Lourdes González-Castillo

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”

[1] Scientific discussion and different points of view are a basis of the advancement of knowledge. We acknowledge the comments of Jones et al. [2012] as an opportunity to publicly discuss the structure and origin of the Atlas Mountains. Moreover, we welcome the opportunity to compare our results with those recently published by the group responsible for the comment [Ledo et al., 2011], although it is not pertinent to comment in detail on a paper published in another journal. We also wish to remark that the paper of Ledo et al. [2011] was reviewed and published during the revision period of our contribution [Anahnah et al., 2011]; therefore, they are two different approaches and data sets, measured in different sites and by different instruments for the same region, lending readers the chance to compare different interpretations. The main differences on the data sets are: the profile of Anahnah et al. [2011] compared with the profile of Ledo et al. [2011] is 170 km longer, vertical magnetic data were obtained and lower frequencies were recorded. [2] We regret the style and way used by Jones et al. [2012]. We shall answer only those comments of Jones et al. [2012] related to objective issues. [3] One of the final conclusions of Jones et al. [2012] might serve as the starting point of our reply:

Remote-sensing-derived fractures and shrub patterns to identify groundwater dependence

Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain Department of Botany, University of Granada, Av. de Fuentenueva, s/n 18071, Granada, Spain 4iecolab, Interuniversity Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA), University of Granada, Av. del Mediterráneo, s/n, 18006, Granada, Spain Department of Geodynamics, University of Granada, Av. de Fuentenueva, s/n 18071, Granada, Spain Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC‐ University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain 7 Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749‐016, Lisboa, Portugal Correspondence Emilio Guirado and Javier Cabello, Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, 04120, Almería, Spain. Email: e.guirado@ual.es; jcabello@ual.es