General instructions
The authors should submit the digital format manuscripts in the MS Word (DOC format in 97 or latest version) by e-mail to nepalandslide@yahoo.com.  The deadline for submitting full papers is 15 May 2005. Papers should be written in English, following the format in the 'Guidelines for submission and format'. Please be sure you have reviewed and proofread your contribution.

Length:
Papers are limited to 10 pages, including title block, abstract, main text, all figures, tables, and references. Additional pages are not accepted.

Reprints:
Authors receive 25 reprints at no charge and can obtain additional copies at cost.

Page charge:
Colour pages will incur extra charges (at cost) depending upon the number of colour pages and colour figures or photographs included. Rate of additional reprints and charge for colour pages will be provided on demand.

Guidelines for submission and format

Page layout:

·         Page size: A4 size

·         All page margins, top: 20 mm, bottom: 25 mm, left: 20 mm, right: 20 mm.

·         Line spacing: 16.5 pt, word spacing: 10.8 pt

·         Single column per page

·         Title, subtitle, full name of authors(s) to be center justified.

·         Keywords (3 to 5 words) to be justified left.

·         Main text to be fully justified (aligned with both left and right margins).

·         One line spacing before every headline.

·         Layout for the first page

Title: Line spacing above the title is 5. This space will be used for printing the logo

Subtitle: New paragraph below the title.

Full name of author(s) and superscript with round bracket: New paragraph and one line spacing below the title or subtitle.

ABSTRACT: New paragraph and one line spacing below author/s' full name.

Keywords: New paragraph below abstract.

Section headings: New paragraph and one-line spacing below element, without consecutive numbers

Section subheadings: Only if the need arises, the same as above.

Affiliation & Address: New paragraph below a draw-line. Superscript with round bracket should be written at the beginning of the affiliation corresponding to the author. Include e-mail address with brackets if possible.

Page numbering:

Do not type the page number on the manuscript document.

Fonts:

·         All text and caption fonts to be Times, or Times New Roman.

·         Fonts in diagram may be sans-serif (e.g., Anal, Helvetica, etc.) where appropriate.

Font sizes:

• Title: 14-point bold, all capital.
• Subtitle: 12-point bold, all capital.
• Authors' full name(s): 12-point normal (superscript with round bracket: 12 point-normal).
• Abstract: heading (l0-point bold, all capital), text (10-point normal).
• Keywords: heading (10-point bold, all capital), words (10-point bold).
• Section heading: 14-point bold, all capital.
• Section subheading (If the need arises): l2-point bold, only first character capital.
• Body text: l2-point normal.
• Affiliation & Address: 9-point normal.
• Figure & table captions: 'Fig. x' & 'Table x' 10-point bold Remainder of caption 10-point normal.

Figures & Tables:

• All figures to be captioned below the figure.
• All tables to be captioned above the table.
• All figures & tables to be numbered sequentially in accordance with their first reference in the text.
• All fu1l-width figures & tables preferably to fit between margins.
• Figures & tables can be arranged among text on either left or right side (see sample layout below), or in the center with line spacing around them.

References:

References are indicated in the text by authors' names (et al. should be used for papers authored by more than two people) and year of publication. All references should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order. References should be complete in all details and follow the style given below.

. Articles in periodicals:

Surname of author(s), followed by initials, year of publication in parentheses, title of article without quotation marks and with capital only for the first word, title of periodical in italics, volume in bold, number with brackets, first-last page number, and a period.

. Books:

Surname of author(s), followed by initials, year of publication in parentheses, title in italics, 'p.' plus number of referenced pages, and a period.

. Proceedings:

Surname of author(s), followed by initials; year of publication in parentheses, title of article without quotation marks and with capital only for the first word, title of the book in italics, volume (if any), 'p.' plus first-last page number, and a period.