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About the journal

 

Basic Information

 

The Brazilian Journal Geology is an open access, quarterly publication of the Brazilian Geological Society (SBG) edited since 1971. It replaced the former SBG Bulletin, published since 1952.

The BJG provides an international medium for the publication of original scientific work of broad interest concerned with all aspects of the earth sciences in Brazil, South America, and Antarctica, including oceanic regions adjacent to these regions.
The Editorial Board is comprised of an Editor-in-Chief, a Deputy Editor and Associate Editors, highly qualified scientists of different institutions in Brazil and abroad.

Its abbreviated title is Braz. J. Geol., which could be used in bibliographies and references.

Impact Factor: 1.259 (Clarivate, 2020)

Cite Score: 2.0 (Scopus, 2020)

 

 

 

Indexed in

 
  • Web of Science
  • Scopus
  • GeoRef
 

 

Intellectual Property

 

All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY.

 

 

Sponsors

 

The publication is financed by:

  • VALE
  • National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (CNPq 406858/2018-7 and 442277/2019-9);
  • PETROBRAS
 

 


Editorial board

 

Editors

 
  • Carlos Henrique Grohmann, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil - guano@usp.br
 

 

Deputy editor

 
  • Marly Babinski, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil - babinski@usp.br
 

 

Associated Editors

 
  • Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
  • Alberto Pio Fiori, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Álvaro Penteado Crósta, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
  • Andres Folguera, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • António Manuel Nunes Mateus, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Aroldo Misi, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
  • Camila Duelis Viana, Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Clara Rodriguez, Petronas, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Carlo Doglioni, Universitá di Roma, Roma, Italia
  • Carlos Henrique Grohmann, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Carlos José Souza de Alvarenga, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
  • Cees Passchier, Mainz University, Mainz, Germany
  • Claudio Riccomini, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Daniel G. Poiré, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentin
  • Fernando Barra, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • Fernando Flecha de Alkmim, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
  • Freek Van der Meer, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands
  • Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
  • Gema Olivo, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
  • Gilmar Vital Bueno, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazi
  • Ivo Karmann, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Haakon Fossen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  • Hartwig Frimmel, Wurzburg University, Wurzburg, Germany
  • Herbet Conceição, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil
  • Ismar de Souza Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • John Isbell, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
  • Leonardo Disperati, Universitá di Siena, Siena, Italy
  • Marie-Pierre Ledru, Institut de Recherche pour Le Développement, Paris, France
  • Marly Babinski, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Mauricio Ibañez Mejía, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA
  • Mitsuyo Saito, Okayama University, Japan
  • Mônica da Costa Pereira Lavalle Heilbron, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Nicholas Hayman, University of Texas, Austin, USA
  • Raimundo Netuno Nobre Villas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
  • Ricardo Astini, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
  • Ricardo Cesar Aoki Hirata, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Robert J. Pankhurst, British Geological Survey, London, UK
  • Rômulo Machado, Universidade de São Paulo
  • Steffen Hagemann, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • Umberto Giuseppe Cordani, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Valderez Pinto Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
 

 

Editorial Comission

 
  • Alberto Pio Fiori, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
  • Álvaro Penteado Crósta, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
  • Aroldo Misi, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
  • Carlos Henrique Grohmann, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Carlos José de Souza Alvarenga, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
  • Claudio Riccomini, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Fernando Flecha de Alkmin, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
  • Gilmar Vital Bueno, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
  • Herbet Conceição, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil
  • Ismar de Souza Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Marly Babinski, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Mônica da Costa Pereira Lavalle Heilbron, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Raimundo Netuno Nobre Villas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
  • Ricardo Cesar Aoki Hirata, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Rômulo Machado, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Umberto Giuseppe Cordani, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Valderez Pinto Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
 

 

Editorial Production

 

 

 


Instructions to authors

 

Scope and Policy

 

Aims and scope
The Brazilian Journal of Geology (BJGEO) is a quarterly journal published by the Brazilian Geological Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia - SBG) with an electronic open-access version that provides an international medium for the publication of original scientific work of broad interest concerned with all aspects of the Earth sciences in Brazil, South America, and Antarctica, including adjacent oceanic regions. The BJGEO publishes papers with a regional appeal and more than local significance in the fields of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, palaeontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, tectonics, neotectonics, geophysics applied to geology, volcanology, metallogeny and mineral deposits, marine geology, glaciology, palaeoclimatology, geochronology, biostratigraphy, engineering geology, hydrogeology, geological hazards and remote sensing, providing a niche for interdisciplinary work on regional geology and Earth history.

