During the past decade, the objective of the Task Force Sedimentary Basins of the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) has been the encouragement of the dialogue among researchers studying the basin fill and the whole lithospheric structure. The ILP 2013 annual meeting of the Task Force Sedimentary Basin held in Marseille (October 14–18th) was aimed at reviewing the current research on the possible links between deep and shallow processes in the Mediterranean region. More than a hundred scientists from academy and industry attended the conference, which involved a two day-long field trip to the Pyrenean and Alpine Forelands of Provence. Research areas represented at the 2013 ILP annual meeting included all disciplines pertaining to geology, geophysics …