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During the past years, our research in the Klippen belt has been financially supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (project APVV-17-0170) and by the Grant Agency for Sciences, Slovakia (projects VEGA 1/0085/17 and 1/0435/21), which is gratefully acknowledged. Editorial care of Prof. U. Riller is kindly appreciated.

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Plašienka, D., Bučová, J. & Šimonová, V. Reply to the comment on “variable structural styles and tectonic evolution of an ancient backstop boundary: the Pieniny Klippen Belt of the Western Carpathians” by Pelech et al. (this issue). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 112, 1323–1329 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-023-02309-2

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