... developed out of two symposia: Deformation at Convergent Margins, convened at the European Union of Geosciences meeting (EUG XI) at Strasbourg in April 2001- and Vertical Coupling and Decoupling at Convergent Margins, convened at the AGUMore ... developed out of two symposia: Deformation at Convergent Margins, convened at the European Union of Geosciences meeting (EUG XI) at Strasbourg in April 2001- and Vertical Coupling and Decoupling at Convergent Margins, convened at the AGU Fall meeting in San Francisco in December 2001--Acknowledgements.