Introduction. Igneous intrusions: VIGNERESSE, J. L. & CLEMENS, J. D. Granitic magma ascent and emplacement: neither diapirism nor neutral buoyancy • ROMÁN-BERDIEL, T., ARANGUREN, A., CUEVAS, J., TUBÍA, J. M., GAPAIS, D. & BRUN, J.-P. Experiments on granite intrusion in transtension • MERLE, O. & DONNADIEU, F. Indentation of volcanic edifices by the ascending magma • ROSSETTI, F., FACCENNA, C., ACOCELLA, V., FUNICIELLO, R., JOLIVET, L. & SALVINI, F. Pluton emplacement in the Northern Tyrrhenian area, Italy • RABINOWITZ, N. & MART, Y. Seismic tomography of the Dead Sea region: thinned crust, anomalous velocities and possible magmatic diapirism • Salt intrusions: TALBOT, C. J., MEDVEDEV, S., ALAVI, M., SHAHRIVAR, H. & HEIDARI, E. Salt extrusion at Kuh-e-Jahani, Iran from June 1994 to November 1997 • GAULLIER, V. MART, Y., BALLAICHE, G., MASCLE, J., VENDEVILL, B., ZITTER, T. & SECOND LEG ‘PRISMED II’ SCIENTIFIC PARTY. Salt tectonics in and around the Nile deep-sea fan: insights from the PRISMED II cruise • STEPHANESCU, M., DICEA, O. & TARI, G. Influence of extension and compression on salt diapirism in its type area, East Carphathian Bend area, Romania • Shale intrusions: MIRALLES L., SANS, M., PUEYO, J. J. & SANTANACH, P.: Recrystallization salt fabric in a shear zone (Cardona diapir, southern Pyrenees, Spain) • KOPF, A. & BEHRMANN, J. H. Extrusion dynamics of mud volcanoes on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex • Index. Principal authors: J. –L. Vigneresse, CREGU, France.T. Roman-Berdiel, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain.O. Merle, CNRS-OPGC-CRV, France.F. Rossetti, Universita ‘Roma Tre’ Italy. Y. Mart, University of Haifa, Israel. C. J. Talbot, Uppsala University, Sweden. V. Gaullier, Universite de Perpignan, France. G. Tari, Vanaco Energy, USA. L. Miralles, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. A. Kopf, GEOMAR, Germany.