Permissions

Use of PDFs

Information on the use of PDFs and other versions of a paper by authors can be found at: www.geolsoc.org.uk/author_terms. Information on the use of PDFs by others can be found in the Lyell Collection pages.

Obtaining a PDF of an article

Please use the Pay-Per-View facility to purchase access to the PDF. Once you have access, you will be able to download and save a copy.

The corresponding author of a paper will have received an e-mail with instructions on how to download it. We do not provide free access to articles directly to other individuals.

If you are at an institution in a developing country, you might be entitled to free access to the Lyell Collection through the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications. Please see http://peri.inasp.info/ for more information.

Re-publishing material from Society copyright

Extensive quotation (more than c. 100 words) and reproduction of previously published illustrations (even if redrawn) require permission from the original author and publisher. In the UK, material remains in copyright until 70 years after the death of the author.

Permission to re-publish Geological Society copyrighted material may be obtained on request from Angharad Hills. Please include the full reference of the original paper, the figure numbers (or description of the parts you wish to use), the title of the new publication and the publisher.

Authors may reuse their own diagrams in unpublished PhD and other theses without permission.

Permission to reprint material from the Society’s archives/art collection should be made to the Society's Archivist.

Permission to use material from the Society’s website should be made to Sara Anders.

Photocopying

You may make limited hard copies of the paper for your own research or educational purposes (not including course packs) if you have access rights to the material. You do not need to request permission to do this.

For more extensive copying, you need to obtain a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency: www.cla.co.uk or the Copyright Clearance Center: www.copyright.com