Ionian Abyssal Plain: a window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere

Dannowski, Anke; Kopp, Heidrun; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Klaeschen, Dirk; Gutscher, Marc-André; Krabbenhoeft, Anne; Dellong, David; Rovere, Marzia; Graindorge, David; Papenberg, Cord; Klaucke, Ingo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-447-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-447-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-447-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Research article

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03 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2019

Ionian Abyssal Plain: a window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere

Anke Dannowski, Heidrun Kopp, Frauke Klingelhoefer, Dirk Klaeschen, Marc-André Gutscher, Anne Krabbenhoeft, David Dellong, Marzia Rovere, David Graindorge, Cord Papenberg, and Ingo Klaucke

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RC1: 'Review of "Ionian Abyssal Plain: A window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere"', Alina Polonia, 11 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Author comments to the comments of referee #1', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'Detailed author comments to the comments of referee #1', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019
- AC5: 'Authors changes in the manuscript', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript “Ionian Abyssal Plain: A window into the Tethys oceanic lithosphere” by Dannowski et al.', Eline Le Breton, 13 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Author comments to the comments of referee #2', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019
- AC4: 'Detailed author comments to the comments of referee #2', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019
- AC6: 'Authors changes in the manuscript same for both referees', Anke Dannowski, 19 Feb 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Anke Dannowski on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2019) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (21 Mar 2019) by Patrice Rey

ED: Publish as is (21 Mar 2019) by CharLotte Krawczyk (Executive editor)

AR by Anke Dannowski on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2019)

Short summary

The nature of the Ionian Sea crust has been the subject of scientific debate for more than 30 years. Seismic data, recorded on ocean bottom instruments, have been analysed and support the interpretation of the Ionian Abyssal Plain as a remnant of the Tethys oceanic lithosphere with the Malta Escarpment as a transform margin and a Tethys opening in the NNW–SSE direction.