Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins : From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems

What is the important geologic information recorded in Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins (TBFB) on the evolution of orogens? How do they transcript the coupled influence of deep and surficial geological processes? Is it still worth looking for hydrocarbons in foothills areas? These and other questions are addressed in the volume edited by Lacombe, LavA(c), Roure and VergA(c)s, which constitutes the Proceedings of the first meeting of the new ILP task force on''Sedimentary Basins,''held in December 2005 at the Institut FranAais du PA(c)trole, on behalf of the SociA(c)tA(c) GA(c)ologique de Fra.