Contents of Episodes Vol.26 No.3
An issue dedicated to aspects of the geology of Italy, site of the 32nd International Geological Congress¡¡

Editorial
Introduction: The face of Italy as source of inspiration in the geological sciences
by Forese Carlo Wezel
 

Articles
The Mediterranean region¡ªa geological primer

by William Cavazza and Forese Carlo Wezel
 

The lithosphere-asthenosphere: Italy and surroundings
by Giuliano F. Panza, Antonella Pontevivo, Giordano Chimera, Reneta
Raykova, and Abdelkrim Aoudia

Geological outline of the Alps
by Giorgio V. Dal Piaz, Andrea Bistacchi, and Matteo Massironi

Geology of the Dolomites
by Alfonso Bosellini, Piero Gianolla, and Marco Stefani

The basement complexes in Italy, with special regards to those exposed in the Alps: a review
by Attilio Boriani, Francesco Sassi, and Raffaele Sassi

Mantle processes during ocean formation: Petrologic records in peridotites from the Alpine-Apennine ophiolites
by Giovanni B. Piccardo

HP metamorphic belt of the western Alps
by Roberto Compagnoni

Structural setting of the Apennine-Maghrebian thrust belt
by Piero Elter, Mario Grasso, Maurizio Parotto, and Livio Vezzani

Topography, exhumation, and drainage network evolution of the Apennines
by Carlo Bartolini, Nicola D¡¯Agostino, and Francesco Dramis
 

The Tyrrhenian back-arc basin and subduction of the Ionian lithosphere
by Renzo Sartori

Plio-Quaternary magmatism in Italy
by Angelo Peccerillo

Italian active volcanoes
by Roberto Santacroce, Renato Cristofolini, Luigi La Volpe, Giovanni Orsi, and Mauro Rosi

The eruption of Vesuvius of 79 AD and its impact on human environment in Pompeii
by Lisetta Giacomelli, Annamaria Perrotta, Roberto Scandone, and
Claudio Scarpati

Geological features of Larderello-Travale and Mt. Amiata geothermal areas (southern Tuscany, Italy)
by Fausto Batini, Andrea Brogi, Antonio Lazzarotto, Domenico Liotta, and
Enrico Pandeli

Earthquakes in Italy: past, present and future
by Gianluca Valensise, Alessandro Amato, Paola Montone, and Daniela Pantosti

Geolithology and provenance of materials of some historical buildings and monuments in the centre of Florence (Italy)
by Piergiorgio Malesani, Elena Pecchioni, Emma Cantisani, and Fabio
Fratini

From anorthite to vesuvianite: an excursion through the minerals first discovered in Italy
by Giovanni Ferraris and Marco Ciriotti

The Geologic Time Scale and the Italian stratigraphic record
by Domenico Rio, Isabella Premoli Silva, and Luca Capraro

The Lagoon of Venice: geological setting, evolution and land subsidence
by Antonio Brambati, Laura Carbognin, Tullio Quaia, Pietro Teatini
, and
Luigi Tosi