The BJGEO publishes articles (including review articles), rapid communications, articles with accelerated review processes, editorials, and discussions (brief, objective and concise comments on recent papers published in BJGEO with replies by authors).

Manuscripts must be written in English. Companion papers will not be accepted.

 

Manuscripts for publication in BJGEO are to be submitted EXCLUSIVELY through the website http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/bjgeo-scielo and must be prepared following the instructions below. After successful submission you will receive a confirmation email along with an ID number for your paper.

 

We have a video (in Portuguese) explaining the main points of these instructions. See it here: https://youtu.be/chGQ19v7koo

 

Data Sharing

The Brazilian Journal of Geology, together with SciELO, is engaged in promoting Open Science and will gradually introduce new requirements to align its editorial policy with rules and procedures recommended by the principles of openness to the whole research cycle. Therefore, from 31st of March 2023, it becomes mandatory that research data of all papers submitted to the BJGEO must be deposited and permanently archived in appropriate, trusted, domain-specific repositories that offer long-term preservation and persistent identifiers for the deposited dataset. Authors can deposit their datasets in the Brazilian Journal of Geology Dataverse (https://data.scielo.org/dataverse/brbjgeo) or in general repositories such as Zenodo, Pangea, or others.

 

Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that validate research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, this journal also encourages you to share your software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials related to the project.

 

Research data must be deposited in a repository before article submission, so it is available to the editors and reviewers during the evaluation process. If the data is deposited in the BJGEO Dataverse in SciELO Data, the dataset will remain in “draft” status during the evaluation process, and will only be published publicly if the article is accepted.

 

We request the authors to include the information about shared data in a section titled “Data Availability”.

Guidelines on research data preparation and deposit can be found at:

 

Publication Fee

Current publication fee is R$ 1,600.00 (One Thousand Six Hundred Brazilian Reais), irrespective of the number of pages published. The publication fee will be waived in its entirety for articles in which at least half of the authors are members of the Brazilian Geological Society, and have payed their membership dues for the year in which the article was accepted (see SBG Resolution 291/2023). Payment details will be sent to authors in the final editorial stage of articles accepted for publication. There are no submission fees for the articles.

 

Preprints

Following SciELO's Open Science Policy, BJGEO also incentives the sharing of your manuscript publicly as a preprint, which can be done prior, or simultaneously to your submission.

Please note that sharing your preprints on a preprint server (such as in SciELO preprints, https://preprints.scielo.org/), will not count as prior publication.

 

Ethics in publishing

All papers should be original. Paragraphs or sentences from other papers should be minimized and properly cited. This also applies to previous papers by the same authors. The BJGEO follows the Code of Good Scientific Practice published by the São Paulo State Research Foundation – FAPESP, see https://fapesp.br/boaspraticas/2014/FAPESP-Code_of_Good_Scientific_Practice.pdf

 

Funding sources

Authors should identify the sources of financial support for the research and/or preparation of the article and briefly describe the role of sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.

 

Copyright and open access

For all articles published in BJGEO, the copyright is retained by the authors. Articles are licensed under an open-access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/), meaning that anyone may download and read the paper for free. In addition, the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited. These conditions allow for maximum use and exposure of the work, while ensuring that the authors receive proper credit.

 

Conflicts of interests

All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest, including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.

 

Submission declaration and verification

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors as well as tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or any other language, including electronically, without the written consent of the copyright holder. Authors should verify the originality of the article by checking for plagiarism with any available software.

In addition, the corresponding author must state that:

  • The article has not been partitioned, and its contents are fully and independently understandable;
  • The article does not exceed 10,000 words (including figures captions, tables captions and References) and 10 figures;
  • The authors are aware that if reviewers indicate the need for revision, they will have 60 days (in case of major revisions) or 30 days (in case of minor revisions), to make the corrections suggested by the editors;
  • The authors are aware that they should carefully check and correct print proofs and return them to publishers within 48 hours to ensure the publication of the article without errors – it is the author’s responsibility to carefully check the proofs before publication; typographic errors such as misspellings (including the Authors’ names) perceived after publication DO NOT justify the publication of a correction.

