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Guidelines to preparing and submitting a manuscript to Petrological Journal
Petrological Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific quarterly journal which is continuously published by the University of Isfahan Press since 2010. The journal publishes original research articles on igneous and metamorphic petrology and related sciences.
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via the online submission system on the journal's homepage: https://www.ijp.ui.ac.ir
General Requirements:
1- The manuscript should be written in English. It should be submitted as a Microsoft Office Word document (.doc/.docx format). Authors should use a standard typeface such as Times New Roman in 12 points.
2- The total manuscript length should not exceed 25 pages and 10000 words.
3- The manuscripts should include the following elements:
(a) Title;
It should be concise and informative. The title of the manuscript should not exceed 30 words.
(b) The list of authors and affiliations; It should include the initials and surnames of the authors, their affiliations, e-mails and ORCID codes;
An ORCID ID is required for the corresponding author.
The corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*).
(c) Abstract (200 to 300 words);
The abstract of the manuscript should be concise and factual. It should state briefly the aims of the study, the main field and laboratory results and major conclusions.
(d) Keywords (4 to 7 words or word-combinations);
(e) Introduction that describes the background information and context of the research and gives an overview of the research, questions/problems and the study goals.
(f) Regional geology; This section should present the results of the field studies and field relationships of the geological rock units.
(g) Analytical methods; should comprise the all details of research conduction in petrography, chemical analysis of minerals and whole rock samples.
(h) Petrography;
Petrographical characteristics of the studied rocks in hand samples and under microscope (e.g., structure, textures, minerals, alteration products, and name of rock) should be presented in this section.
For mineral name abbreviations in microphotographs and tables use Whitney and Evans (2010) reference:
Whitney, D.L., and Evans, B.W. (2010) Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals.
American Mineralogist, 95(1), 185-187.
(i) Mineral chemistry; This section contains the major/trace elements chemical compositions of minerals, the calculated structural formula and end members.
(j) Geochemistry of whole rock samples;
This section contains the whole rocks chemical composition data of major and trace elements.
(k) Discussion; In this section the results of the field and laboratory studies will discuss and interpret. This section may contain the “Petrogenesis”, “Formation and evolution of magma”, “Geothermobarometry”, “Tectonics setting” and … parts.
(l) Conclusions; The main conclusions of the study should be presented here.
(m) Acknowledgements;
Acknowledge anyone who provided intellectual assistance, technical help, or special equipment or materials.
(n) References (no more than 45 entries);
Please ensure that all citations in the text, figures and tables of the manuscripts are also present in the reference list (and vice versa). The list of references must be alphabetically ordered and have the following format:
References in the text must be cited in parentheses (name of the author, year).
Example:
*Solo works: (Bagheri, 2007)
*Duo works: (Passchier and Trouw, 2005)
*3+ authors, use “et al.” (Rajabzadeh et al., 2012)
*Semi-colon between citations with different authors (Torabi, 2010; Rajabzadeh et al., 2012)
List of references
Examples of reference types:
Journal articles:
Khedr, M.Z., El-Awady, A., Arai, S., Hauzenberger, C., Tamura, A., Stern, R.J., and Morishita, T. (2020) Petrogenesis of the ~740 Korab Kansi mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism. Gondwana Research, 82, 48-72.
Samadi, R., Torabi, G., Dantas, E.L., Morishita, T., and Kawabata, H. (2022) Ordovician crustal thickening and syn-collisional magmatism of Iran: Gondwanan basement from northwest to northeast of Yazd Block (Central Iran). International Geology Review, 64 (15), 2151-2165.
Thesis/dissertation:
Bagheri, S. (2007) The exotic Paleo-Tethys terrane in Central Iran: new geological data from Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam areas, 208 p. Ph.D. thesis, University of Leusanne, Leusanne, Switzerland.
Torkain, A. (1995) Study of the Alvand pegmatites (Hamedan) based on petrographical and petrological characteristics, 172 p. M.Sc. Thesis, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).
Books:
Passchier, C.W., and Trouw, R.A.J. (2005) Microtectonics, 366 p. Springer, Berlin.
Torabi, G. (2013) Central Iran ophiolites, 443 p. Jahad-e-Daneshgahi Publication, Isfahan (in Persian).
A chapter in an edited book:
Hofman, A.W. (2005) Sampling mantle heterogeneity through oceanic basalts: isotopes and trace elements. In R.W. Carlson, Ed., The mantle and core, p. 61-101. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Sun, S.S., and McDonough, W.F. (1989) Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle compositions and processes. In A.D. Saunders and M.J. Norry, Eds., Magmatism in the Ocean Basins, 42, p. 313-345. Geological Society of London Special Publications, London.
Thesis/dissertation:
Bagheri, S. (2007) The exotic Paleo-tethys terrane in Central Iran: new geological data from Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam areas, 208 p. Ph.D. thesis, University of Leusanne, Leusanne, Switzerland.
Torkain, A. (1995) Study of the Alvand pegmatites (Hamedan) based on petrographical and petrological characteristics, 172 p. M.Sc. Thesis, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).
Conference:
Nosouhian, N., Torabi, G., and Arai, S. (2014) Chromian spinels in the Bayazeh serpentinites (Central Iran); implications for their petrogenesis and metamorphism. Goldschmidt 2014 Conference, California.
Scientific reports:
Aistov, L., Melnikov, B., Krivyakin, B., and Morozov, L. (1984) Geology of the Khur area (Central Iran), V/O Technoexport, Report TE/No. 20, 132 p. Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran.
Lammerer, B., Langheinrch, G., and Danai, M. (1983) The tectonic evolution of Binaloud mountains, Geodynamic project (Geotraverse) in Iran, Report no. 51, 519 p. Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran.
(o) Tables;
Tables of the mineral chemistry should include the calculated structural formula (apfu) and amounts of the end members.
In the tables of the whole rocks chemical composition, the major and trace elements values should be in wt% and ppm, respectively.
(p) Figures.
All maps, field photos, cross sections and microphotographs must contain scale, orientation and coordinates in DMS (Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds).
All figures should be in tiff or jpeg formats with high resolution.