M<scp>C</scp>C<scp>ANN</scp>, T. & S<scp>AINTOT</scp>, A. (eds). 2003. Tracing Tectonic Deformation Using the Sedimentary Record. Geological Society Special Publication no. 208. vii + 356 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00, US $142.00; GSL member price £42.50, US $71.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA member price £51.00, US $85.00; hard covers. ISBN 1 86239 129 7

The sixteen papers in this volume represent a varied collection of studies on the interactions of tectonics and sedimentation in the geological record. It arises out of a session at the EUG meeting in Strasburg on this theme in 2001. Each paper on its own is an interesting case study, taking in Phanerozoic examples from as far apart as Siberia and the Andes. If there is any kind of regional focus, it is on Europe: twelve of the papers cover European basins and mountain ranges, including the Rhine Graben, Pyrenean forelands, the Alps, Apennines and Polish Carpathians. Only the introductory paper by the editors, Tom McCann and Aline Saintot, is a review of the …