Doklady Earth Sciences, 2017, V 472, N 1.

Geology

The Paleoproterozoic Fedorov–Pana Layered PGE Complex
of the Northeastern Baltic Shield, Arctic Region:
New U–Pb (Baddeleyite) and Sm–Nd (Sulfide) Data
T. B. Bayanova, T. V. Rundquist, P. A. Serov, 
A. U. Korchagin and S. M. Karpov 
p. 1  

Tectonic Aspects of Precambrian Metallogeny of Gold and Uranium
M. Z. Glukhovskii, Corresponding Member of the RAS 
V. I. Velichkin and M. V. Shumilin 
p. 6  

The First Sm–Nd Isotope–Geochemical Data on the Paleoproterozoic
Age of Metamorphic Rocks from the Crystalline Basement
of the Yurovsk Rise (Okhotsk Massif)
V. K. Kuzmin, E. S. Bogomolov and Corresponding Member
of the RAS V. A. Glebovitsky 
p. 11  

Model of the Formation of Marginal Seas in 
the Western Pacific Ocean
V. I. Chuprynin and L. A. Izosov 
p. 16  

New Data on the Composition and Age of Rocks 
from the Bathymetrists Seamounts 
(Eastern Margin of the Equatorial Atlantic)
S. G. Skolotnev, A. A. Peyve, M. E. Bylinskaya 
and L. A. Golovina 
p. 20  

Polychronous Formation of the Ophiolite Association 
in the Tekturmas Zone of Central Kazakhstan Inferred 
from Geochronological and Biostratigraphic Data
Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev, 
T. Yu. Tolmacheva, A. A. Tretyakov, A. B. Kotov, 
A. S. Yakubchuk, E. B. Salnikova and Kuo-Lun Wang 
p. 26  

Paleomagnetism of Mongolia
D. V. Kovalenko and Corresponding Member of 
the RAS V. A. Petrov 
p. 31  

Geochemistry

Alkanes in Quaternary Deposits of the Laptev Sea
E. A. Romankevich, A. A. Vetrov, N. A. Belyaev, 
Academician V. I. Sergienko, I. P. Semiletov, 
S. V. Sukhoverkhov, S. Yu. Bratskaya, 
N. A. Prokuda and A. S. Ulyantsev 
p. 36  

Glass at Endocontacts of Granite Massifs in 
Volcanic–Plutonic Belts (Exemplified 
by Granite of Central Kazakhstan)
R. N. Sobolev 
p. 40  

Geophysics

Laboratory Modeling and Measurement of the Acoustic
Properties of Methane-Bearing Rock Samples
A. D. Duchkov, A. A. Duchkov, A. Yu. Manakov, 
M. E. Permyakov, N. A. Golikov and A. N. Drobchik 
p. 44  

Experimental Study of the Influence of Water on 
Elastic Wave Velocities in Dunite and Serpentinite 
(on the Nature of the Low-Velocity Zone in the 
Upper Mantle of the Earth)
E. B. Lebedev, N. I. Pavlenkova and O. A. Lukanin 
p. 49  

New Findings on the Sources of Strong Earthquakes 
in Kerch Peninsula Based on Paleoseismological Data
A. N. Ovsyuchenko, A. M. Korzhenkov, A. S. Larkov, 
A. V. Marahanov and E. A. Rogozhin 
p. 53  

Geography

Glacier Surges and Glacial Disasters
Academician V. M. Kotlyakov, L. P. Chernova, 
T. Ye. Khromova and N. M. Zverkova 
p. 57  

Geochemistry

40Ar/39Ar Age of the Porphyry Ca(Au) Mineralization of 
the Elna Deposit and Its Relation to Magmatism 
(Northeastern Part of the Argun Superterrane)
I. V. Buchko, A. A. Sorokin, A. V. Ponomarchuk, 
A. V. Travin and V. A. Ponomarchuk 
p. 62  

Ba-dominant Fluoroaluminates from the Katugin 
Rare-Metal Deposit (Transbaikalia, Russia)
A. E. Starikova, V. V. Sharygin and Corresponding 
Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov 
p. 67  

The 2405 Ma Doleritic Dykes in the Karelian Craton: 
A Fragment of a Paleoproterozoic Large Igneous Province
A. V. Stepanova, E. B. Salnikova, Corresponding 
Member of the RAS A. V. Samsonov, Yu. O. Larionova, 
S. V. Egorova and V. M. Savatenkov 
p. 72  

Average Composition of the 
Tonalite–Trondhjemite–Granodiorite Association: 
Possibilities of Application
V. P. Chekulaev and Corresponding Member 
of the RAS V. A. Glebovitsky 
p. 78  

Geophysics

The Nature of Precursor Waves from Distant Earthquakes
V. Yu. Burmin and A. N. Boyko 
p. 83  

GEOPHYSICS

The Westward Drift of the Earth’s 
Oscillations after Earthquakes
Corresponding Member of the RAS G. A. Sobolev 
p. 87  

Geophysics

Measurement of the Difference in the Earth’s 
Gravitational Potentials with the Help of a 
Transportable Quantum Clock
V. F. Fateev, A. I. Zharikov, V. P. Sysoev, 
E. A. Rybakov and F. R. Smirnov 
p. 91  

GEOGRAPHY

Critical Loads of Benzo(a)pyrene on Urban Soils
N. E. Kosheleva, Academician N. S. Kasimov, 
D. V. Vlasov and E. M. Nikiforova 
p. 95  

Geochemistry

Initial H2O Content and Conditions of Parent Magma
Origin for Gorely Volcano (Southern Kamchatka) 
Estimated by Trace Element Thermobarometry
D. P. Nazarova, M. V. Portnyagin, S. P. Krasheninnikov, 
N. L. Mironov and Academician A. V. Sobolev 
p. 100  

The First Lu–Hf Zircon Isotope Data for 
Gabbro–Diorite–Tonalite Associations of the Urals
Yu. L. Ronkin, V. N. Smirnov, 
K. S. Ivanov and A. Gerdes 
p. 104  

Igneous Carbonates in Dolerites of Franz Joseph Land
Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, 
Yu. V. Karyakin and S. V. Kanakin 
p. 109  

The Cambrian–Ordovician Diorite–Granodiorite–Granite 
Association of the Mamyn Terrane (Central 
Asian Fold Belt): U–Pb Geochronological and Geochemical Data
A. A. Sorokin and N. M. Kudryashov 
p. 113  

Geophysics

Geodynamics and Seismicity of the Eastern Part of Central Asia
Yu. G. Gatinsky, T. V. Prokhorova and D. V. Rundquist 
p. 119  

Synchronization, Desynchronization, and Resynchronization 
as Mechanisms for the Formation of Variable 
Polyrhythmicity in Biological and Geophysical Systems
Academician V. A. Chereshnev, A. G. Gamburtsev 
and S. I. Stepanova 
p. 123