaternary Sedimentation and Tectonics in the Ionian Area: Clues to the Recent Evolution of the Mediterranean. - 15 Aspects of the Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Aegean Region. - 16 Models of Upper Miocene Evaporite Genesis in the Mediterranean Region. - 17 Messinian Evaporites in the Mediterranean: A Model of Continuous Inflow and Outflow. - 18 Sedimentary Processes in Mediterranean Deltas and Shelves. - 19 Mud Redepositional Processes as a Major Influence on Mediterranean Margin-Basin Sedimentation. - IV Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography. - 20 Mediterranean Late Cenozoic Stable Isotope Record: Stratigraphic and Paleoclimatic Implications. - 21 Mediterranean Foraminiferal Changes as Related to Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. - 22 Late Miocene to Recent Mediterranean Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments Based on Calcareous Nannoplankton. - 23 Late Neogene Radiolaria and Mediterranean Paleoenvironments. - 24 Pollen Paleoclimatology in the Mediterranean since Messinian Time. - 25 Continuity of Messinian Biota in the Mediterranean Basin. - 26 Land Mammal Distribution in the Mediterranean Neogene: A Consequence of Geokinematic and Climatic Events. - Appendix Nato-Ari Field ExcursionA Short Trip Across the Geology of Sicily. - Giuliano Ruggieri. Language: English