List of Figures

1. Reconstruction of the Tethyan realm at 200.0 Ma (lower Sinemurian)
2. Jurassic and Cretaceous plate motions
3. Reconstruction at 172.0 Ma (Upper Bajocian)
4. Sketch illustrating two different scenarios for the formation of slivers
5. Reconstruction at 170.0 Ma (Upper Bajocian)
6. Acceleration field at 170.0 Ma (Upper Bajocian)
7. Reconstruction at 154.3 Ma (Upper Oxfordian)
8. Acceleration field at 154.3 Ma (Upper Oxfordian)
9. Reconstruction at 147.7 Ma (Middle Tithonian)
10. Acceleration field at 147.7 Ma (Middle Tithonian)
11. Reconstruction at 131.9 Ma (Lower Hauterivian)
12. Acceleration field at 131.9 Ma (Lower Hauterivian)
13. Reconstruction at 120.4 Ma (Lower Aptian)
14. Acceleration field at 120.4 Ma (Lower Aptian)
15. Reconstruction at 110.0 Ma (Lower Albian)
16. Acceleration field of Africa withrespect to Eurasia at 110.0 Ma (Lower Albian).
17. Reconstruction at 83.5 Ma (Santonian-Campanian boundary)
18. Acceleration field Eurasia with respect to Iberia and Africa at 83.5 Ma (Santonian-Campanian boundary)
19. Reconstruction at 74.3 Ma (Upper Campanian)
20. Acceleration field of Iberia, Adria and Southern Turkey with respect to Africa at 74.3 Ma (Upper Campanian)
21. Reconstruction at 67.7 Ma (Upper Maastrichtian)