Transactions of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2005, V 400, N 1, January-February.

Part 1. Geology 
Relationships between Gold–Quartz Veins 
and Disseminated PGM-Bearing
Gold–Sulfide Mineralization in Black Shales 
V. A. Buryak†, V. I. Goncharov,
N. A. Goryachev, N. V. Tsymbalyuk, and 
E. G. Abissalov 
p. 1  

Silicification of Carbonate Rocks in the
Yurubcha–Tokhomo Zone, 
Siberian Platform: A Possible Model of 
Silica Geochemistry in the Proterozoic 
V. G. Kuznetsov and N. M. Skobeleva 
p. 5  

Age of Provenance of Lower Proterozoic 
Sediments of the Kumsa Structure, 
Baltic Shield (SHRIMP II U–Pb Data) 
N. G. Berezhnaya, T. A. Myskova, 
N. A. Arestova, D. I. Matukov, 
S. L. Presnyakov, A. V. Antonov, 
S. A. Sergeev, and I. K. Shuleshko 
p. 8  

A New View on Genesis of Quaternary 
Sandy Sequences in the Baikal Rift System 
V. I. Sizykh, T. T. Taisaev, and M. P. Lobanov†
p. 13  

Initial Stage of Ferromanganese Mineralization
of Quaternary Phosphatized
Limestones on Milwaukee Seamounts in
the North Pacific 
G. N. Baturin, E. L. Shkol’nik, E. A. Zhegallo, 
B. L. Zalishchak, and I. A. Basov 
p. 17  

The Curie Principle and Garnets from Mt. Makzapakhk 
Yu. L. Voytekhovsky 
p. 22  

Early–Middle Paleozoic Ultrabasic–Basic 
Magmatism in Kamchatka 
V. K. Kuz’min, B. V. Belyatskii, and Yu. M. Puzankov 
p. 25  

Formation Mechanism of the North Caspian Basin 
E. V. Artyushkov and A. V. Egorkin 
p. 29  

The Tidal Discrete–Wave Mechanism of Tectonic
Movements in the Lithosphere 
R. G. Garetskii and A. I. Dobrolyubov 
p. 35  

Permian–Triassic Magmatism in the 
Altai–Sayan Fold System As a Reflection
of the Siberian Superplume 
N. L. Dobretsov, A. G. Vladimirov, and N. N. Kruk 
p. 40  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

40Ar–39Ar Dating of a Phlogopite-Bearing
Websterite: Evidence 
for Ancient Metasomatism in the Subcontinental 
Lithospheric Mantle under the Arabian Shield? 
A. I. Buikin, M. Trieloff, and I. D. Ryabchikov 
p. 44  

Solubility of Tungstic Acid and Species of Tungsten
Transfer in Sodium Chloride Solutions at 25°C 
A. Yu. Bychkov and V. V. Zuikov 
p. 49  

Uranium Signals of Paleoclimate Humidity 
Recorded in Sediments of Lake Baikal 
E. L. Goldberg, E. P. Chebykin, S. S. Vorob’eva,
and M. A. Grachev 
p. 52  

Equilibria of Aluminous Spinel with Orthopyroxene
in the System FeO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2:
New Experimental Data and Thermodynamic
Assessment 
N. A. Kosyakova, L. Y. Aranovich, and K. K. Podlesskii 
p. 57  

The Oldest Continental Weathering Profile 
Formed after Granites on the Baltic Shield 
V. A. Matrenichev, L. O. Pin’kova, 
O. A. Levchenkov, A. F. Makeev,
S. Z. Yakovleva, and N. A. Alfimova 
p. 62  

Rb–Sr Age of Kimberlites of the Pionerskaya
Pipe, Arkhangel’sk Diamondiferous Province 
V. A. Pervov, E. S. Bogomolov,
V. A. Larchenko, L. K. Levskii, 
G. V. Minchenko, S. M. Sablukov, 
S. A. Sergeev, and V. P. Stepanov 
p. 67  

Geochemical Distinctions between “Mantle” and “Crustal” 
High/Ultrahigh-Pressure Peridotites and Pyroxenites 
V. V. Reverdatto, A. Yu. Selyatitsky, D. N. Remizov,
and V. V. Khlestov 
p. 72  

Discrepancy of Global Climate Change 
over Continents and Oceans 
V. I. Byshev, V. G. Neiman, and 
Yu. A. Romanov 
p. 77  

