Guidance for Contributors to the Journal

Journal of Earth Science (ISSN 1674-487X CN42-1788/P) is a geological magazine published bimonthly in English by China University of Geosciences. The journal is designed for the dissemination of information on all branches of geology and associated technology in the exploration and utilization of earth resources. Articles from both domestic and international scientists on relevant subjects are welcome. All articles are reviewed by two or more referees for scholarly presentation, technical merit, quality of scientific content and utility of the results for practicing geologists. The Editorial Committee reserves the final decision concerning the acceptance of a paper. The scope of articles includes new theories, methods and discoveries, as well as recent achievements in geosciences and timely reviews on selected subjects. Articles should contain original data and facts which support the conclusions. Manuscripts should conform to format guidelines set out below. 1. Manuscripts are to be written in English and double spaced. The original and two copies of the manuscripts together with the originals and two sets of copies of the figures should be submitted for review purpose. Papers are not to exceed 8 000 words nor to contain more than 7 figures and tables. Large figures and tables should be avoided, and their widths should generally be either 8.0, 16.5 or 24.0 cm. Each illustration should be clearly drawn and lettered. 2. The SI units of metric system should be used. 3. State secrets are not to be released. Authors take full responsibility for their papers. 4. We accept only unpublished, original papers and claim first right of publication. Papers unsuitable for our publication will be returned promptly. 5. Manuscripts should be organized in following order: (a) Title; (b) Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s); (c) Abstract (no more than 200 words) and key words (no more than 6); (d) Introduction; (e) Methods, techniques, studied material and area descriptions; (f) Results; (g) Discussion; (h) Conclusions; (i) Acknowledgments; (j) Explanation of plate; (k) References cited; (l) Tables; (m) Figure captions. Headings The following sequence should be used: a. Free-standing capitals, bold, at the margin b. Free-standing lower-case, bold, at the margin If a further subdivision is needed, 1, 2, 3, etc., or (1), (2), (3), etc., or a, b, c, etc., should be used. References Cited All references cited to publications made in the text should be presented in a list of references following after the text. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors names and publication dates are exactly the

same in the text as in the reference list. If reference is made in the text to publications written by more than two authors, the name of the first author should be given, followed by et al.. This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list, names of the first three co-authors followed by et al. should be given. References in the text should be arranged chronologically. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors names and chronologically per author. The following system should be used for arranging references. 1. For periodicals Chough, S. K., Barg, E., 1987. Tectonic History of Ulleung Basin Margin, East Sea (Sea of Japan). Geology, 15(1): 4558 2. For books Shrock, R. R., 1948. Sequence in Layered Rocks. McGraw-Hill, New York. 507 3. For multi-author books Sun, S. S., 1984. Geochemical Characteristics of Archean Ultramafic and Mafic Volcanic Rocks: Implication and Evolution. In: Kroner, A., Lansor, G. N., Goodwin, A. M., eds., Archean Geochemistry. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2546 4. For edited symposia, special issues, etc., published in a periodical Fox, P. J., Ruddiman, W. F., Ryan, W. B. F., et al., 1971. The Geology of the Caribbean Crust, I. Beata Ridge. In: Heezen, B. C., Kosminskaya, I. P., eds., The Structure of the Crust and Mantle beneath Inland and Marginal Seas. Tectonophysics, 10: 495513 Periodical names should be given in full or abbreviated using the International List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations. In addition, in referring to a personal communication the two words are followed by the year, e.g. (MeNary, J., personal communication, 1968). Footnotes Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. If possible the information should be corporated in the normal text. If used, footnotes should be indicated by asterisks and kept as short as possible. If references are given in footnotes, full bibliographic data must be given in the list of references, not in the footnote. All manuscripts should be governed by above information. Otherwise, publication of articles can be seriously delayed because of corrections. Please send manuscripts to: Editorial Office of Journal, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, Peoples Republic of China. E-mail: ejournal@cug.edu.cn

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