The Black Sea remains one of the largest underexplored rift basins in the world. Future success is dependent on a better understanding of a number of geological

Introduction -- Mesozoic depositional evolution -- Cenozoic depositional evolution -- Petroleum habitat.

This volume contains papers giving an interdisciplinary review of 12 major rift systems from North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. These papers are

Transform margins form a significant portion of Earth’s continent–ocean transition and are integral to continental break-up, yet compared to other margins a