Estimation of Turbulent Viscosity of the 
Earth’s Liquid Core 
M. Yu. Reshetnyak 
p. 84  

Local and Planetary Scales of Wave 
Disturbances for Synchronous 
Measurements of Atmospheric Admixtures 
O. G. Khutorova and G. M. Teptin 
p. 89  

Aggregation of Quatarons as a Formation
Mechanism of Amorphous Spherical Particles 
A. M. Askhabov 
p. 92  

Chromites: An Indicator of Copper Ore 
Source for Ancient Metallurgy 
S. A. Grigoriev, A. Yu. Dunaev, and V. V. Zaikov 
p. 95  

U–Pb Age of Zircon from the Mir and 
325 Let Yakutii Pipes 
O. A. Levchenkov, I. M. Gaidamako, 
L. K. Levskii, A. N. Komarov, 
S. Z. Yakovleva, N. G. Rizvanova, 
and A. F. Makeev 
p. 99  

Formation of Hydrocarbons at Transform
Plate Boundaries 
V. V. Matveenkov, A. P. Sedov, and 
L. P. Volokitina 
p. 102  

The First Discovery of Alloclasite in the Urals 
I. Yu. Melekestseva 
p. 105  

First 39Ar–40Ar Datings on Micas from the
Chudnoe Au–Pd–REE Occurrence, 
Near-Polar Urals 
G. V. Moralev, A. V. Borisov, S. V. Surenkov, 
M. B. Tarbaev, and V. A. Ponomarchuk
p. 109  

Clinopyroxene Barometry of Mantle 
Eclogite Xenoliths and the Implications 
for Assessment of Diamond Potential 
S. K. Simakov 
p. 113  

Application of the Molybdenum 
Module for Reconstruction 
of the Gas Composition of Water 
in the Cretaceous Atlantic 
V. N. Kholodov and R. I. Nedumov
p. 116  

Liquid Immiscibility and Phase Equilibria
in Chloride–Aluminosilicate Melts at 4–7 GPa 
O. G. Safonov, O. A. Levykina, L. L. Perchuk,
and Yu. A. Litvin 
p. 119  

Resonance Features of Natural Radon Exhalation 
V. V. Adushkin, A. A. Spivak, S. A. Kozhukhov,
and Ya. V. Kukushkin 
p. 124  

Tectonic Stress, Metamorphism, and 
Earthquake Source Model 
Yu. L. Rebetskii 
p. 127  

Cyclic Patterns of Intrabasin Processes 
Inferred from Remote Sensing 
Spectrometry in Eutrophic Basins 
B. L. Sukhorukov and A. M. Nikanorov 
p. 132  

Dinoflagellate Cysts in Bottom Sediments
of the White Sea (Western Arctic) 
E. A. Golovnina and E. I. Polyakova 
p. 136  

First Determinations of the Grain Size Composition 
of Suspended Particulate Matter in the White Sea 
M. D. Kravchishina and V. P. Shevchenko
p. 140  

The Archean in the Urals: Evidence from Zircon Age 
A. A. Krasnobaev and N. V. Cherednichenko 
p. 145  

Early Jurassic Collisional Granitoids of the Amur Superterrane: 
Geochronological and Geochemical Data 
V. E. Strikha, V. G. Sakhno, V. A. Stepanov, and A. V. Mel’nikov 
p. 149  

Paleogene Geomagnetic Polarity Scale of the 
West Siberian Plate 
Z. N. Gnibidenko 
p. 153  
Cyclicity and Trends in the Dynamics of 
Seismic Processes Related 
to Strong Earthquakes in Sakhalin 
T. K. Zlobin 
p. 157  

Radiation and Temperature Effects of 
Summer Fires in 2002 in the Moscow Region 
I. I. Mokhov and I. A. Gorchakova 
p. 160  

A Specific Feature of the Dynamics 
of Cyclonic Intensity 
M. I. Yaroshevich
p. 164  

Nature of Mud Volcanism: Evidence
from the Latest Active Eruption
of a Mud (Gas–Water–Lithoclastite) 
Volcano in Sakhalin 
O. A. Mel’nikov, K. F. Sergeev, A. V. Rybin,
and R. V. Zharkov 
p. 168  

First-Order Equations to Study Acoustic Fields in Ocean 
with Significant Horizontal Heterogeneities 
O. E. Gulin 
p. 173