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When submitting a manuscript the authors confirm that it is novel and not being introduced at other journals. While intellectual rights remain with the authors, copyrignt is transferred to Geologica Belgica.

For your manuscript, imitate scrupulously the following layout but do not try to reproduce the journal lay out. 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.

TITLE (UPPERCASE AND BOLD)

Jacques S. DUPONT¹, Karl T. BRUG² & Richard F. BRIDGE³

(3 figures, 4 tables and 2 plates)

1. Address #1.

2. Address #2.

3. Address #3.

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. The keyword list provides the opportunity to add keywords, used by the indexing and abstracting services, in addition to those already present in the title. Not more than 8 words.

Optional...

RESUME. Titre en français. Texte etc.

MOTS-CLES. ...

SAMENVATTING. Title in Dutch. Text. ...

SLEUTELWOORDEN. ...

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG. Title in German. Text. ...

SCHLÜSSELWÖRTER. ...

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. Keep your original artworks and diskette until your manuscript has been accepted. The three copies of the manuscript to be reviewed 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).

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; Pl. 1A)".

3. Measurements

Measurements are written: 1 to 9999 (no comma); from 10,000 (comma); 2.1 mm; 5 µm; 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

Three copies should 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

The final version consists of a diskette (or CD-rom), a copy of the manuscript, and original artworks.

9.1. Disk

The requested software is Word. Use the TIMES 12 throughout the text including titles.

Align title, headings and text flush left. Do not indent the first line of the first paragraph of each section, but indent the first line of the next paragraphs (see Terra Nova); do not align right and do not center.

Use the same file for text, references and artwork captions; these should not be included in the text or merged with the figures, be put together at the end of the manuscript and presented as follows:

Figure 1. Caption

Table 1. Title...

Plate 1. Title...

9.2. Printed version

9.2.1. Text

Authors are requested to ensure that the contents of the diskette correspond exactly to the contents of the hard copy manuscripts. Please remove any "field codes" from the text. Indicate in the margin (handwriting) of the printed text the desired position of figures and tables.

9.2.2. Original artworks

No original artwork should be larger than a page (16.5 x 22.5 cm) or a column (7.8 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. In exceptional cases, figures in colour can be accepted (please contact the editor), but the authors should also provide a black-and-white copy. A reduction at publication size must be provided for each artwork to demonstrate legibility and to permit scanning if needed. Xerox copies are accepted on glossy paper. Please save space as much as possible. Do not include any part of the caption (such as Fig.1) in the graph.

Electronic figures should be in cdr (Corell Draw), ai (Adobe Illustrator), eps 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.

a) Figures

Numbering is in arabic characters. Each part of a multiple figure is lettered A, B, C, ... from top left to bottom right. Single photographs within the text are considered as figures and numbered as such. Scale bar and North arrow are present on maps. English translation is needed.

b) Tables

Tables are prepared camera ready (see above), or in excel format (please cut the links with other tables and background colours).

c) Plate

Photographs (at least 600 d.p.i.) assembled to occupy a full page are considered as a plate that is placed at the end of the manuscript. Plates constitute a distinct series numbered in arabic characters, from 1 to x, separate from the figure and table series.

Within a plate, individual photographs should be lettered A, B, C, ... (capitalized) from top left to bottom right. These characters are about 3 mm high after reduction. Bear in mind that a plate is necessarily reproduced within the frame 17x22.5 cm. If the original plate is larger than 17x22.5, then put a scale bar in the plate.

9.2.3. Running title (top of each page)

In case the title of the paper is longer than one printed line, the authors should provide an abbreviated title.

10. Proof

No proof will be provided, except in exceptional cases.

11. References

The journal names should be written in full. Follow scrupulously the following example.

DUPONT, M., 1991. Les crues de la Meuse. In Durand, J. (éd.), Traité 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., KUYL, O., MUCHER, H. & ROEBROEKS, W., 1981. Compte rendu de l'excursion du 13 juin 1981, en Hesbaye et au Limbourg néerlandais, consacrée à la stratigraphie des loess du Pléistocène supérieur. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 104: 223-240.

ZONNEVELD, J., 1957. River terraces and Quaternary Chronology in the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 19: 277-285.

Manuscript received XX.XX.200X and accepted for publication XX.XX.200X.