Introduction • Mechanics, dynamics and geometry of basin inversion • SIBSON, R. H. Selective fault reactivation during basin inversion: potential for fluid redistribution through fault-valve action • BRODIE, J. & WHITE, N. The link between sedimentary basin inversion and Igneous underplating • LOWELL, J. D. Mechanics of basin inversion from worldwide examples • KNOTT, S. D., BEACH, A., WELBON, A. 1. & BRocKBANK, P. J. Basin inversion in the Gulf of Suez • MACGREGOR, D. S. Hydrocarbon habitat and classification of inverted rift basins • Modelling of basin inversion • McCLA Y, K. R. The geometrics and kinematics of inverted fault systems: a review of analogue model studies • ElSENSTADT, G. & WITHJACK, M. O. Estimating inversion: results from clay models KELLER, J. V. A. & McCLA Y, K. R. 3D sandbox models of positive inversion • Recognition and measurement of basin inversion • GREEN, P. F., DUDDY, 1. R. & BRAY, R. J. Applications of thermal history reconstruction in inverted basins • HILUS, R. R. Regional Tertiary exhumation in and around the United Kingdom • MENPES, R. J. & HILUS, R. R. Quantification oftertiary exhumation from sonic velocity data, Celtic Sea/South-Western Approaches • Case studies: Americas • UUANA, M. A., ARTEAGA, M. E., LEGARRETA, L., CERDAN, J. J. & PERONI, G. O. Inversion structures and hydrocarbon occurence in Argentina • HOMOVC, J. F., CONFORTO, G. A., LAFOURCADE, P. A. & CHELOTTI, L. A. Fold belt in the San Jorge Basin, Argentina: an example of tectonic inversion • SINCLAIR, 1. K. Transpressional inversion due to episodic rotation of extensional stresses in Jean d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland • Case studies: Europe • THOMAS, D. W. & COWARD, M. P. Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous inversion of the northern East Shetland Basin, northern North Sea • HOOPER, R. J., LENG SlANG GOH & DEWEY, F. The inversion history of the northeastern margin of the Broad Fourteens Basin • DEEKS, N. R. & THOMAS, S. A. Basin inversion in a strike-slip regime: the Tonquist Zone, Southern Baltic Sea • HUYGHE, P. & MUGNIER, J.-L. A comparison of inverted basins of the Southern North Sea and inverted structures of the external Alps • NEMCOCK, M., GAYER, R. & MILIORIZOS, R. Structural analysis of the inverted Bristol Channel Basin: implications for the geometry and timing of fracture porosity • DART, C. J., MCCLAY, K. R. & HOLLINGS, P. N. 3D analysis of inverted extensional fault systems, southern Bristol Channel basin, UK • BOND, R. M. G. & MCCLAY, K. R. Inversion of a Lower Cretaceous extensional basin, south central Pyrenees, Spain • GUIMERA, J., ALONSO, A. & RAMON MAS, J. Inversion of an extensional-ramp basin by a newly formed thrust: the Cameras Basin (N. Spain) • Case studies: Asia • LAMBIASE, J. J. & BOSWORTH, W. P. Structural development and stratigraphy of the Kyokpo Pull-Apart Basin, South Korea and tectonic implications for inverted extensional basins • SAMUEL, M. A., HARBURY, N. A., JONES, M. E. & MATTHEWS, S. J. Inversion-controlled uplift of an outer-arc ridge: Nias Island, offshore Sumatra • WANG, G. M., COWARD, M. P., YUAN, W., LIU, S. & WANG, W. Fold growth during basin inversion - example from the East China Sea Basin • Case studies: Australasia • HILL, K. C., HILL, K. A., COOPER, G. T., O'SULLIVAN, A. J., O'SULLIVAN, P. B. & RICHARDSON, M. J. Inversion around the Bass Basin, SE Australia • BISHOP, D. J. & BUCHANAN, P. G. Development of structurally inverted basins: a case study from the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand • TURNER, J. P. & CORBIN, S. G. Tertiary uplift of a deep rift-sag basin, Cardigan Bay, offshore Wales, UK (extended abstract) • Index