 

Submission

Our online submission system (ScholarOne – SciELO) will guide you stepwise through the process of entering details on your article and uploading your files. The system will convert your article files to a single PDF file for use in the peer-review process. Editable files (e.g., Word) are required to typeset your article for final publication. Note that we do not accept LaTeX source files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor’s decision and requests for revision, will be sent by e-mail.

 

Revised Submissions     

Revised submissions should include:

    1 - a document summarizing the changes made and a detailed response (point-by-point) to all reviewers and editor comments;

    2 - a Revised Manuscript with Changes Highlighted (this can be a PDF version made in Word or other software with the “track changes” option turned on);

    3 - a Revised Manuscript with NO Changes Highlighted (that is, the “clean” version).

 

Evaluation

Peer review: Articles will be submitted for critical analysis by at least two reviewers.

Type of evaluation: Single-blinded. Authors will be identified in the manuscripts received by the Reviewers, but the Reviewers will remain anonymous unless they choose to reveal their identities.

 

Submissions Types

Articles

Articles are limited to 10,000 words (including figure captions, tables captions and references) and 10 figures. The abstract is limited to 400 words.

Short communications
Short communications are limited to 2,000 words, including references. The abstract is limited to 100 words.

Review articles

Review articles should cover relevant topics of Geology. These articles may be requested by the editors, but recognized experts might spontaneously submit review articles in their field of expertise. In this case, potential authors should contact the editors to ascertain their interest before submitting the article.

Editorials
Editorials should cover some aspect of the broad spectrum of the Geological Sciences. They will be authored by the editors of BJGEO, by people linked to the Brazilian Geological Society or by industry personalities. These documents will not be submitted to peer review and will be published at the editors’ discretion.

 

Submission Checklist

The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.

Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

  • E-mail address
  • Full postal address

All necessary files have been uploaded:

  • Cover letter (we provide an example here http://sfbjg.siteoficial.ws/Sf/2023/cover_letter_example.docx), containing:
    • Brief description of your article and its importance (think of it as a “sales pitch” were you need to “sell” your article. This helps the Editors to judge the pertinence of the article to the journal as well as selecting the most appropriate Associate Editor to handle the revision process).
    • A plain language summary (max. 100 words), for outreach and social media communication. It should convey the same information as the Abstract but in a completely different language and tone. It should summarize your scientific study, its results, and their broader relevance without using jargon so that it is understandable by scientists from outside of your discipline, as well as science journalists and science educators. Additional information and examples can be found at https://www.agu.org/Publish-with-AGU/Publish/Author-Resources/Plain-Language-Summary
    • Highlights: three to five highlights of the article, for outreach and social media communication (max. 100 characters each highlight).
    • Word count (including figure captions, tables captions and references).
    • A statement that the authors understand and agree to the contents of SBG Resolution 291/2023 concerning the payment of the publication fee. If at least half the authors are members of the SBG, indicate which ones, so their records can be checked by the SBG secretariat.
    • A statement that the article has not been partitioned, and its contents are fully and independently understandable.
    • A statement that all the co-authors have approved the submitted version.
    • If there is a preprint version, indicate its URL or DOI.
    • If there is Research Data associated with the article, indicate its URL or DOI.
  • Main manuscript file.
    • For submissions of revised manuscripts, you must provide:
      • a document summarizing the changes made and a detailed response (point-by-point) to all reviewers and editor comments;
      •  a Revised Manuscript with Changes Highlighted;
      •  Revised Manuscript with NO Changes Highlighted (that is, the “clean” version);
  • Keywords.
  • All figures.
  • All figure captions.
  • All tables (including title, description, footnotes).
  • All table captions.

Further considerations:

  • Manuscript has been ‘spell-checked’ and ‘grammar-checked’.
  • All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet).
  • Potential reviewers can be suggested directly in the submission system or in the cover letter, as well as the indication of anyone whom you would prefer not to review your submission. Although the Editors may not use your suggestions, your help is appreciated and may speed up the selection of appropriate reviewers.
 

 

Form and preparation of manuscripts

 

Initial Submissions

In order to simplify the submission process, authors may submit their manuscript (text, figures and tables) as a single file. This can be a Word or PDF file, in any format or layout, and figures and tables can be placed within the text. In this case, include the Cover Letter at the beginning of the PDF.

 

Article structure

There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for example, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, References, Data Availability, Artwork and Tables with Captions.

