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