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GSWA Guide for Authors 2011-12 Government of Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum GSWAGSWA guideguide forfor authorsauthors 2011–122011–12 Geological Survey of Western Australia Government of Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum GSWA GUIDE FOR AUTHORS 2011–12 MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman Moore MLC DIRECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM Richard Sellers EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson This guide is produced by the Editing and Publishing Section of GSWA with input from the Chief Geoscientist and has been endorsed by GSWA’s Executive Team. REFERENCE The recommended reference for this publication is: Geological Survey of Western Australia 2011, GSWA guide for authors 2011–12: Geological Survey of Western Australia, 50p. National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 978-1-74168-342-4 (Printed) 978-1-74168-341-7 (PDF) Published 2011 by Geological Survey of Western Australia This Record is published in digital format (PDF) and is available online at www.dmp.wa.gov.au/GSWApublications. Laser-printed copies can be ordered from the Information Centre for the cost of printing and binding. Further details of geological publications and maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street EAST PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6004 Telephone: +61 8 9222 3459 Facsimile: +61 8 9222 3444 www.dmp.wa.gov.au/GSWApublications Contents Part 1 Preparing GSWA manuscripts Introduction ........................................................................................................................................3 The publishing team .....................................................................................................................3 Types of publications ...................................................................................................................3 Memoirs .................................................................................................................................4 Bulletins .................................................................................................................................4 Reports ...................................................................................................................................4 Explanatory Notes ..................................................................................................................4 Technical papers (Annual Review) ........................................................................................4 Records ..................................................................................................................................4 Miscellaneous publications ....................................................................................................4 Unpublished reports ...............................................................................................................4 Explanatory Notes database ...................................................................................................4 External publications ....................................................................................................................6 Production fl ow and forms .................................................................................................................6 Roles and responsibilities ...................................................................................................................6 Author ..........................................................................................................................................6 Project manager ............................................................................................................................6 Peer reviewer ................................................................................................................................7 Manuscripts written by authors external to GSWA — guidelines for project managers, peer reviewers, and editors ...........................................................................................................7 Editor ............................................................................................................................................8 Creating fi gures ..................................................................................................................................8 PDFs and the Internet .........................................................................................................................8 Publication statistics database (PubStats) ...........................................................................................9 Manuscript requirements ....................................................................................................................9 Manuscripts submitted for editing ...............................................................................................9 Formatting ..............................................................................................................................9 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................10 Intellectual property rights ...............................................................................................................10 Preparing abstracts............................................................................................................................10 General .......................................................................................................................................10 Keywords ....................................................................................................................................10 Using GeMPeT ...........................................................................................................................10 Style of writing ...........................................................................................................................11 Content .................................................................................................................................11 References, citations ............................................................................................................11 Length ..................................................................................................................................11 General guide to writing ......................................................................................................11 Abstracts — an example ......................................................................................................12 A scrutiny of the abstract .....................................................................................................12 Part 2 House style Punctuation and grammar ..........................................................................................................15 Abbreviations/contractions/acronyms ..................................................................................15 Apostrophes .........................................................................................................................15 Capitals ................................................................................................................................15 Captions ...............................................................................................................................15 Hyphens ...............................................................................................................................15 Dashes ..................................................................................................................................16 En dash ..........................................................................................................................16 Em dash .........................................................................................................................16 Colon ....................................................................................................................................16 iii Commas ...............................................................................................................................16 Coordinates ................................................................................................................................17 GDA and MGA statement on the reverse title page ............................................................17 GDA and MGA coordinates in text .....................................................................................17 Coordinates in fi gures ..........................................................................................................17 Dates ...........................................................................................................................................17 Ellipsis .................................................................................................................................17 Full stop ...............................................................................................................................17 Footnotes ....................................................................................................................................18
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