Abstract In this reply we respond to the points raised in a recent comment to Jess et al. (2018, 2019) by Green et al. (2019). Their comment suggests that the thermal modelling approach used in our work did not incorporate relevant geological information and that the conclusions are therefore not valid. We find that the modelling approach championed by Green et al. (2019), adding multiple a priori constraints to ensure a best fit result, is problematic and can prevent acceptable thermal history scenarios from being tested and identified. Additionally, we believe the fixed constraints raised by Green et al. (2019) cannot be viewed as certainties and are in fact debateable interpretations of the regional geology and geomorphology.

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回复：来自热年代学的热历史解必须受地质关系的支配：对 Jess 等人的评论。(2019)

摘要 在此回复中，我们回应了最近对 Jess 等人的评论中提出的观点。(2018, 2019) 由 Green 等人撰写。(2019)。他们的评论表明，我们工作中使用的热建模方法没有包含相关的地质信息，因此结论是无效的。我们发现 Green 等人倡导的建模方法。(2019) 添加多个先验约束以确保最佳拟合结果是有问题的，并且会阻止测试和识别可接受的热历史场景。此外，我们相信 Green 等人提出的固定约束。(2019) 不能被视为确定性，实际上是对区域地质和地貌的有争议的解释。