期刊名称：CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Cretaceous Research provides a forum for the rapid publication of research on all aspects of the Cretaceous Period, including its boundaries with the Jurassic and Tertiary. Authoritative papers reporting detailed investigations of Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeontology, studies of regional geology, and reviews of recently published books are complemented by short communications of significant new findings.
Research Areas Include:
Regional geology
Stratigraphy and palaeontology
Palaeobiogeography
Palaeomagnetism and geophysics
Geochronology
Global events (K/T boundary)
Oil exploration and petroleum geology
Instructions to Authors
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts for Instructions for Cretaceous Research should be written clearly and concisely, and unless specifically stated to be a review, should contain a significant amount of new information. Review papers are acceptable provided that they comprise a comprehensive analysis of previously published data and new interpretations where this is possible, and are not merely summaries of earlier work.
Intended contributions should not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere, and the overlap of content between related articles should be minimal. They are typically organized as follows: abstract, introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements, references, explanations of figures and tables.
Manuscripts can be written in English or French. Contributors for whom these languages are not native should seek the help of, and have their article reviewed by, a competent linguist prior to submission. It is preferable, but not obligatory, for manuscripts written in French to include an abstract in English.
Every effort should be made to use geological terms correctly, and consistency of style, spelling and arrangement according to the layout of recent issues of the journal is essential. This guide for authors aims at these goals, but some flexibility on specific points in texts written in English may be allowed, provided that they are justified adequately in writing to the Editor-in-Chief or the North American Editor. It is recognized that French-language papers tend to differ somewhat in both general style and detailed aspects of presentation. Most of these differences are acceptable as long as authors are consistent in their application. Manuscripts that clearly do not meet the standard required may be returned to authors for revision before copies are dispatched for review. Usually two referees are used, one of whom is commonly a member of the editorial board of the journal; alternatively a board member may be asked to pro-vide a third opinion. Those involved may chose to identify themselves or remain anonymous.
Manuscripts should not normally be more than 100 pages long. They must be typed or word-processed, preferably on international A4 paper (297 x 210 mm), double-spaced throughout (i.e., including the references and explanations of figures and tables), and with wide margins on both sides; 30 mm are necessary on the left-hand side to allow for referees' and editorial comments and, in revised versions, for editorial corrections and press-marking. Three copies must be submitted initially so that refereeing can proceed promptly, but only two copies of revised versions are required. Manuscripts should be paginated and as tidy as possible, with any corrections made clearly in black ink. Pages of clean, well-spaced text are much easier to revise, correct and press-mark than those that are messy and cramped.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their text. It is assumed that when a manuscript has two or more authors, both or all have been involved in the work and agree to its submission. They should check carefully all citations to the literature, cross-references, explanations of figures and tables, and synonymies in taxonomic sections. Photocopies or laser prints of all figures and tables, preferably at the final size of reproduction, must accompany each copy of the manuscript. The originals of the figures should not be dispatched until the paper has been accepted for publication, when a diskette containing files of text and figures may also be submitted.
Title
This should be as short as possible and normally include the geographical and stratigraphical limits of the work. Active verbs, numerical values and abbreviations are to be avoided. Apart from being double-spaced (as elsewhere), the title page should be set out in the style of the journal.
Abstract
An abstract should summarize the main facts presented and conclusions drawn, usually in a single paragraph. It must not read as an introduction to the paper, nor contain abbreviations, and references should not normally be cited.
Key Words
These must be provided at the end of the abstract in lower case unless by convention they begin with a capital letter. They are separated by semicolons (;).
Headings
In the main body of the text four orders of headings are normally used, all of which are set against the left-hand margin of the manuscript in upper and lower case letters.
First - numbered, in roman letters and printed in bold face. Numbers do not, however, accompany the acknowledgements and references.
Second - in italics, may be numbered if deemed appropriate.
Third - in italics followed by a full stop (.), not usually numbered. The text begins on the same line.
Fourth - in roman followed by a colon (:). The text begins on the same line. Alternatively, depending on the context, it may be as for a third order heading, but indented.
Paragraphs following first and second order headings begin flush with the left-hand margin. All subsequent paragraphs are indented. In systematic sections subgenera and higher taxonomic groupings and synonymies are set against the left-hand margin, species and accompanying figure references are inset two spaces. All subheadings are in upper and lower case italics followed by a full stop and text on the same line (third-order headings). For example:
Superfamily: Acanthocerataceae Grossouvre 1894
Family: Lyelliceratidae Spath 1921
Genus Stoliczkaia Neumayr 1875
Subgenus Stoliczkaia Neumayr 1875
Type species. Ammonites dispar d'Orbigny 1841, p. 142, pl. 5, figs 1, 2, by subsequent designation of Diener, 1925, p. 179.
Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha (Seeley 1865) Spath 1931 Figures 5a, d; 6a-c
1860 Ammonites dispar d'Orbigny: Pictet & Campiche, p. 264 (pars), pl. 38, fig. 7; fig. 4.
1865 Ammonites naviculari Mantell var. nothus Seeley, p. 232. ...etc.
Description. The....
Remarks. Other....
If a new taxon is to be described, then the following subheadings are likely to be pertinent: Holotype; Type locality; Stratigraphic horizon; Etymology; Diag-nosis; Description; Remarks.
Footnotes
These should be avoided as far as possible. If one is necessary, insert it between parallel lines immediately following the reference to it in the text, which should be marked by a small, superior (raised) numeral (e.g., 1).
Names of Places and Localities
It is helpful to show principal localities and place-names on a map. Names in languages that use the Latin alphabet should normally be as officially recognized in the country of origin. Allowable exceptions are well-known alternative spellings, such as Prague for Praha and Florence for Firenze in manuscripts written in English, and Londres for London in those written in French. Names in non-Latin alphabets must be transliterated. Some modifications of these are also acceptable; for example, Moscow and Moscou (in English and French manuscripts respectively) for Moskva.
All maps should have a scale, and either a north arrow or an indication of degrees of latitude and longitude, or both. Upper case letters should begin words indicating points of the compass only when the area referred to is a widely recognized geographic region or political division; for example, the Far East, North Korea, but west Wales and southern England. They should also be used for topographic, historic and other for-mally named features and places; for example, River Thames, Mississippi River, Grampian Mountains, Huntly Castle.
Symbols, Numbers, Dimensions and Other Units
All symbols should be clearly defined the first time they are used. In the text, numbers up to and including nine are spelt out except where they refer to characters or specific dimensions; for example, 6-8 tubercles (not 6 to 8); a bed 2 m thick; a 2-m-thick bed. Large numbers are given in figures, but these should not normally be used to open a sentence. If more than 9999 they should not include commas; hence 10 000, 24 360. The Systeme International (SI) must be used for most units, but some non-standard measurements, in centimetres for example, are acceptable. If the original measurements were made in Imperial units, conversion figures should be inserted in parentheses in the text, and a double scale with both types of unit added to maps and sections. The following abbreviations of length-measurements are used in the singular number without a full stop: km, m, cm, mm, ft, yd.
All fractions are written out (one-quarter, three-fifths). Use 57% (not per cent), 45? (not degrees C), K-Ar techniques, 40Ar/39Ar ratios; spell out first, sixth etc. Greater than and less than signs (> and =) may only accompany scaled measurements (e.g., > 40%).
The age of a stratigraphic unit or the time of a geological event may be expressed as years before present (which by convention means 1950). The recommended abbreviations are Ma and ka for millions and thousands of years respectively. There is no need to add "ago" or "before present". On the other hand, numbers of years without reference to the present are better indicated using the informal abbreviations my, ky or similar (e.g., myr).
Abbreviations, Contractions, Hyphenations and Quotations
The general rule is that abbreviations are followed by a full stop and contractions are not; hence, ed., pl., e.g., i.e., aff., cf., but eds, pls, Dr, Mr, Jr etc. Use of "for example" and "that is", rather than e.g. and i.e. in a sentence is generally preferable; the latter are, however, acceptable if they are in parentheses and followed by a comma (e.g., i.e.,). Points of the compass may be written in upper case letters without full stops (e.g., N, SW). Use of abbreviated capitals in the text of a paper generally should be avoided, but 40? is, for example, acceptable; and if it is necessary to refer to the points of the compass on many occasions, as in a paper on structural geology, then it is reasonable to abbreviate. Care must be taken to use combined or hyphenated words consistently (e.g., either northeast or north-east, not both). Acronyms and other commonly used abbreviations and symbols should be defined the first time they are used. They are also indicated without stops; for example, IUGS, IGCP, ODP, USA, PhD.
An ampersand (& ) should be used when referring to authors both within and without parentheses, as in (Black & White, 1982) and Black & White (1982), the only exception to this being immediately following the title of the paper on the first page (authors' own names).
