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The total length of the abstract can be no more than 1 A4 size sheet, including header and footer information, title, affiliations, email, references and figures.
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Abstracts should be submitted as MS Word documents in Times New Roman font.
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Document should be set at 1.15 line spacing. |
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Do not put any indents or any other formatting. |
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The title should have a font size of 14 and be bold and centered on the page. |
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The title is followed by 1 space then the list of authors (First name followed by Last name) in 12 font size, bold and also centered. |
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Each author should have a superscript after their name. |
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An asterisk after the superscript should denote the presenting author. |
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There should be 1 line space followed by each author’s affiliation (with corresponding superscript), also centered on the page and font size 10. |
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No line spaces between the affiliations. |
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Immediately below the last affiliation an asterisk should be given followed by the words “Presenting author email: a.author@mycompany.com.au |
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This is followed by 1 line space then the bulk of the abstract. |
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Proper margins:
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Header and Footer 1.25 cm
Top 3 cm
Bottom 2 cm
Left and right margins 2.5 cm
Gutter 0 cm
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Any references should be on line space below the last line of the abstract, be 10 point font and no lines between references. |
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The references should be in the style of the International Journal of Coal Geology, for example: “Bratvold, R.B., Begg, S.H., 2008. I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong: A new approach to decision making in the petroleum exploration and production industry. AAPG Bulletin 92, 1373-1392.” |