EUROPE/Mediterranean Tectonics 137 Figure Present geodynamic framework There are four subduction zones with variable active rates in the Mediterranean realm: the westwards directed Apennines Maghrebides; the westwards directed Carpathians; the north eastwards directed Dinarides Hellenides Taurides; and the south eastwards directed Alps The Apennines Maghrebides subduction related back arc basin of the western Mediterranean stretched and scattered into segmented basins most of the products of the Alps Betics orogen