Reply to comment by O Cofaigh, Dowdeswell, King, Anderson, Clark, DJA Evans, J. Evans, Hindmarsh, Lardner and Stokes 'Comments on Shaw, J., Pugin, A., Young, R., (2009): A meltwater origin for Antarctic Shelf bedforms with special attention to megalineations.' Geomorphology 102, 364-375

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Andre Pugin's name does not appear on this reply because there was a delay in our receiving the comment, and we responded to a tight deadline. Unfortunately, this left insufficient time for an internal review required by the Geological Survey of Canada before Andre could be an author.rnWe expected that there would be a reaction to our paper and serious questions. After all, we applied controversial ideas to a part of the globe for which we have no first-hand experience. Indeed, the observations of King et al. (2009) on lineations beneath the Rutford Ice Stream do present a serious challenge to the megaflood hypothesis.