Reply to Comment on “The Jurassic–Cretaceous basaltic magmatism of the Oued El-Abid syncline (High Atlas, Morocco): Physical volcanology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications” by André Michard et al. (2013) [J. Afr. Earth Sci. 88 (December) (2013) 101

We welcome the comment by Michard et al. (2013) as it gives us the opportunity to better discuss the Jurassic–Cretaceous magmatism of the High Atlas (Morocco). In their comment, Michard et al. (2013) focus on three main points which are: (i) the age of the basalts from Naour, (ii) the structural history of the Central High Atlas and (iii) the geodynamic significance of the related Jurassic–Cretaceous magmatism. We will address these questions in the following sections.