Dear Dr. Hueter:

Thank you for submitting your manuscript entitled "Central Tethyan platform-top hypoxia during Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a " to Climate of the Past.

Your manuscript has been read by two reviewers, Thomas Algeo and Helmut Weissert, and has also been commented by Anton Husinec.

I have now read your answers to the reviewers and I’ve greatly appreciated the way you answered to each comment. You’ve provided a really honest and balanced view, giving more information when possible and stating the ongoing uncertainties when questions could not be firmly resolved.

I agree with the reviewers that moderate revision may be sufficient to make the manuscript acceptable for publication in Climate of the Past. Hence, I encourage you to submit a suitably revised version of your manuscript taking into account as much as possible reviewer assessments (as you already did in your answers).

I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. If you have any questions, please contact the editorial office at editorial@copernicus.org
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Sincerely,

Yannick Donnadieu

Dear Authors,
could you please give a revised version of your manuscript, using red color for parts you have changed to account for referee's comments (and also referring to these changes in your answer to the reviewers with lines numbers of the revised version). Otherwise, it is hard to follow, thanks in advance -- Yannick Donnadieu

Dear authors, I greatly appreciate that you've done the work I'd recommended to. It is better to have annotated version for curious readers who would like to follow reviewing steps. I am pleased to accept you paper for publication in Climate of the Past and I wish you've had a nice experience with our journal.

Best Regards,

-- Yannick Donnadieu