Reply to the discussion by J.W.F. Waldron and C.E. White on “Geochemical signature of Ordovician Mn-rich sedimentary rocks on the Avalonian shelf”1Appears in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2012, 49(6): 772–774 [doi: 10.1139/e2012-004].
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In their comment, Waldron and White state that manganese-rich sedimentary rocks of Nova Scotia and Wales are Cambrian and were deposited in a deep-water turbidite basin called “Megumia” rather than on the Avalonian shelf. Available geochronological data are not in conflict with an Early Ordovician deposition age for manganese-rich sedimentary rocks north of the Rheic suture, including those of Nova Scotia and northern Wales. “Megumia” is part of the Avalonian plate, and the manganese-rich sediments were deposited on its shelf.