Open AccessReply to comment by Cinthia Labails and Walter R. Roest on ‘Breakup of Pangaea and plate kinematics of the central Atlantic and Atlas regions’
Author(s) -
Schettino Antonio,
Tassi Luca,
Turco Eugenio
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04741.x
Subject(s) - geology , kinematics , pangaea , breakup , paleontology , geodesy , interpretation (philosophy) , philosophy , physics , classical mechanics , mechanics , structural basin , permian , linguistics
SUMMARY In their comment, Labails and Roest have raised several points against the kinematic model of Schettino and Turco for the central Atlantic region, which requires the existence of an independent Moroccan Plate during the Oligocene and the early Miocene. We thank these authors for giving us the opportunity to clarify some controversial points, but disagree with most of their objections and show that they are based either on a different interpretation of existing data or a distortion of the facts presented by Schettino and Turco.