Reply to the comment by A. G. Jones et al. on "deep resistivity cross section of the intraplate Atlas Mountains (NW Africa): New evidence of anomalous mantle and related Quaternary volcanism"

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Anahnah, Farida ^a   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesus ^a,b   Chalouan, Ahmed ^c   Pedrera, Antonio ^d   Ruano, Patricia ^a,b   Pous, Jaume ^e   Heise, Wiebke ^f   Ruiz Constan, Ana ^g   Benmakhlouf, Mohamed ^h   López Garrido, Angel Carlos ^b   Ahmamou, M'Fedal ^c   De Galdeano, Carlos Sanz ^b   Arzate, Jorge ⁱ   Ibarra, Pedro ^d   González Castillo, Lourdes ^a   Bouregba, Naoual ^c   Corbo, Fernando ⁱ   Asensio, Eva ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^h ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

ⁱ CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84868335585     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012TC003116     Document Type: Note

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