Guide to Authors
When submitting a manuscript the authors confirm
that it is novel and not being introduced at other journals. The first author
should be a member of Geologica Belgica (the society). While intellectual
rights remain with the authors, copyright is transferred to Geologica Belgica.
Instructions to authors: for your manuscript, imitate scrupulously the
following layout but do not try to reproduce the journal layout. Use the style
"normal" throughout the whole paper. When submitting a paper in
English, use either American or British English. Please note that an English
abstract, English figure captions and English table and plate titles are
required, also for papers that are not written in English.
Manuscripts must be addressed (by mail or e-mail) to the executive
editor:
Dr Annick ANCEAU
University of Liege
Dep. ARGENCO / Gemme - GEO3
Chemin des Chevreuils 1, Bat. B 52/3
B-4000 Liege 1
BELGIUM
Title (low case and bold)
Jacques S. DUPONT1, Karl T. BRUG2
& Richard F. BRIDGE3
1Address #1.
2Address #2.
3Address #3.
Insert a running title (< ca. 70 characters,
blank spaces included)
ABSTRACT. Not more than 200 words
( 15 lines). Do not repeat information contained in the title. The abstract,
together with the title, must be self-contained as it is published separately
from the paper in abstracting services such as Current Contents. Omit all
references to the literature and to tables or figures, and omit obscure
abbreviations and acronyms even though they may be defined in main body of the
paper.
KEYWORDS: Not more than 8 words.
Do not repeat words already present in the title.
Optional...
RESUME. Titre en fran ais. Texte
etc.
MOTS-CLES....
SAMENVATTING. Title in Dutch.
Text....
SLEUTELWOORDEN....
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG. Title in German.
Text...
SCHL SSELW RTER...
1. First order headings (in bold)
Do not imitate the layout of the journal, but the
layout of these instructions only. Use the same font and the same
STYLE (normal) throughout the manuscript. Align only flush left. Do
not leave a free line to separate the paragraphs, but DO indent the
first line of a new paragraph, except for the first paragraph of a section.
The text should be double spaced and the size of the characters at least 12.
Numerical system is requested: 1., 1.1., 1.1.1.,
1.1.2., 1.2., 1.3., etc. but do NOT use "numbering" or "bullets".
Footnotes are not accepted in the text. If notes
are absolutely necessary, they should be grouped in a section before the
references and numbered from (1) to (x) both in the text and in the section.
1.1. Second order headings (in bold
and italics)
1.1.1. Third order headings (normal)
Besides the 3rd order headings, use:
a) ...
b) ...
c) ...
2. Cross references
In the text, cross references are as follows:
a) to reference list, citations are as follows:
write "the results of Lebeau (1982) are questionable (Dupont, 1973a,
1973b; Dupont & Durand, 1975)"; if more than two authors (Dupont et
al., 1978a); for comparison (see Servais, 1994; cf. Servais, 1993; e.g.
Servais, 1990, fig. 3).
b) to other sections of the text, write "(see
2.3.1)", but not "(see p.8)".
c) to artworks write "as represented in Fig.
7, Table 2 and elsewhere (Fig. 1; Fig. 2B; Fig. 2A-B; Figs 2 & 3D; Table
4; Plate 1A)".
3. Measurements
Measurements are written: 1 to 9999 (no comma);
from 10,000 (comma); 2.1 mm; 5 m; 6.84 kg; 27%; 25,000 a BP (conventional
14C age); 17,000 a cal BP (calibrated 14C age); 60 ka (thousand years) for non
14C-ages; 5.2 Ma.
4. Compass points
The four basic nouns are written in full; they are
capitalized only when designating the compass point: the North, the East, the
South, the West (but: south Belgium, west Netherlands). Complex nouns are
abbreviated and capitalized: NE, NW-SE, NNE-SSW, ... Adjectives are not
capitalized: southern regions, ...
5. Stratigraphy
Adhere to the international rules for
stratigraphic nomenclature. Capitalize a common noun or adjective that is part
of a formal name: Matagne Shales, Diest Formation, Brabant Massif, Middle
Ordovician, Lower Cretaceous, ... Informal designations are not capitalized:
upper Paleozoic, late Cenomanian, ...
6. Palaeontology
Adhere to the international codes for botanical or
zoological nomenclature. Systematic work is always introduced by the 1st order
heading "Systematic Paleontology".
For taxonomic papers, the following layout is
adopted:
- Sub-order...
- Superfamily: ...
