Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2009, V 424, N 1, January-February.

Part 1. Geology 
 The First Find of Buried Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Deposits
 in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Rift Valley 
 M. P. Davydov, P. A. Aleksandrov, E. N. Perova, T. A. Semkova, 
 V. Yu. Kuznetsov, F. E. Maksimov, and Yu. S. Polekhovskii 
 p. 1 
 
 Stress Gradients as the Driving Force of Mass 
 Movement in General Crustal Folding 
 A. Yu. Kissin and V. A. Koroteev 
 p. 7  

 Timing of Crystallization of Plutonic Rocks from 
 the Kuyul Ophiolite Terrane (Koryak Highland): 
 U-Pb Microprobe (SHRIMP) Zircon Dating 
 G. V. Ledneva and D. I. Matukov 
 p. 11  

 Governing Factors in the Development of Depressions
 and Faults in the Baikal Rift Zone: 
 Results of a Physical Experiment 
 K. Zh. Seminskii and E. I. Kogut 
 p. 15  

 Polychronous Formation of the Rodionovskoe 
 Gold-Quartz Deposit, Russian Northeast 
 A. V. Volkov, V. A. Sidorov, V. Yu. Prokof'ev, 
 and A. A. Sidorov 
 p. 19  

 Late Ordovician Granitoids of Northern Kazakhstan: 
 U-Pb Age and Tectonic Setting 
 F. A. Letnikov, A. B. Kotov, K. E. Degtyarev, 
 O. A. Levchenkov, M. M. Shershakova, 
 A. V. Shershakov, N. G. Rizvanova, A. F. Makeev, 
 and M. D. Tolkachev 
 p. 24  

 Abnormal Heat Flow and the Trough’s Nature 
 in the Northern Svalbard Plate 
 M. D. Khutorskoi, Yu. G. Leonov, A. V. Ermakov, 
 and V. R. Akhmedzyanov 
 p. 29  

 A New Type of Cambrian Section at the Base 
 of the Pre-Mesozoic Complex of the West Siberian 
 Petroleum Megabasin (Based on Vostok-1 
 Stratigraphic Well Data, Northern Tomsk Region) 
 A. E. Kontorovich, V. A. Kontorovich, A. I. Varlamov, 
 A. G. Klets,  A. S. Efimov, I. V. Korovnikov, 
 S. V. Saraev, N. V. Sennikov, Yu. F. Filippov,
 I. V. Varaksina, and A. V. Timokhin 
 p. 36  

 First Results of Isotopic Dating of Detrital 
 Zircons from the Clastic Rocks of the Pre-Uralides-Timanides 
 Complexes: Contribution in the Late Precambrian Stratigraphy 
 of the Enganepe Uplift, Western Polar Urals 
 N. B. Kuznetsov, L. M. Natapov, E. A. Belousova, 
 U. L. Griffin, S. O'Reilly, A. A. Soboleva, 
 K. V. Kulikova, O. V. Udoratina, and A. A. Morgunova 
 p. 41  

 The Tectonic Nature of the Yana-Kolyma Gold-Bearing Belt 
 A. D. Chekhov and A. A. Sidorov 
 p. 47  

 Mantle Depth Facies of High-Pressure Pyroxene 
 in the Kola Region 
 D. R. Zozulya, P. Peltonen, H. O?Brien, 
 and M. Lehtonen 
 p. 52  

 Sr-Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Carbonate 
 Deposits from the Yenisei Group, 
 Azyrtal Ridge, Eastern Slope of Kuznetsk Alatau 
 A. B. Kuznetsov, E. F. Letnikova, A. A. Terleev, 
 G. V. Konstantinova, and E. P. Kutyavin 
 p. 57  

 Age and Tectonic Position of the Chiney Layered 
 Massif, Aldan Shield 
 N. V. Popov, A. B. Kotov, A. A. Postnikov, 
 E. B. Sal'nikova, M. N. Shaporina, 
 A. M. Larin, S. Z. Yakovleva, Yu. V. Plotkina, 
 and A. M. Fedoseenko 
 p. 64  

 Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography
 
 Buffering of CO2 Potential by Mineral Associations 
 O. V. Avchenko 
 p. 68  

 U-Pb Isotopic Age, Composition, and Sources 
 of the Plagiogranites of the Kalba Range, 
 Eastern Kazakhstan 
 M. L. Kuibida, N. N. Kruk, A. G. Vladimirov, 
 N. V. Polyanskii, and I. V. Nikolaeva 
 p. 72  

 New Massif of Archean Alkaline Syenites in the 
 Murmansk Domain of the Kola Peninsula 
 M. N. Petrovsky, F. P. Mitrofanov, 
 L. S. Petrovskaya, and T. B. Bayanova 
 p. 77  

 Experimental Growth and Structural-Morphological 
 Characteristics of Co-Tourmaline 
 T. V. Setkova, Yu. B. Shapovalov, and V. S. Balitskii 
 p. 82  

