Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section Vol. 447, Part 1, November, 2012.

 
Part 1. Geology 

Arumberia-Type Structures in the Upper Vendian of the Urals 
A. V. Kolesnikov, D. V. Grazhdankin, and A. V. Maslov 
p. 1233   

The First Results of Mass U–Pb Isotope Dating (LA–ICP–MS)
for Detrital Zircons from the Asha Group, South Urals: 
Paleogeography and Paleotectonics 
N. B. Kuznetsov, T. V. Romanyuk, A. V. Shatsillo, S. Yu. Orlov, 
I. V. Golovanova, K. N. Danukalov, and I. S. Ipat’eva 
p. 1240   

Volcanogenic Belts and Asian-Pacific Deep Zones of 
Tectonic–Magmatic Activation, 
Their Ore-, Oil-, and Gas-Bearing Potential: 
A Case Study of Northeastern Russia 
A. A. Sidorov, A. V. Volkov, and V. Yu. Alekseev 
p. 1247   

The Northeastern Boundary of the Siberian Craton and 
Its Formation Peculiarities
(Derived from Occurrences of Early Cambrian and 
Devonian Intraplate Magmatism) 
A. I. Kiselev, V. V. Yarmolyuk, I. I. Kolodeznikov, 
K. K. Struchkov, and K. N. Egorov 
p. 1252   

New Data on Quaternary Sediments of the Atlantic 
Ocean Derived from Seismic Facies Analysis 
O. V. Levchenko, I. O. Murdmaa, E. V. Ivanova, 
A. D. Mutovkin, E. V. Blinova, T. A. Demidova, 
Yu. G. Marinova, A. A. Peive, V. A. Putans, 
S. G. Skolotnev, and P. Huembs 
p. 1259   

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography
 
The First Data on Sm and Nd Isotopes 
of the Neoarchean Komatiite–Tholeiite Association 
from the L’govsko–Rakitnyanskii 
Greenstone Belt of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (Central Russia) 
N. M. Chernyshov, M. V. Ryborak, V. M. Savatenkov, 
A. Yu. Al’bekov, and E. M. Solov’eva 
p. 1263   

Magnetic and Thermomagnetic Properties of Vivianite 
Nodules of Sediments
in Lake El’gygytgyn 
P. S. Minyuk, N. A. Goryachev, and T. V. Subbotnikova 
p. 1266   

Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the Ocean Favorable for Fishery 
S. V. Prants, M. Yu. Uleysky, and M. V. Budyansky 
p. 1269   

New Data on U–Pb Dating of Zircons and the Problem of the Duration 
of the Angara–Vitim Granitoid Batholith Formation 
A. A. Tsygankov, O. V. Udoratina, G. N. Burmakina, and M. Grove 
p. 1273   

The Mechanism of Electric Pulse Generation by Deformation Processes 
in Fracture Zones of the Earth’s Crust 
V. V. Adushkin and A. A. Spivak 
p. 1278   

Evidence of Plumes in the Structure of Mantle 
Convection, Thermal Fields, and Mass Transport 
V. P. Trubitsyn, A. N. Evseev, M. N. Evseev, 
and E. V. Kharybin 
p. 1281   

Diamond Interaction with Ultradispersed Particles 
of Iron in a Hydrogene Environment: 
Surface Micromorphology 
A. I. Chepurov, V. M. Sonin, A. A. Chepurov, 
E. I. Zhimulev, S. S. Kosolobov, and 
N. V. Sobolev 
p. 1284