Glen, R. and Roberts, J. 2014.   Reply to discussion by P.G. Lennox, R. Offler and J. Yan on "Formation of Oroclines in the New England Orogen, Eastern Australia” by G.A. Glen and J. Roberts. In: (Ed.) Emmanuel Skourtsos, and Gordon S. Lister, General Contributions, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 47, paper 3.

Reply to discussion by P.G. Lennox, R. Offler and J. Yan on "Formation of Oroclines in the New England Orogen, Eastern Australia” by G.A. Glen and J. Roberts

R. A. Glen

Geological Survey of New South Wales, NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Box 344, Hunter Regional Mail Centre NSW 2310 Australia. <dick.glen@industry.nsw.gov.au>

National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia.

J. Roberts

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052 Australia <j.roberts@unsw.edu.au>

Abstract

Below we reply in detail to the key points raised by Lennox et al., dividing our answers into comments on whether or not the Manning and Hastings oroclines exist, the structural geology of the Hastings Block (covered by their heading “crustal architecture»), and comments on other aspects.

Keywords: reply , discussion, oroclines, New England Orogen, Australia, NSW