Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2004, V 394, N 1, January-February.

 
Part 1. Geology 

Lithosphere and Geodynamics at the 2.5 Ga Boundary 
B. A. Blyuman 
p. 1   

New Data on the Structure and Formation Conditions
of the Olenegorsk Ophiolite Complex in the Kamchatskii
Mys Peninsula (Kamchatka) 
N. V. Tsukanov, S. G. Skolotnev, and R. Fretag 
p. 5   

Gabbroids of the Gromadnensk-Vurguveem Peridotite-Gabbro
Massif (Western Chukotka) and Their Geodynamic Significance 
A. V. Ganelin, and S. A. Silant'ev 
p. 10   

First Dinoflagellate Finds in Upper Oligocene
Continental Sediments of the Zhuravka Formation 
(Western Siberia) 
O. B. Kuz'mina and V. S. Volkova 
p. 14   

Role of Taylor-Hogg Topographic Vortices in the
Formation of Cobalt-Manganese Crusts on Guyots of
the Magellan Seamounts, Pacific Ocean 
E. V. Mikhalik and A. I. Khanchuk 
p. 19   

Island Arc and Collisional Mineralizations of the
Degtyarsk-Karabash Massive Sulfide Zone, 
Middle Urals: Composition, Genesis, and
Tectonic-Metamorphic Transformations 
V. N. Sazonov, V. N. Ogorodnikov, and Yu. A. Polenov 
p. 22   

Genesis of Productive Carbonaceous Shales from
the Lena Gold-Bearing Area 
M. P. Lobanov, A. V. Sintsov, V. I. Sizykh,
and S. N. Kovalenko 
p. 25   

Petrogenesis of Alkaline Volcanic Rocks of the
Ketkap-Yuna Magmatic Province of Aldan 
V. F. Polin and V. G. Sakhno 
p. 28   

High-K Picrites and Basaltoids of the Okhotsk Massif,
Russian Far East 
S. O. Maximov and V. G. Sakhno 
p. 32   

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

Selectively Gd-Enriched Micro- and Nano-Sized Minerals
in the Lunar Regolith from the Crisium Mare 
O. A. Bogatikov, A. V. Mokhov, P. M. Kartashov, L. O. Magazina, 
E. V. Koporulina, N. A. Ashikhmina, and A. I. Gorshkov 
p. 39   

Exhalative and Carbon Isotope Instabilities in Gryphon Gases 
from the Bugaz Mud Volcano and Conjugated Tectonic Structures 
(Taman Mud Volcanic Province) 
G. I. Voitov, A. L. Sobisevich, L. E. Sobisevich, A. P. Pronin,
E. I. Mikadze, I. I. Naumenko-Bondarenko, and I. N. Puzich 
p. 42   

Petrogenetic Grid for Ferruginous-Aluminous Metapelites 
in the K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O System 
I. I. Likhanov, V. V. Reverdatto, and A. Yu. Selyatitski 
p. 46   

Lead Isotopic Composition of Galena from Gold
Deposits of the Amur Region 
N. S. Ostapenko and V. G. Moiseenko 
p. 50   

A New Type of Synthetic Xenomineral Inclusions in Diamond 
V. I. Silaev, I. I. Chaikovski, V. I. Rakin,
and V. N. Filippov 
p. 53   

Age of High-Mg Granitoids of the Nyukozero Massif, Karelia 
V. P. Chekulaev, T. B. Bayanova, N. A. Arestova, 
A. V. Kovalenko, and N. V. Levkovich 
p. 58   

Influence of Aerosol and Atmospheric Gases on Ultraviolet
Radiation in Different Optical Conditions Including
Smoky Mist of 2002 
N. E. Chubarova 
p. 62   

Thallium in Oceanic Phosphorites 
G. N. Baturin 
p. 68   

A Probable Geodynamic Model of the Early Earth 
I. A. Garagash and V. A. Ermakov 
p. 73   