 

Electronic artwork

Figures can be placed within the text, but the authors must ensure the figures’ quality is high enough for refereeing (all details must be clearly visible; a minimum resolution of 300 dpi is recommended).

 

Reference formatting

There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, name(s) of author(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct.

 

Submission After Acceptance

Once your article has been accepted, editable files (e.g., Word) of the manuscript and tables, as well as high-resolution files of all electronic artwork (see below) are required to typeset your article for final publication. We cannot accept LaTeX source files; if you produce your article with LaTeX, after acceptance you must convert it to an editable format such as Word or RTF (we do not provide such service).

 

Use of word processing software

Regardless of the file format of the original submission, at revision you must provide us with an editable file of the entire article. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts.

To avoid errors, you are strongly advised to use the ‘spell-check’ and ‘grammar-check’ functions of your word processor.

 

Article structure

Divide the article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to ‘the text’. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

 

Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

 

Material and methods

Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference. Only relevant modifications should be described.

 

Theory/calculation

A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the back- ground to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.

 

Results

Results should be clear and concise.

 

Discussion

This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

 

Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of the Discussion section.

 

Data Availabity

If the authors shared data related to the article, indicate here its availability in a concise manner. Some examples are provided below. More examples can be found at https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/Guia_TOP_en.pdf

  • The entire dataset supporting the results of this study was published in the article itself.
  • The entire dataset supporting the results of this study was made available in [repository name] and can be accessed in [URL or DOI].
  • The entire dataset supporting the results of this study was made available in [repository name] with identifiers [list of identifiers].
  • The entire anonymized dataset supporting the results of this study has been made available in [repository name] and can be accessed in [URL or DOI].
  • The entire dataset supporting the results of this study is available upon request to the corresponding author [corresponding author's name]. The dataset is not publicly available due to [details of the reason for the restriction, e.g. contain information that compromises the privacy of the research participants].
  • The entire dataset supporting the results of this study is available upon request to [name of organization]. The dataset is not publicly available due to [details of the reason for the restriction, e.g. contain information that compromises the privacy of the research participants].
  •  

 

Appendices

If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. This also applies to tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

 

Essential title page information

Title. Concise, informative, and interesting. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

 

Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript number immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

 

Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication, and post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

 

Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a ‘Present address’ (or ‘Permanent address’) may be indicated as a footnote to that author’s name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

 

Abstract

A concise (maximum 400 words) and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

 

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, ‘and’, ‘of ’). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

 

Abbreviations

Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

 

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.), as well as institutions and funding agencies.

Though it is not mandatory, it is always appreciated when authors thank the reviewers, Associate Editor and Editor-in-Chief in the Acknowledgments, by name if their identity has been revealed, or as "anonymous reviewers" if you do not know their names.

 

Units

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.

 

Math formulae

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

 

Electronic artwork

General points

  • Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
  • Preferred fonts: use only sans-serif fonts such as Arial, Sans or Helvetica. For mathematical symbols and Greek letters, use Symbol.
  • Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
  • Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
  • For Word submissions only, you may provide figures, their captions, and tables within a single file at the revision stage.

 

Formats

Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalized, please ‘save as’ or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):

    •       EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as ‘graphics’.

    •       TIFF (or JPG): Color or grayscale photographs (half-tones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.

    •       TIFF (or JPG): Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 600 dpi.

    •       TIFF (or JPG): Combined bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale) images: a minimum of 500 dpi is required.

    Please do not:

    •       Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low.

    •       Supply files that are too low in resolution.

    •       Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.

 

Color artwork

Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format — TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF) — and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures, these will appear in color online.

Note: for maps of South America including political boundaries between Guyana and Suriname, consider using the limits provided in this file:  http://sfbjg.siteoficial.ws/Sf/2023/borders_shp.zip

 

Figure captions

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations to a minimum, but be sure to explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

 

Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules. Long tables should be published as Supplemental Material (i.e., deposited in a data repository), either by request of the authors or by suggestion of the editors.

 

Supplemental Material

Long tables, maps, analytic results or other material considered relevant to the article but not essential to the main text can be published in digital format as Supplemental Material. We request the authors to deposit all supplemental material for their articles in a data repository such as the BJGEO dataverse. Refer to these items in the manuscript as Supp.Tab.X, Supp.Fig.X.

