The journal is open to papers dealing with the interpretation of ancient and modern biotopes and carbonate depositional environments by means of facies analysis in its broadest sense. Once the central part of research in hydrocarbon exploration, facies analysis more and more integrates modern and ancient biogeological processes of a changing earth. Special emphasis is laid on paleobiology and -ecology, basin evolution, sedimentology including diagenesis and geochemistry, as well as studies emphasising the impact of life on earth history. The main part of the target group will be people in academia.

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Wolfgang Kiessling
GeoZentrum Nordbayern
Fachgruppe PaläoUmwelt
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Loewenichstr. 28
91054 Erlangen
E-mail: wolfgang.kiessling@fau.de
Axel Munnecke
GeoZentrum Nordbayern
Fachgruppe PaläoUmwelt
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Loewenichstr. 28
91054 Erlangen
E-mail: axel.munnecke@fau.de
Maurice Tucker
School of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Wills Memorial Building
Queens Road
Bristol BS8 1RJ 
E-mail: maurice.tucker@bristol.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Marc Aurell, Universidad de Zaragoza, Dept. de Ciencias de la Terra, Zaragoza, Spain
Paul Boggiani, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Geociencias, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Thomas Brachert, University of Leipzig, Inst. Geophysics and Geology, Leipzig, Germany
Ioan Bucur, Babes-Bolyai University, Dept. of Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Daizhao Chen, Chinese Academy of Science, Inst. of Geology and Geophysics, Beijing, China
Paul Copper, Laurentian University, Mineral Exploration Research Center, Sudbury, Canada
Wolf-Christian Dullo, IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Univ. Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Michal Adam Gradzinski, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Scienes, Krakow, Poland
Jay M. Gregg, Oklahoma State University, USA
Steve Kershaw, Brunel University, Dept. of Geography and Earth Sciences, Uxbridge, UK
Hans-Joachim Kuss, University of Bremen, FB Geosciences, Bremen, Germany
Reinhold Leinfelder, Humboldt-University Berlin, Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany
Stephen Lokier, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hans G. Machel, University of Alberta, Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Leslie A. Melim, Western Illinois University, Dept. of Geology, Macomb, IL, USA
Wolfgang Oschmann, University of Frankfurt, Inst. Geology/Palaeontology, Frankfurt, Germany
Jörn Peckmann, University of Vienna, Center for Earth Sciences, Dept. of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, Vienna, Austria
Werner Piller, University of Graz, Inst. Geology/Palaeontology, Graz, Austria
Matías Reolid Pérez, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Diethard Sanders, University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geology, Innsbruck, Austria
Priska Schäfer, University of Kiel, Inst. Geosciences, Kiel, Germany
James D. Schiffbauer, Virginia Tech, Department of Geoscience, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abigail M. Smith, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
George D. Stanley, Jr., University of Montana, Geology Department, Missoula, MT, USA
Andre Strasser, Université Fribourg, Inst. Geologie Perolles, Fribourg, Switzerland
Rudy A.J. Swennen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Afd. Fysico-Chemische Geologie, Heverlee, Belgium
Paul D. Taylor, The Natural History Museum, Dept. of Palaeontology, London, UK
Gregory Webb, The University of Queensland, School of Earth Sciences, St. Lucia, Australia
Oliver Weidlich, Wintershall Holding GmbH, Kassel, Germany