Do not hyphenate such words as subquadrate and semi-circular, or split words at the end of a line. Only the printer may do this. Double inverted commas (") are necessary for a direct quotation, which should be accompanied not only by a reference to the author and date of publication but also to the page on which it appears. Unorthodox words or usages require single inverted commas as in 'tesselated conglomerate' and 'fossil forest'.
Latin Words and Abbreviations
Most Latin words, whether in full or abbreviated, should be in italics: for example, in situ, inter alia, non, sensu, sic, c., et al., nom. nud., s.l. and s.s. Exceptions include cf., e.g., etc., ibid., i.e., versus and vice versa.
Cross-References References to other parts of the text should be given "as above","below" or, for example, "in the introductory section", "in Section 2".
Spelling and Style
English rather than American spelling and word usage is preferable, but not essential. It is impossible to provide an exhaustive list of examples. Authors should consult standard language texts and dictionaries for guidance. Adjectives should not normally be used as nouns (e.g., volcanics instead of volcanic rocks), exceptions being the names of geological systems, series and stages and their time equivalents because of common usage in both ways. It is important to be consistent. Single-sentence paragraphs may sometimes be acceptable but in general they should be avoided. Sentences should not end with "etc." unless it is obvious what is meant; use "for example", "such as" or "including" instead. Hyphens must be added to compound adjectives; for example, "large-scale features" but "features on a large scale"; "sea-level rise" but a "rise in sea level". An en-dash meaning "to" is acceptable for such combinations as Hauterivian-Barremian.
Stratigraphy
Authors should follow standard procedures and general principles, preferably as set out in "A guide to stratigraphical procedure" by A. Whittaker et al. (1991, Journal of the Geological Society, London 148, 813-824: reprinted as The Geological Society, Special Report 20); see also "North American Stratigraphic Code" by the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature (1983, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 67, 841-875), and "International Stratigraphic Guide" edited by A. Salvador (second edition, 1994; International Union of Geological Sciences and Geological Society of America, Inc., xix + 214 pp.).
System, series, stage, biozone, group, formation, member and bed should have an initial capital letter in both singular and plural forms when used formally, as in Wadhurst Formation of the Hastings Group. The following contractions and abbreviations may be used, provided that they are spelt in full at first mention: Gp (Group), Fm (Formation), Mbr (Member), Sst (Sandstone), Slst(Siltstone), Mdst (Mudstone), Sh (Shale), Congl (Conglomerate), and Lst (Limestone).
For stratigraphic units that contain a taxonomic name, quote both genus and species in full at first mention, as in Deshayesi forbesi Zone. Subsequently the generic name can usually be abbreviated to a single upper case letter followed by a full stop, or dropped altogether as in
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
D.J. Batten, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, UK
Email:dqb@aber.ac.uk
North American Editor:
D.J. Nichols, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, Colorado 80225-0046, USA
Email:nichols@usgs.gov
Associate Editors:
P.A. Holroyd, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, USA
Email:pholroyd@uclink4.berkeley.edu
B.T Huber, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA
Email:huber.brian@nmnh.si.edu
J.A. Lees, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK
Email:j.lees@ucl.ac.uk
J. Mutterlose, Institut fur Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum,Germany
Email:joerg.mutterlose@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
P.F. Rawson, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK
Email:p.rawson@ucl.ac.uk
A. Ruffel, School of Geography, Queens's University, UK
Email:a.ruffel@qub.ac.uk
C.J. Wood, UK
Email:chrisjwood@btopenworld.com
R.G. Bromley, Institut for Historisk Geologi og Palaeontologi, Kobenhaven Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark
C. Pei-ji, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China
T.S. Dyman, United States Geological Survey, Colorado, USA
M. Feist, Laboratorie de Paleobotanique, Universite Montpellier, France
R. Gaupp, Institut fur Geowissenschaften, Universitat Jena, Germany
J.M. Hancock, Department of Geology, Imperial College, United Kingdom
M.B. Hart, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
P.J. Hoedemaeker, Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands
D.J. Horne, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
J.R. Ineson, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
E.A. Jarzembowski, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom
T. Jerzykiewicz, Geoclastica Consulting Limited, Alberta, Canada
K.R. Johnson, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado, USA
E.A.M. Koutsoukos, PETROBRAS-CENPES/DIVEX/SEPIBE, Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
G. Lelkes, Hungarian Geological Survey, Geological Institute of Hungary, Hungary
M. Matsukawa, Department of Science Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
S. McLoughlin, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I.P. Silva, Dipartimento de Scienze della Terra, Milano, Italy
E. Schrank, Institut fur Angewandte Geowissenschaften II, TU Berlin, Germany
A.B. Smith, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
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