Abstract We address concerns raised by Wanless and Dravis (2020) on our paper documenting the late Quaternary evolution of West Caicos island. We negate the claim that omitting their paper (Dravis and Wanless, 2017) had any consequences for our interpretations. We also provide reasoning and data to demonstrate that our interpretation of the Quaternary stratigraphy of the island was derived from detailed field work and high-resolution remote sensing data, which was subsequently corroborated by AAR and U-Th age-dating control, the opposite of the claim by Wanless and Dravis.

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回复：评论：“晚第四纪碳酸盐岛的解剖：海平面波动时间和幅度的约束，西凯科斯群岛，特克斯和凯科斯群岛，BWI”，作者：Wanless 和 Dravis [Quat. 科学。DOI 修订版：10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106216]

摘要 我们解决了 Wanless 和 Dravis (2020) 在记录西凯科斯岛第四纪晚期演化的论文中提出的问题。我们否定了省略他们的论文（Dravis 和 Wanless，2017 年）对我们的解释有任何影响的说法。我们还提供了推理和数据来证明我们对该岛第四纪地层的解释来自详细的实地工作和高分辨率遥感数据，随后得到了 AAR 和 U-Th 年龄定年控制的证实，与Wanless 和 Dravis 的索赔。