期刊名称：ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The official journal of the Saudi Society for Geosciences, the Arabian Journal of Geosciences examines the entire range of earth science topics, focused on, but not limited to those that have regional significance to the Middle East and northern Africa.
The journal features peer-reviewed original and review articles on such topics as: geology, hydrogeology, earth system science, petroleum sciences, geophysics, seismology and crustal structures, tectonics, sedimentology, palaeontology, metamorphic and igneous petrology, natural hazards, environmental sciences and sustainable development, geoarchaeology, geomorphology, paleo-environment studies, oceanography, atmospheric sciences, GIS and remote sensing, geodesy, mineralogy, volcanology, geochemistry and metallogenesis.
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Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Online Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times. Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Title page
The title page should include:
The name(s) of the author(s)
A concise and informative title
The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Specific remarks
Arabic abstracts
Abstracts in Arabic will be published electronically along with the articles on Springerlink.com. Arabic abstracts should be submitted with the final version of the article after it has been reviewed and corrections made. For articles by non-arabic speakers, our editorial office will take care of the Arabic translation.
Text
Text Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
Use italics for emphasis.
Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
Do not use field functions.
Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
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Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with the default equation editor but use the Microsoft equation editor or MathType instead.
Save your file in doc format. Do not submit docx files.
Word template
Manuscripts with mathematical content can also be submitted in LaTeX.
LaTeX macro package
Headings
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.
Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols.
Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
References
Citation
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:
Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).
This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).
This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1993).
Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.
Journal article
Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L (2009) Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol 105:731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8
Ideally, the names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of “et al” in long author lists will also be accepted:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
Book
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257
Online document
Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
Dissertation
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations, see
www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php
For authors using EndNote, Springer provides an output style that supports the formatting of in-text citations and reference list.
EndNote style
Tables
All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
Artwork
For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork – photographs, line drawings, etc. – in an electronic format. Your art will then be produced to the highest standards with the greatest accuracy to detail. The published work will directly reflect the quality of the artwork provided.
Electronic Figure Submission
Supply all figures electronically.
Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
Line Art
Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Halftone Art
Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.
If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Combination Art
Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
Color Art
Color art is free of charge for online publication.
If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colors are still apparent.
If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.
Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
Figure Lettering
To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).
Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.
Figure Numbering
All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, "A1, A2, A3, etc." Figures in online appendices (Electronic Supplementary Material) should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure Captions
Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure Placement and Size
When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
For most journals the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
For books and book-sized journals, the figures should be 80 mm or 122 mm wide and not higher than 198 mm.
Permissions
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your figures, please make sure that
All figures have descriptive captions (blind users could then use a text-to-speech software or a text-to-Braille hardware)
Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colors for conveying information (color-blind users would then be able to distinguish the visual elements)
Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1
Electronic Supplementary Material
Springer accepts electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book chapter. This feature can add dimension to the author's article, as certain information cannot be printed or is more convenient in electronic form.
Submission
Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.
Please include in each file the following information: article title, journal name, author names; affiliation and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that larger-sized files may require very long download times and that some users may experience other problems during downloading.
Audio, Video, and Animations
Always use MPEG-1 (.mpg) format.
Text and Presentations
Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term viability.
A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.
Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets should be converted to PDF if no interaction with the data is intended.
If the readers should be encouraged to make their own calculations, spreadsheets should be submitted as .xls files (MS Excel).
Specialized Formats
Specialized format such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica notebook), and .tex can also be supplied.
Collecting Multiple Files
It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file.
Numbering
If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables.
Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... as shown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data are given in Online Resource 4”.
Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”.
Captions
For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the content of the file.
Processing of supplementary files
Electronic supplementary material will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that
The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material
Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)
After acceptance
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link to the special Author Query Application at Springer’s web page where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement online and indicate whether you wish to order OpenChoice and offprints.
Once the Author Query Application has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.
Open Choice
In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription-based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springer’s online platform SpringerLink. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles.
Springer Open Choice
Copyright transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, they agree to the Springer Open Choice Licence.
Offprints
Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Color illustrations
Publication of color illustrations is free of charge.
