AIG Journal is unique amongst Australian geoscientific publications in being published exclusively by electronic means. Publication of the journal in electronic form via the Internet allows AIG to provide members with a high quality publication in a very cost effective manner. Additional advantages include rapid distribution, no restrictions on the use of colour photographs and other diagrams and an ability to support papers with other media such as short video sequences and animations. It will also be possible to link related papers and articles and provide text search facilities to help locate items of interest in papers available on-line. Papers, reviews, case studies and technical notes will be made available to readers as HTML files, for reading on-line, and as an Adobe Acrobat document which may be downloaded by readers for reading off-line, for reference purposes and printing. In many respects, however, these instructions differ little from those for print journals.
Manuscript and File Formats
Manuscripts, including all diagrams, photographs and other supporting materials should, if possible, be submitted in digital form. Text should be submitted as a Microsoft Word (Windows or Macintosh) or Corel Wordperfect document, or using one of the common document interchange formats such as Real Text Format (.rtf). Contact the editor with any queries regarding the suitability of a document format. Photographs and illustrations should be submitted using any of the common image file formats (TIFF, GIF, JPEG, Windows bitmaps or metafiles, Paintbrush, Macintosh PICT, encapsulated Postscript) in addition to Kodak Photo CD, Corel Draw (V7 or earlier), Micrografix Designer or Draw and Targa image files. Contact the editor with any queries regarding other graphic formats. Photographs and diagrams will be resampled to a suitable file format and resolution to minimise download times (usually GIF format for diagrams and JPEG format for photographs). Include all figures and plates as separate files.
If submitting a printed manuscript please provide double spaced text on A4 pages with wide margins. Follow all other instructions for manuscripts submitted in digital form. Hardcopy illustrations should be submitted as clear black and white or colour line work. Please provide three copies of each manuscript. If submitting colour illustrations avoid light colours which may not reproduce readily. Use of high quality white paper will improve the quality of the illustration when reproduced. Photographs should be submitted as colour or black and white prints of postcard size or larger. Photographs will be returned by ordinary mail if required. Responsibility for photographs submitted for publication with manuscripts cannot be accepted.
Media
Manuscripts may be submitted by e-mail, 3.5 inch disk, 100 Mbyte Zip disks or CD-ROM. Please compress manuscripts and illustrations submitted by e-mail or on 3.5 inch disk. E-mail message attachments should not exceed 4.0 Mbytes in size.
Page Layout
Manuscripts should be presented using Times New Roman 12pt type. Use an A4 page with the following margins: left 4.5cm, top and bottom 2.5cm and right 2.0cm. The wide left margin provides space for navigation controls for on-line presentation. Use single line spacing for paragraphs and leave a 12pt (one line) space between paragraphs. The first lines of paragraphs should not be indented. Paragraph text should be left justified.
Abstracts
Particular attention should be paid to ensuring abstracts are an informative linear summary of the paper. The abstract is the first part of the paper readers will see on screen. A good abstract wil help to ensure that the paper receives the attention it deserves.
Headings
Up to four levels of heading may be used:
LEVEL 1 - BOLD TYPE, CENTRED CAPITALS
Level 2 - Bold Type, Sentence Case
Level 3 - Normal Type, Underlined, Sentence Case
Level 4 - Plain Text
Level 1 and Level 2 headings should be followed by a blank line. Do not leave a line after Level 3 and Level 4 headings. All headings, like paragraph text, are 12 point Times New Roman type.Captions
All illustrations and tables should have a numerical reference and a brief, concise caption. Maps, diagrams and material such as satellite imagery should be referred to as Figures, photographs as Plates. Tabulations of data should be referred to as Tables. Figures, tables, and plates should be numbered sequentially (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2) and referred to in the text of the paper. Supporting materials other than figures, tables and plates should be referred to in the paper’s text as an appendix. Supporting materials will be stored as seperate files that may be downloaded by readers.
References
References should be cited at appropriate points in the text of all contributions to the journal. All cited references should be listed in full at the end of the paper. Examples of the format required for journal articles, papers, published geological mapping and unpublished material such as reports. Cite references using the author’s surnames and year (eg. Daniels and Gurney, (1986)). Use the surname of the first author followed by et al, for papers and articles with more than two authors. The list of references should be sorted alphabetically. Examples of appropriate formats for journal articles, books and other publications follow:
Daniels L.R.M. and Gurney J.J., 1986. The chemistry of concentrate minerals and diamond inclusions of the Dokolwayo kimberlite, Swaziland. In Fourth International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, Extended Abstracts, Abstr. Geol. Soc. Aust. Ser. 16, 380-382.
Lloyd F.E., 1987. Characterisation of mantle metasomatic fluids in spinel lherzolites and alkali clinopyroxenites from West Eifel and southwest Uganda. In Menzies M. and Hawkesworth C.J. eds, Mantle Metasomatism, pp 91-124. Academic Press, New York.
Mercher J.C. and Carter N.L., 1975. Pyroxene geotherms. J. Geophys. Res. 89, 5549-8862.
Robey J.vA., 1981. Kimberlites of the central Cape Province, R.S.A. Unpublished PhD thesis, Univ. Cape Town.
Manuscript Review
Papers submitted to AIG Journal will be peer reviewed. Short technical notes and discussions of papers will be reviewed at the editor’s discretion. Discussions of papers will be published in conjunction with replies from authors. Authors may nominate up to two suitable reviewers for papers. Reviewers will, however, be selected by the editor.
Copyright
Authors submitting papers to AIG Journal will be required to transfer copyright to AIG upon publication. AIG will permit papers published in AIG Journal to be transferred copied and stored electronically. Papers may also be reprinted for personal use or for use by reference libraries provided the content and presentation of papers is not altered in any way. Papers may not be made available from, or reproduced on another web site without the specific prior written permission of a current AIG Council member or AIG Journal’s editor.