 Growth Dissymmetrization of Rare Earth Element Distribution 
 and the Sm?Nd Isotope System in Fluorite 
 Crystals of the Nordvik Deposit (Taymyr) 
 P. L. Smolyanskii, V. F. Proskurnin, and E. S. Bogomolov 
 p. 86  

 Parameters of the Lower Layer of Saltation 
 over Desert Territories 
 G. I. Gorchakov, A. A. Titov, and D. V. Buntov 
 p. 90  

 A Mathematical Model of Unsteady Flows 
 of Geofluids in Mud Volcanic Processes 
 A. V. Domanskii, V. V. Ershov, and B. V. Levin 
 p. 95  

 Bottom Plateau Basalt Magmatism in Western 
 Antarctic Seas of the Southern Ocean 
 G. B. Udintsev, N. A. Kurentsova, 
 A. V. Kol'tsova, and L. G. Domaratskaya 
 p. 99  

 Zoning of Carbonaceous Metasomatism 
 in a Porphyrite Dike 
 V. L. Rusinov  , O. V. Rusinova, 
 E. D. Syngaevskii, and Yu. V. Shchegol'kov 
 p. 105  

 Gold in Brown Coals: Localization Conditions, 
 Modes of Occurrence, and Methods of Extracting 
 A. P. Sorokin, V. M. Kuz'minykh, 
 and V. I. Rozhdestvina 
 p. 109  

 The Structure of the Vertical Turbulent 
 Diffusion Coefficient 
 A. B. Kazanskii 
 p. 114  

 Evaluation of the Stressed Deformed State 
 of the Earth's Crust in the Northeastern Part 
 of the Baltic Shield in the Late Archaean 
 V. T. Filatova 
 p. 118  

 On Assessments of the Height of the 
 Largest Catastrophic Flood That Occurred 
 in St. Petersburg in the Neva River 
 Mouth on November 7 (19), 1824 
 V. I. Bogdanov and T. I. Malova 
 p. 123  

 Kyanite-Sillimanite Metamorphism 
 in the Yenisei Ridge as a Result 
 of Collision of Precambrian Blocks 
 I. I. Likhanov and V. V. Reverdatto 
 p. 127  

 Study of Reference Sample Candidate 
 for the Noble Metal Contents (PGM, Au, Ag)
 in a Graphitized Rocks 
 V. N. Mitkin, A. I. Khanchuk, 
 G. G. Likhoidov, S. B. Zayakina, 
 A.A. Galizky, and V. G Tsimbalist 
 p. 133  

 Crystal Chemistry of Murunskite 
 I. V. Pekov, N. V. Zubkova, D. V. Lisitsyn, 
 and D. Yu. Pushcharovsky 
 p. 139  

 Immiscibility of Carbonate?Silicate and Chloride-Carbonate Melts 
 in the Kimberlite?CaCO3?Na2CO3?KCl System at 4.8 GPa 
 O. G. Safonov, L. L. Perchuk, V. O. Yapaskurt, 
 and Yu. A. Litvin 
 p. 142  

 Variations in the Characteristics of Cyclonic 
 Activity and Cloudiness in the Atmosphere 
 of Extratropical Latitudes of the Northern 
 Hemisphere Based from Model Calculations 
 Compared with the Data of Reanalysis and 
 Satellite Data 
 I. I. Mokhov, A. V. Chernokul'skii, 
 M. G. Akperov, J.-L. Dufresne, and H. Le Treut 
 p. 147  

 A New Model of the Zonal Structure of Fractures 
 A. A. Spivak and V. M. Tsvetkov 
 p. 151  

 Homogenization of Maxwell Equations 
 and the Maxwell-Wagner Dispersion 
 V. V. Shelukhin and S. A. Terent'ev 
 p. 155  

 Composition of Clinoamphibole as a 
 Function of Fluid Composition 
 during Metamorphism of Basic Rocks 
 B. S. Danilov 
 p. 160  

 Evolution of the Iron?Silicate Ratio 
 in Ordinary Chondrites and Genetic Types 
 of Iron Meteorites 
 N. G. Zinovieva and L. B. Granovskii 
 p. 164  

 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Tourmaline from 
 Metamorphic Rocks of the Kokchetav Massif, 
 Kazakhstan 
 A. V. Korsakov, A. V. Travin, D. S. Yudin, 
 and H. R. Marschall 
 p. 168  

 Genetic Aspects of Oil-and-Gas Formation, 
 Sulfur and Metal Contents of Oil 
 M. A. Lure and F. K. Schmidt 
 p. 171  

 Bimodal Character of Latitudinal Earthquake 
 Distributions in the Pacific Region 
 as a Manifestation of Global Seismicity 
 B. V. Levin and E. V. Sasorova 
 p. 175  

 Variations in Deceleration of Space Vehicles 
 in the Upper Ionosphere before Strong Earthquakes 
 A. V. Tertyshnikov, V. O. Skripachev, 
 and G. M. Chernyavskii 
 p. 180