Title followed by the author(s) name(s), place of work and email address,

Abstract in English, French and Spanish,

Main text without figures,

Acknowledgements (optional),

References.

The main text should be no longer than 10 pages, provided in doc or docx format.

Citation of references in the main text should be as follows: ‘Vidas and Cooper (2009) calculated…’ or ‘Possible reservoirs include depleted oil and gas fields… (Holloway et al., 2005)’. When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed by ‘et al.’ should be used.

Please limit the use of footnotes and number them in the text via superscripts. Instead of using footnotes, it is preferable to suggest further reading.

Figures should be submitted as separate files in JPEG or TIFF format with at least 300dpi.

Authors are invited to suggest optimum positions for figures and tables even though lay-out considerations may require some changes.

Video material and animation sequences may be submitted to support and enhance your scientific research and will be published online in the electronic version of your article.

Please provide the file in one of our recommended file formats (avi, mov, mp4 or mpg format). Use H.264 encoding if possible and do not compress the video. The duration should not be longer than 5 minutes with a maximum size of 150 MB per file, 600 MB in total.

Since video material can’t be embedded in the print version of European Geologist, please provide text for both the electronic and the print version of the article that refer to this content. The print version will include a web link to the supplementary material.

Supplementary information includes material that is essential background, but which is too large or specialised to justify inclusion in the print/PDF version of the paper.

Examples: Tables larger than one page (in general, >50 rows or >10 columns) provided as tabular data files; applications; images; sound clips.

Supplementary items are published exactly as they are submitted (Excel or PowerPoint files will appear as such online).

References must be listed individually at the end of the manuscript.

References should be numbered in order of appearance and indicated by a numeral or numerals in square brackets—e.g., [1] or [2,3], or [4–6].

We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, ReferenceManager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references.

Please include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available.

Measurements and units: Geoscientists use Système International (SI) units. If the measurement (for example, if it was taken in 1850) was not in SI, please convert it (in parentheses). If the industry standard is not SI, exceptions are permitted.

A video abstract is an optional submission in which you briefly explain your paper in a short presentation. It will enhance the visibility of your research. Note that video abstracts are subject to peer review.

Tell a whole story and speak as if you were addressing a class of students.

Use different techniques, such as animations, to explain your article. You can also make scene shots of your surroundings like your institute, building, environment, etc.

If you decide to use an interview setting, the person doing the interview should be someone other than the one doing the filming. The person being interviewed doesn’t have to look straight at the camera; a slight angle often works better.

Use a tripod as this will make your video steady.

Use enough light during recording, but avoid any bright light coming from behind the person being interviewed (windows, sunlight). A light source coming from behind the camera gives the best results.

Anyone speaking should not stand too close to walls to avoid shadow and possible echo effects.

Speak clearly and loudly enough. Use of a microphone is recommended, but don’t place it too close to your mouth to avoid breathing noises.

Clearly state the names of the spokespersons and provide legends, titles etc.

Edit your video to improve the recording. You can make use of software such as Adobe Premiere Elements, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Cinelerra and others.

We invite you to use the following article template to set up your article.