Software
Articles should be written in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect; other word processor files will not be accepted. Please label the diskette as either IBM or Macintosh version and software used.

Hardcopy
The entire manuscript must be typed double-spaced, single column, including title page, text, references, footnotes, figure legends and tables. Copies must be of good dark type and good contrast for any images using a clearly legible duplication process.

Pagination
All pages should be numbered consecutively; starting with the title page and including pages containing tables and figure legends.

Title page, abstract page, references and figure legends should be on separate pages. Tables, figures, and furnished art should be grouped together at the end of the manuscript to facilitate processing.

Type faces and fonts
Times Roman is the preferred typeface for printouts of manuscripts. Particular care should be used in preparing manuscripts involving equations, formulas, symbol texts, mathematical expressions. Italic or boldface type should be clearly indicated, and Greek or unusual characters should be written plainly or explained by annotations.

Content

Abstract
All manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 200 words as well as a list of key words or terms (for indexing) which the author should supply. Three to six keywords or terms not in the title will assist indexers in cross-indexing your article. The keywords or terms should follow the abstract.

Title Page
The title page should include the title, author's names, e-mail addresses and street or P.O. box addresses, phone and fax numbers.

Text
Authors should write in clear, concise English. The responsibility for all aspects of the manuscript preparation rests with the authors. The Editors will not undertake extensive changes or rewriting of the manuscript. Major headings should be all caps be same size as text in boldface and sub-heads should be same size as text in boldface.

References
References should be numbered in square brackets as they are introduced in text. In listing of multiple authors (more than three), et al. should be used after following the first author. The reference list should follow the text and begin on a separate page, be double-spaced, and alphabetized. Multiple references by one author or group of authors should be placed in chronological order: Use small letters (1988a, 1988b) for references published in the same year. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, 1985.

Examples of both text usage and reference listing are as follows:

Examples of Reference Styles


A. Journal articles:
Appears In Text as: [1]
Appears in References as: [1] Xu, Z., Cornilsen, B. C., Popko, D. C., Pennington, W. D., Wood, J. R., and Hwang, J. Y., 2001, “Quantitative Mineral Analysis by FTIR Spectroscopy.” J. Vibrational Spectroscopy, Vol. 5, Ed. 1, No. 4, pp. 1-11.


B. Document:
Appears in Text as: [2]
Appears in References as: [2] Gertsch, R. and Bullock, R. L., editors, 1998, Techniques in Underground Mining, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado.


C. Chapter in an edited book:
Appears in Text as: [3]
Appears in References as: [3] Helleiner, O., 1967, The population changes of Europe from the Black Death, In: The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Volume 4, pp. 1-200, (Rich, E.E. and Wilson, C.H., Eds.), London and New York, Cambridge Univ. Press.