Reply to Comment on “The Jurassic-Cretaceous basaltic magmatism of the Oued El-Abid syncline (High Atlas, Morocco): Physical volcanology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications” by André Michard et al., (2013) Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 88, December 2013, Pages 101–105

Bensalah, Khalil Mohamed; Youbi, Nasrrddine; Mata, João; Martins, Línia; Font, Eric; Medina, Fida; Marzoli, Andrea; Hachimi, Hind El; Hervé, Bertrand.; Bellieni, Giuliano; Doblas, Miguel; Mahmoudi, Abdelkader.; Rui, Miranda; Beraâouz, El Hassane; Verati, Chrystele; De Min, Angelo; Mohamed Abbou, Ben; Rachid, Zayane; Jose, Madeira

doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.008

We welcome the comment by Michard et al. (2013) as it gives us the opportunity to better discuss the Jurassic-Cretaceous magmatism of the High Atlas (Morocco). In their comment, Michard et al. (2013) focus on three main points which are: (i) the age of the basalts from Naour, (ii) the structural history of the Central High Atlas and (iii) the geodynamic significance of the related Jurassic-Cretaceous magmatism. We will address these questions in the following sections.

Reply to Comment on “The Jurassic-Cretaceous basaltic magmatism of the Oued El-Abid syncline (High Atlas, Morocco): Physical volcanology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications” by André Michard et al., (2013) Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 88, December 2013, Pages 101–105 / Bensalah, K.M., Youbi, N., Mata, J., Martins, L., Font, E., Medina, F., Marzoli, A., Hachimi, H.E., Hervé, Bertrand., Bellieni, G., Doblas, M., Mahmoudi, Abdelkader., Rui, M., Beraâouz, E.H., Verati, C., De Min, A., Mohamed Abbou, B., Zayane, R., Madeira, J.. - In: JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES. - ISSN 1464-343X. - ELETTRONICO. - 118:(2016), pp. 320-323. [10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.008]