Reply to the comment of Pedoja et al. by Maouche, S., Meghraoui, M., Morhange, C., Belabbes, S., Bouhadad, Y. and Haddoum, H. on the published paper: Maouche, S., Meghraoui, M., Morhange, C., Belabbes, S., Bouhadad, Y. and Haddoum, H., 2011, Active coastal thrusting and folding, and uplift rate of the Sahel anticline and Zemmouri earthquake area (Tell Atlas Algeria) Tectonophysics 509 (2011) 69-80

Tectonophysics

Volumn 601, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-247

  Maouche, Said ^a,e   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^b   Morhange, Christophe ^c   Belabbes, Samir ^b   Bouhadad, Youcef ^d   Haddoum, Hamid ^e  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique   (Algeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Active folding; Algeria; Coastal tectonics; Earthquake faulting; Marine terrace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880137106     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.025     Document Type: Note

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