Proof reading
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
Online First
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Editorial Board
Editor-in- Chief
Abdullah M. Al-Amri
Dept. of Geology, King Saud University
P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966 1 467 6198
Fax: +966 1 467 3662
e-mail : amsamri@ksu.edu.sa
e-mail: amri444@yahoo.com
website : www. a-alamri.com
Editorial Board
Thamer K. Al-Ameri
College of Sciences, University of Baghdad
PO Box 47062, Jadiriyah, Iraq
Tel: +9641 7184690, Mobile: 00964 7901254669
e-mail: thamer_alameri@yahoo.com
Mohammad E. Al-Dabbagh
Dept. of Geology, King Saud University
P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Tel : +966 1 4676 212, Fax : 966 1 467 6214
e-mail : mdabbagh@ksu.edu.sa
Omar A. Al-Harbi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
Tel.: +966-1-4813327
e-mail: oalharbi@kacst.edu.sa
Abbas A. Al-Harthi
Faculty of Earth Sciences,
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Tel : +966 2 695 2324
e-mail : abbasalharthi@hotmail.com
Ali T. Al-Mishwat
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Kuwait University
P.O.Box 5969 - Safat - KUWAIT -13060
Tel : +965 4810481/5962, Fax: (965)4816487
e-mail : lemonfather@yahoo.com
Meshael Al Saud
Dept. of Geography, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11451
e-mail : geomm5@yahoo.com
Abdulrahman Alsharhan
Dept. of Geology, United Arab Emirates University
Al-Ain, P.O. Box 17325, UAE
Tel : 00971506233368 , Fax : 0097137516370
e-mail : sharhana@emirates.net.ae
Mohammed F. Aly
Geology Dept. Faculty of Science
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
e-mail : mf_alyaly@hotmail.com
Hasnaa C. Aoudjehane
Université Hassan II Aïn Chock
Faculté des Sciences, Département de Géologie
BP5366 Maârif Casablanca, Morocco
Tel : 00 212 22 23 06 80, Fax : 00 212 22 23 06 74
e-mail : chennaoui_h@yahoo.fr
Heinrich Bahlburg
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany
phone: +49-251-8333935 , fax: +49-251-8333968
e-mail: bahlbur@uni-muenster.de
Mustafa M. Hariri
Dept. of Earth Sciences, Box 5061
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Tel : 96638601601 , Fax: 96638601622
e-mail : mmhariri@kfupm.edu.sa
Geraint W. Hughes
Saudi Aramco, P.O. Box 10646
Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
Tel : + 966 3 874 7892, Fax : +966 38731009
e-mail : geraint.hughes@aramco.com
Abdelkader Larabi
Head of the Laboratory LIMEN
Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (Mohammed V University of Rabat)
B.P. 765, Agdal, Rabat - Morocco
Tel : + 212 61 20 40 41 , Fax : + 212 37 77 88 53
e-mail: larabi@emi.ac.ma
D. Venkat Reddy
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, India
Tel : +91-0824-247400 -Ext 3344 (office)
email: dvr1952@yahoo.co.in
Arthur J. Rodgers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory L-205
P.O. Box 808
Livermore, CA 94551, USA
Tel.: +1 925 423 5018 , Fax: 1+ 925 423 4077
e-mail : rodgers7@llnl.gov
Pierre Schiano
Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
CNRS-UMR 6524, Université Blaise Pascal
5, rue Kessler, 63038 Clermont-Ferrand , France
e-mail: P.Schiano@opgc.univ-bpclermont.
Zekai Sen
Hydraulics and Water Resources
Istanbul Technial University
Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel : +90 212 285 3716 , Fax: +90 212 285 3710
e-mail : zsen@itu.edu.tr
Rüdiger Stein
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
für Polar- und Meeresforschung, PF 12 01 61
27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Tel.: +49-471-4 83 15 76 , Fax: +49-471-4 83 15 80
e-mail: rstein@awi-bremerhaven.de
Michael Stephenson
Secretary General CIMP
British Geological Survey
Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
e-mail : mhste@bgs.ac.uk
Waleed K. Zubari
Hydrogeology and Water Resources Management
Arabian Gulf University
PO Box 26671, Manama, Bahrain
Tel: +973 17 239 880 , Fax: +973 17 239 552
e-mail : waleed@agu.edu.bh
Associate Editors
Abdulwahab Abokhodair , KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Badr Eldeen K. Ahmed, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Neelain Univ., Khartoum, Sudan
Dhari Al-Ajmi, KISR, Safat, Kuwait
Ali Ismaeel Al-Jibouri, Mosul Universitry, Iraq
Sahil Alsinawi, Middle East Seismic Forum, USA
Lahcen Asebriy, Mohammed V-Agdal Univ. Rabat, Morocco
Ahmad A. Al-Aswad, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz M. Al-Bassam, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali A. Al-Furaih, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Al-Kadasi, Sana'a Univ., Sana'a, Yemen
Ali Al-Lazki, Sultan Qaboos Univ., Alkhodh, Oman
Mansour A. Al-Qarni, KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad A. Al-Saleh, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed H. Basyoni, KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Djillali Benouar, Univ. of Bab Ezzouar (USTHB), Alger, Algeria
Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat, Section d'archéologie et paleontology, Switzerland
Antonio Pulido Bosch, Univ. of Almeria, Spain
Khaled Al-Damegh, AGRI, KACST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ryad Darawcheh, Atom,ic Energy Commission, Damascus, Syria
Marc Guodinot, Universite Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, France
Zuhair H. El-Isa, Univ. of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Ibrahim El-Shamy, Dept. of Geology, Helwan University, Egypt
Abas Kangi, Islamic Azad Univ. Shahroud, Iran
Abdulaziz A. Laboun, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ray Macdonald, Lancaster Univ. UK
Salah M. Mahmoud, NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
Albert Matter, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland
Zouhaïr Mejri, Sciences Faculty of Bizerte, Tunisia
Lucien Montaggioni, Centre de Sédimentologie-Paléontologie, Marseille, France
Horst J. Neugebauer, Institut für Geodynamik, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Andrew A. Nyblade, Pennsylvania State Univ. USA
Denis Peach , British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK
Mohammed H. Qari, KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Niyazi Türkelli, Kandilli Observatory, Bogazici University, Turkey
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