On the reliability of the Matuyama–Brunhes record in the Sulmona Basin—Comment to ‘A reappraisal of the proposed rapid Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal in the Sulmona Basin, Italy’ by Evans and Muxworthy (2018)

Leonardo Sagnotti,1 Biagio Giaccio,2 Joseph C. Liddicoat,3 Chiara Caricchi,1 Sebastien Nomade4 and Paul R. Renne5,6 1Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, 00143 Roma, Italy. E-mail: leonardo.sagnotti@ingv.it 2Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy 3Barnard College, Columbia University, NY 10027, USA 4Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l’environnement, UMR8212, IPSL, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ et Université Paris –Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette 91191, France 5Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA 6Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University California, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA

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