Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2003, V 388, N 1, January-February.

Part 1. Geology

Temperature Conditions of Organic Matter Transformation in Lower Permian 
Sedimentary Rocks of the Pechora Sea and Prognosis
of Oil and Gas Sources
Yu. M. Berlin and M. M. Marina 
p. 1  

Sedimentary Basins of Eurasia from the Viewpoint of Their Deep Structure
L. I. Ioganson 
p. 5  

Event Boundaries and Microfossils for the Neoproterozoic Stratigraphic Scale
V. V. Khomentovsky, K. E. Nagovitsin, and M. Sh. Faizullin 
p. 9  

Deep Structure and Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins in the Caspian Region
L. E. Levin and B. V. Senin 
p. 12  

Origin of Horst-Anticlinorium of the Main Range, the Eastern Caucasus
T. V. Giorgobiani 
p. 16  

The Origin of Water-Depth Changes in Past Epeiric Seas
E. V. Artyushkov, P. A. Chekhovich, and D. H. Tarling 
p. 21  

Dike Complexes in Ophiolites of the South Anyui Suture: Geodynamic Implications
A. V. Ganelin, S. D. Sokolov, O. L. Morozov, P. Layer, and J. Hourigan 
p. 26  

New Data on Late Cenozoic Tectonic Stress Fields in the Khubsugul Region, 
Mongolia
V. A. San'kov, A. I. Miroshnichenko, A. V. Parfeevets, and A. V. Arzhannikova 
p. 30  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Bioaccumulation of Noble Metals by Plants
V. I. Radomskaya, S. M. Radomskii, D. V. Yusupov, and V. G. Moiseenko 
p. 34  

Molecular-Isotope Evidence for the Hydrothermal Origin of Hydrocarbons
in Sediments from Tectonically Active Areas of the Andaman Basin, Indian Ocean
T. G. Chernova, A. P. Rudenko, and I. I. Kulakova 
p. 38  

Hydrodynamic Parameters of Volcanic Trap Formation at the Siberian Platform
V. N. Sharapov, A. N. Cherepanov, and V. N. Popov 
p. 41  

A New Method for the Chronometry of Oxygen-Isotope Records
in Deep-Sea Sedimentary Cores
V. A. Bol'shakov 
p. 45  

Effect of Variation in the Doppler Frequency Shift of Radar Signals
in the Presence of Organic Films on the Sea Surface
S. A. Ermakov, I. A. Sergievskaya, E. M. Zuikova, S. V. Kiyashko, and Yu. B. Shchegol'kov 
p. 49  

Interrelation between Long-Term Hydrometerological Variations
and Bioproductivity of the Sea of Azov
G. G. Matishov and Yu. M. Gargopa p. 53  

Carbon Isotope Distribution in the CH4-CO2 System
during Microbial Methane Formation by CO2 Reduction
L. K. Gutsalo 
p. 56  

Anthropogenic Component and Mercury Balance
in Ecosystem of the Bratsk Hydropower Reservoir
P. V. Koval, G. V. Kalmychkov, S. M. Lavrov, Yu. N. Udodov,
E. V. Butakov, F. W. Fifield, and V. I. Alieva 
p. 60  

Sm-Nd Isotope Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks in the Western Altai-Sayan
Fold Belt
A. V. Plotnikov, N. N. Kruk, A. G. Vladimirov,
V. P. Kovach, D. Z. Zhuravlev, and E.N. Moroz 
p. 63  

A New Paradigm of Earthquake Prediction
A. V. Deshcherevsky, A. A. Lukk, and A. Ya. Sidorin 
p. 68  

Development of the Method of Cataclastic Analysis of Shear Fractures
for Tectonic Stress Estimation
Yu. L. Rebetskii 
p. 72  

Segmentation of Paleoseismic Dislocations in the North Baikal Fault Zone
A. V. Chipizubov, A. I. Mel'nikov, A. V. Stolpovskii, and V. S. Baskakov 
p. 77  

Carbon Cycle in the Northern Larch Taiga
F. I. Pleshikov, E. F. Vedrova, V. Ya. Kaplunov, L. V. Mukhortova,
I. N. Bezkorovainaya, and A. V. Klimchenko 
p. 81  

Generation of Internal Waves near the Shelf Boundary
V. V. Navrotsky, V. L. Izergin, and E. P. Pavlova 
p. 84  

New Data on Structure of the Scotia Island Arc, Western Antarctic
G. B. Udintsev, V. Arntz, V. G. Udintsev, H. Schenke, K. Lindner, 
and I. Kruse 
p. 89  

Secondary Melt Inclusions in Olivine from Unaltered Kimberlites
of the Udachnaya-East Pipe, Yakutia
A. V. Golovin, V. V. Sharygin, N. P. Pokhilenko, V. G. Mal'kovets,
B. A. Kolesov, and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 93  

Isotopic Rb-Sr Age of the Pseudoleucite Tilaite in the Uralian Platinum Belt
E. V. Pushkarev, G. B. Fershtater, F. Bea, P. Montero, and J. Scarrow 
p. 97  

Metasomatic Processes in Carbonaceous Rock Sequences within Regional Shear Zones
V. L. Rusinov and O.V. Rusinova 
p. 101  

Calculation of High-Altitude Optical Phenomena above Thunderclouds
Based on a Mechanism with the Participation of Relativistic Electron Avalanche
L. P. Babich, R. I. Il'kaev, I. M. Kutsyk, K. I. Bakhov, and R. A. Roussel-Dupre' 
p. 106  

Anomalous Dependence of the Seasonal Variation Amplitude
of Apparent Electric Resistivity on the Spacing
A. V. Deshcherevsky and A. Ya. Sidorin 
p. 110  

Evolution of Barrier Beachs in the Pechora Sea
S. A. Ogorodov, Ye. I. Polyakova, and P. A. Kaplin 
p. 114  

Changes in the Baikal Ecosystem in the Late Pleistocene-Holocene
M. N. Shimaraev and I. B. Mizandrontsev 
p. 117  

New Data on the Structure of the Discovery Rise, Scotia Sea, Western Antarctic
G. B. Udintsev, W. Arntz, V. G. Udintsev, H. W. Schenke, K. Lindner, and J. Kruse 
p. 121  

Metasomatic Wall Rock Alteration in Au-quartz Deposits
of the Upper Kolyma Region
S. V. Voroshin, E. E. Tyukova, and V. I. Goncharov 
p. 126  

Role of Sulfates in the Formation of Carbonatites in the Western Transbaikal Region
A. G. Doroshkevich, O. V. Kobylkina, and G. S. Ripp 
p. 131  

Radioactivity and Radioactive Heat Generation in Precambrian Igneous Rocks
(Evidence from the Southern Pamirs)
A. S. Batyrmurzaev, G. I. Alibekov, and A. A. Bekieva 
p. 135  

New Data on the Existence of the Benioff Zone in the Caucasian-Caspian Region
E. N. Khalilov 
p. 138  

Consideration of Grid-Scale Turbulent Pulsations in the Ocean Dynamics Modeling
A. S. Sarkisyan 
p. 141