- Family Loxochoncidae Sars, 1925
- Genus Touroconcha Ishizaki &
Gunther, 1976; Touroconcha lapidiscola (Hartmann, 1959) (pl. 1, figs
1-6; pl. 2, fig. 3)
- Synonymies1959 Loxoconcha lapidiscola
Hartmann: 223, pl. 41, figs 128-129, pl. 42, figs. 131-133.
1974 Loxoconcha ? lapidiscola Hartmann;
Swain & Gilby: 324, fig. 24, pl. 5, fig. 9A-B.
pp. 1965 Loxoconcha lapidiscola Hartmann
1923; Swain: 32, fig. 1.
non 1965 Loxoconcha lapidiscola Hartmann
1923; Swain: 32, fig. 1.
? 1965 Loxoconcha lapidiscola Hartmann
1923; Swain: 32, fig. 1.
Genus Chelinospora Allen 1965
Chelinospora (Archaeozonotriletes) timanica(Naumova)
comb. nov. (pl. 2, figs 8-9).
Basionyme: (Archaeozonotriletes) timanicus
Naumova 1953: 81, pl. 12, fig. 4.
7. Powder X-ray diffraction data
Follow the procedure given in Acta
Crystallographica A39, 174-186, Annexe III.
8. Submission
A pdf file including text and figures should be
submitted by e-mail ().
Alternatively, three printed copies may be
submitted to the editor together with the address of the corresponding author
(fax, e-mail). Original artworks are not necessary for the submission of the
manuscript.
The authors are requested to give the names and
addresses of four possible unbiased reviewers, at least one of them being
chosen outside Belgium.
9. Final version
9.1. Text
Send all files (text, artworks, tables) by mail or
on a CD to the editor. Each artwork as a separate file.
The requested software is Word and .doc format.
Use the TIMES 12 throughout the text including titles.
Use the same file for text, references and artwork
captions; these should not be included in the text or merged with the figures,
but put together at the end of the manuscript and presented as follows:
Figure 1.Caption
Table 1. Title ...
Plate 1. Title ...
9.2. Original artworks
Please note that Geologica Belgica being an open
access journal, the final size of a paper in pdf format must permit easy
dissemination by e-mail. Thus the number and size of figures and plates must
be reasonable.
No original artwork should be larger than a page
(17 x 22.5 cm) or a column (8 x 22.5 cm). No lettering should be smaller than
1 mm at journal format. Artworks are executed neatly in black China ink or
equivalent quality (e.g. laser printer); do not use heavy plots; avoid
grey-tones. Figures in colour are accepted. Please save space as much as
possible.
Electronic figures should be in ai (Adobe
Illustrator), and/or pdf format. All elements of a figure must be "grouped"
before saving. No graphics in Excel format will be accepted. Please try to use
the same format for all figures. Do not mention the figure number on the
figure. Do not group the figures but provide one file for each figure and
table.
9.2.3. Running title (top of each page)
In case the title of the paper is longer than 60
characters including space, the authors should provide an abbreviated title.
10. Proof
A proof will be provided, but author's corrections
will not be accepted.
11. References
The journal names should be written in full.
Follow scrupulously the examples below, and DO NOT leave a blank line between
each reference:
Clemens, J.D., 1990. The granulite-granite
connexion. In Vielzeuf, D. & Vidal, Ph. (eds), Granulites and crustal
evolution. NATO ASI series. Series C, 311, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 25-36.
Dupont, M., 1991. Les crues de la Meuse. In Durand,
J. ( d.), Trait d'hydrographie. VSP International, Amsterdam, 23-35.
Felder, W.M., Bosch P.W. & Bisschops J.H.,
1989. Geologische kaart van Zuid-Limburg en omgeving, Afzettingen van de Maas.
Rijks Geologische Dienst, Haarlem, Nederland.
Haesaerts, P., Juvigne, E., Kuyi, O., Mucher, H.
& Roebroeks, W., 1981. Compte rendu de l'excursion du 13 juin 1981, en
Hesbaye et au Limbourg n erlandais, consacr e la stratigraphie des loess
du Pl istoc ne sup rieur. Annales de la Soci t g ologique de Belgique,
104, 223-240.
Zonneveld, J., 1957. River terraces and Quaternary
Chronology in the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 19, 277-285.
12. Dates
The last line of the references should be:
Manuscript received XX.XX.20XX, accepted in
revised form XX.XX.20XX, available on line XX.XX.20XX
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