Reply to Comment on "The timing and evolution of the post-glacial transgression across the Sea of Marmara shelf south of Istanbul" by Hiscott et al., Marine Geology 248, 228-236, Eris, K. K.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Cagatay, M. N.; Lericolais, G.; Sancar, U.; Menot, G.; Bard, E. , Marine Geology, Sep 3, Volume 254, Issue 3-4, p.230-236, (2008), DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.005 Abstract

The last reconnection of the Marmara Sea (Turkey) to the World Ocean: A paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic perspective, McHugh, C. M. G.; Gurung, D.; Giosan, L.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Mart, Y.; Sancar, U.; Burckle, L.; Cagatay, M. N. , Marine Geology, Sep 18, Volume 255, Issue 1-2, p.64-82, (2008), DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.07.005 Abstract

The timing and evolution of the post-glacial transgression across the Sea of Marmara shelf south of Istanbul, Eris, K. K.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Cagatay, M. N.; Sancar, U.; Lericolais, G.; Menot, G.; Bard, E. , Marine Geology, Sep 6, Volume 243, Issue 1-4, p.57-76, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.04.010 Abstract

Seismic imaging of the three-dimensional architecture of the Cinarcik Basin along the North Anatolian Fault, Carton, H.; Singh, S. C.; Hirn, A.; Bazin, S.; de Voogd, B.; Vigner, A.; Ricolleau, A.; Cetin, S.; Ocakoglu, N.; Karakoc, F.; Sevilgen, V. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, Jun 21, Volume 112, Issue B6, p.-, (2007), Doi 10.1029/2006jb004548 Abstract

The co-evolution of Black Sea level and composition through the last deglaciation and its paleoclimatic significance, Major, C. O.; Goldstein, S. L.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Lericolais, G.; Piotrowski, A. M.; Hajdas, I. , Quaternary Science Reviews, Sep, Volume 25, Issue 17-18, p.2031-2047, (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.032 Abstract

North Anatolian Fault in the Gulf of Izmit (Turkey): Rapid vertical motion in response to minor bends of a nonvertical continental transform, Cormier, M. H.; Seeber, L.; McHugh, C. M. G.; Polonia, A.; Cagatay, N.; Emre, O.; Gasperini, L.; Gorur, N.; Bortoluzzi, G.; Bonatti, E.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Newman, K. R. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, Apr 25, Volume 111, Issue B4, p.-, (2006), Doi 10.1029/2005jb003633 Abstract

Holocene slip rate of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara, Polonia, A.; Gasperini, L.; Amorosi, A.; Bonatti, E.; Bortoluzzi, G.; Cagatay, N.; Capotondi, L.; Cormier, M. H.; Gorur, N.; McHugh, C.; Seeber, L. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Nov 15, Volume 227, Issue 3-4, p.411-426, (2004), DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.042 Abstract

Sea-level changes and depositional environments in the Izmit Gulf, eastern Marmara Sea, during the late glacial-Holocene period, Cagatay, M. N.; Gorur, N.; Polonia, A.; Demirbag, E.; Sakinc, M.; Cormier, M. H.; Capotondi, L.; McHugh, C.; Emre, O.; Eris, K. , Marine Geology, Nov 30, Volume 202, Issue 3-4, p.159-173, (2003), Doi 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00259-7 Abstract

Catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea, Ryan, W. B. F.; Major, C. O.; Lericolais, G.; Goldstein, S. L. , Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 31, p.525-554, (2003), DOI 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141249 Abstract

Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus, McClusky, S.; Balassanian, S.; Barka, A.; Demir, C.; Ergintav, S.; Georgiev, I.; Gurkan, O.; Hamburger, M.; Hurst, K.; Kahle, H.; Kastens, K.; Kekelidze, G.; King, R.; Kotzev, V.; Lenk, O.; Mahmoud, S.; Mishin, A.; Nadariya, M.; Ouzounis, A.; Paradissis, , Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, Mar 10, Volume 105, Issue B3, p.5695-5719, (2000) Abstract

The strain rate field in the eastern Mediterranean region, estimated by repeated GPS measurements, Kahle, H. G.; Straub, C.; Reilinger, R.; McClusky, S.; King, R.; Hurst, K.; Veis, G.; Kastens, K.; Cross, P. , Tectonophysics, Sep 15, Volume 294, Issue 3-4, p.237-252, (1998) Abstract