Butler, Robert W. H.Law, R. D.Thigpen, J. R.Merschat, A. J.Stowell, H. H.2018-09-102018-09-102017-09-11Butler, R W H 2017, Basement-cover tectonics, structural inheritance, and deformation migration in the outer parts of orogenic belts : A view from the western Alps. in R D Law, J R Thigpen, A J Merschat & H H Stowell (eds), Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems. GSA Memoirs, vol. 213, Geological Society of America, pp. 55-74. https://doi.org/10.1130/2017.1213(03)97808137121300072-1069http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11073The account presented here is based on many years of Alpine research by the author and numerous discussions with individuals on Alpine and other tectonics. I especially thank Bill McCaffrey and others within the Leeds Turbidites Research Group for initiating me in the ways of deep-marine clastic sedimentology. Mark Cooper and Steve Matthews are thanked for their acute comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. I also thank Editor Rick Law for his patience with this manuscript.205785473engtectonic inversionAlpsforedeepbasement deformationQE GeologyQEBook item10.1130/2017.1213(03)213