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Earth Science and Geography

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Geological Society of America (GSA) Style

GSA (Geological Society of America) doesn't have a complete style guide, but they Reference Guidelines and Examples for authors on their website regarding formatting for manuscript templates.

NOTE:

Chinese names are commonly arranged family name first, followed by a given name (see Book example below); for references with Chinese authors, spell out the entire name.

Include the names of co-chief scientists for publications.

In text citation examples

One author: (Name, Year, p. xxx) --> (Taylor, 1990, p. 154)

NOTE: Page numbers required only if a direct quote is used.

Two authors: (Author 1 and Author 2, Year, p. xxx) --> (Kane and Neuzil, 1993)

Three or more authors: (Author 1 et. al., year) --> (Sawyer et al., 1991)

Or to cite works in one sentance: (Taylor, 1990, p. 154; Sawyer et al., 1991; Kane and Neuzil, 1993)

Reference list examples

  • Journal article

Author, O., and Author, P., Year, Title of article: Title of Publication, v. xx, p. xxx-xxx.

Brown, M., 1993 P-T-t evolution of orogenic belts and the causes of regional metamorphism: Journal of the Geological

Society [London], v. 150, p. 227-247.

  • Book

Last Name, X., Last Name, Y. and Last Name, A., Year, Title of article: Title of Publication: City of Publication, State,

Series, xx p.

Burchfiel, B.C., Chen Zhiliang, Hodges, K.V., Liu Yuping, Royden, L.H., Deng Changrong and Xue Jiene, 1992, The

South Tibetan detachment system, Himalayan orogen: Extension contemporaneous with and parallel to shortening in a collisional mountain belt: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 269, 41 p.

  • Conference proceedings 

Last Name, A., Year, Name of presentation: Conference Title, City, State, Abstracts, v.x, p. xxx.

Fitzgerald, P.G., 1989, Uplift and formation of Transantarctic Mountains: Applications of apatite fission track analysis to

tectonic problems: International Geological Congress, 28th, Washington, D.C., Abstracts, v.1, p.491.

  • Website

Last Name, A. B., Year, Title of page or site, url (Date accessed).

or

TITLE OF BLOG, Year, Title of post, url (Date accessed).

Johnson, A.B., 2001, Raw data for relay stations AB1-AB15 in the Mojave desert:

http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/mojave (December 2001)

MARGINS, 1999, The Seismogenic Zone Experiment (SEIZE): Science plan:

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/margins/SEIZE_sci_plan.html (July 2001)