Trajectories of Ecological Crises 
D. I. Lyuri 
p. 78   

Isotopic Heterogeneity of Carbon
in Metamorphic Fluid 
O. V. Avchenko, S. N. Lavrik, I. A. Aleksandrov,
and T. A. Velivetskaya 
p. 81   

Massflows of Sr and Ba in Groundwaters 
within the Central Russian Plate 
N. N. Bogdanova, V. P. Zverev, and 
I. A. Kostikova 
p. 85   

New Geochemical Criterion of Rare Metal Mineralization 
in the Giant Lovozero Pluton (Kola Peninsula) 
L. N. Kogarko 
p. 89   

A New Type of Hydrothermal Field in the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge (Lost City Field, 30° N) 
A. Yu. Lein, Yu. A. Bogdanov, A. M. Sagalevich, 
A. A. Ul'yanov, I. V. Chernyshev, E. O. Dubinina,
and M. V. Ivanov 
p. 92   

Spectroscopic and Morphological Characteristics
of Diamonds from the Grib Kimberlite Pipe 
R. M. Mineeva, A. V. Speranski, S. V. Titkov, 
O. M. Zhilicheva, L. V. Bershov, 
O. A. Bogatikov, and G. P. Kudryavtseva 
p. 96   

Physicochemical Features of the Behavior of Gold and Silver 
in Processes of Hydrothermal Ore Formation 
G. A. Pal'yanova and G. R. Kolonin 
p. 100   

The REE Systematics of Upper Archean Sedimentary
Assemblages in Central Karelia 
S. A. Svetov and A. I. Svetova 
p. 104   

Formation of the Composition of Natural Objects 
V. M. Stepanov and I. A. Suprunova 
p. 109   

Estimated Impact of Electric Current Related to Solar Wind Energy 
on the Thermal Conditions of the Middle Stratosphere (20-30 km) 
L. N. Makarova, A. V. Shirochkov, A. P. Nagurny, 
V. Shmutz, and E. V. Rozanov 
p. 112   

Chemical Composition of Magma (Melt Inclusions) of 
Melilite-Bearing Nephelinite from the Belaya 
Zima Carbonatite Complex, Eastern Sayan 
I. A. Andreeva, V. I. Kovalenko, and N. N. Kononkova 
p. 116   

IR Spectroscopy of Natural and Synthetic Amethysts 
in the 3000-3700 cm-1 Region and Problem of Their 
Identification 
V. S. Balitsky, G. V. Bondarenko, O. V. Balitskaya, 
and D. V. Balitsky 
p. 120   

Depleted Volcanism of Kunashir Island: The Role of 
Nonsubduction Factors in the Kuril Island-Arc Magmatism 
Yu. A. Martynov, S. I. Dril, A. A. Chashchin, 
A. V. Rybin, and A. Yu. Martynov 
p. 124   

Chloritic Rocks and Chloritized Basalts as Plausible 
Precursors of Metamorphic Peridotites 
and Pyroxenites in the Kokchetav Massif, Northern Kazakhstan 
V. V. Reverdatto and A. Yu. Selyatitski 
p. 130   

New Evidence for the Age of the Monzonite-Granite 
Association in the Umlekan-Ogodzha Volcanoplutonic 
Zone, Upper Amur Region 
V. E. Strikha, V. G. Moiseenko, and A. G. Rublev 
p. 134   

Moissanite Nanoparticles in Disseminated Mineralization 
of the Dukat Ore District, Northeastern Russia 
L. G. Filimonova, N. V. Trubkin, and N. S. Bortnikov 
p. 137   

Dependence of Microseism Variation Periods 
upon the Cyclone Propagation Velocity and Direction 
G. I. Dolgikh and D. V. Mukomel 
p. 141   

Isotopic Composition of Biogenic Carbonates and 
Holocene Paleogeographic Reconstructions 
of the Western Caspian Seashore 
H. Vonhof, M. S. Kasatenkova, N. S. Kasimov, 
S. B. Kroonenberg,M. Yu. Lychagin, and V. Yu. Slobodyan 
p. 145