 

Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list, they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either ‘Unpublished results’ or ‘Personal communication’. Citation of a reference as ‘in press’ implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

 

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

 

Reference formatting

There are no strict requirements on reference format- ting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, name(s) of author(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by SCIELO at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct.

 

Reference style

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author’s name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. “Since Almeida (1986) has shown that...” or “This is in agreement with results obtained later (Trompette 1994; Heilbron and Machado 2003)”).

For three or more authors use the first author followed by “et al.”, in the text. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors’ names. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors’ names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.

References should be given in the following form:

 

Papers in scientific journals

Almeida F.F.M. 1986. Distribuição regional e relações tectônicas do magmatismo pós-paleozoico no Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 16:325-349.

Costa I.P., Bueno G.V., Milhomem P.S., Silva H.S.R.L., Kosin M.D. 2007. Sub-bacia de Tucano Norte e Bacia de Jatobá. Boletim de Geociências da Petrobras, 15:445-453.

Escayola M.P., Pimentel M.M., Armstrong R. 2007. Neoproterozoic backarc basin: sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U-Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence from the eastern Pampean Ranges, Argentina. Geology, 35:495-498.

Heilbron, M. and Machado, N. 2003, Timing of terrane accretion in the Neoproterozoic-Eopaleozoic Ribeira orogen (SE Brazil). Precambrian Research, 125:87-112.

 

Books and book chapters

Bedell R., Crósta A.P., Grunsky E. (eds.). 2009. Remote Sensing and Spectral Geology. Littleton, Society of Economic Geologists, 270 p.

Kaufman A.J., Sial A.N., Frimmel H.E., Misi A. 2009. Neoproterozoic to Cambrian palaeoclimatic events in southwestern Gondwana. In: Gaucher C., Sial A.N., Frimmel H.E., Helverson G.P. (eds.). Neoproterozoic- Cambrian tectonics, global change and evolution: a focus on southwestern Gondwana. Developments in Precambrian Geology, 16, Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 369-388.

Pankhurst R.J. & Rapela C.W. (eds.). 1998. The Proto- Andean margin of Gondwana. London, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 142, 382 p.

Trompette R. 1994. Geology of western Gondwana (2000–500 Ma). Rotterdam, Balkema, 350 p.

 

Papers in scientific meetings

Astini R., Ramos V.A., Benedetto J.L., Vaccari N.E., Cañas F.L. 1996. La Precordillera: un terreno exótico a Gondwana. In: 13°Congreso Geológico Argentino y 3° Congreso Exploración de Hidrocarburos. Buenos Aires, Actas, v. 5, p. 293-324.

Leite-Junior W.B, Bettencourt J.S., Payolla B.L. 2003. Evidence for multiple sources inferred from Sr and Nd isotopic data from felsic rocks in the Santa Clara Intrusive Suite, Rondonia, Brazil. In: SSAGI, South American Symposium on Isotope Geology. Salvador, Short Papers,  p. 583-585.

Milani E.J. & Thomaz-Filho A. 2000. Sedimentary basins of South America. In: Cordani U.G., Milani E.J., Thomaz- Filho A., Campos D.A. (eds.). Tectonic evolution of South America. 31st International Geological Congress. Rio de Janeiro, p. 389-452.

 

Thesis and dissertations

Paes V.J.C. 1999. Geologia da quadrícula Alvarenga, MG, e a geoquímica: implicações geotectônicas e metalogenéticas. MS Dissertation, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 144 p.

Ávila C.A. 2000. Geologia, petrografia e geocronologia de corpos plutônicos paleoproterozoicos da borda meridional do Cráton São Francisco, região de São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais. PhD Thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 401 p.

 

Printed maps

Inda H.A.V. & Barbosa J.F. 1978. Mapa geológico do Estado da Bahia, escala 1:1.000.000. Salvador, Secretaria das Minas e Energia, Coordenação da Produção Mineral. Mascarenhas J.F. & Garcia T.M. 1989. Mapa geocronológico do Estado da Bahia, escala 1:1.000.000. Texto explicativo. Salvador, Secretaria das Minas e Energia, Coordenação da Produção Mineral, 186 p.

Schobbenhaus C. (coord.). 1975. Carta Geológica do Brasil ao Milionésimo – Folha Goiás (SD 22). Texto explicativo. Brasília, Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, 114 p.

 

Internal reports

Internal reports will not be accepted, unless of open access for the scientific community and authorized by ad hoc consultants.

 

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