Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2002, V 383, N 2, February-March.


Part 1. Geology 
Early Proterozoic Postcollision Magmatism at the Southern Flank of the Siberian 
Craton:  New Geochronological Data and Geodynamic Implications 
T. V. Donskaya, E. B. Sal'nikova, E. V. Sklyarov, D. P. Gladkochub, A. M. 
Mazukabzov, V. P. Kovach, S. Z. Yakovleva, and N. G. Berezhnaya 
p. 125 

Specific Features of the Formation of Copper-Nickel Sulfide Deposits in Trap 
Rocks: Evidence from the Pechenga and Noril'sk Regions 
A. A. Marakushev, N. A. Paneyakh, and I. A. Zotov 
p. 129 

Lineament Network Controlling the Distribution of Superlarge Mineral Deposits in 
Russia 
A. V. Pertsov, V. S. Antipov, G. V. Gal'perov, and S. I. Turchenko 
p. 134
 
Metallic and Silicate-Oxide Spherules from Ultramafic Pegmatites
in Dunites of the Nizhni Tagil Platinum-Bearing Massif, Middle Urals: First Data 
E. V. Pushkarev, E. V. Anikina, G. Garuti, F. Zacharini, and N. N. Kononkova 
p. 137 

Intracellular Structures in Fossil Plant Tissues 
L. Ya. Kizil'shtein 
p. 141 
Implication of Microprobe Analysis for the Classification of Nasselaria 
(Radiolaria) 
S. V. Tochilina and V. I. Sapin 
p. 144 

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Geochemistry of Landscapes and Ethnogenesis T. T. Taisaev p. 147 Trends of the NO2 Content in the Stratosphere over Zvenigorod A. N. Gruzdev and A. S. Elokhov p. 150 Presentation of Legendre Polynomials Through Chebyshev Polynomials: A Method for Calculation of Nodes and Weights of Gauss Quadrature, Numerical Integration of Functions near Power Singularities H. H. Rempel p. 154 The Relationship between the Location of Regions with High Intraplate Seismicity and the Lithology of the Earth's Crust B. P. Ryzhii and B. B. Ryzhii p. 157 Wind-Driven Drift of Sediments from Lake Baikal B. P. Agafonov p. 160 Study of the Gaseous Mercury Concentration in the Atmosphere over the Barents and Kara Seas G. G. Matishov, N. I. Golubeva, and L. V. Burtseva p. 163 Hydrocarbons in the Ice-Snow Cover of the Central Arctic I. A. Nemirovskaya p. 166 Seismicity and Active Tectonics of the Don Sector, Karpinsky Ridge V. V. Adushkin, V. G. Spungin, V. I. Makarov, and V. N. Burchik p. 170 Active Tectonics in Azerbaijan Based on Geodetic, Gravimetric, and Seismic Data I. S. Guliev, F. A. Kadirov, R. E. Reilinger, R. I. Gasanov, and A. R. Mamedov p. 174 Seismic Strain State of the Earth's Crust in the Baikal Region A. V. Klyuchevskii and V. M. Dem'yanovich p. 178 Peculiarities of the Formation of Stress Fields in the Belomorian Megablock in the Collision Dynamics Regime V. T. Filatova p. 183 New Data on the Age of Lake Khanka, the Russian Far East B. I. Pavlyutkin and A. I. Khanchuk p. 187 Phase Formation during the Synthesis of Actinide Matrices N. P. Laverov, S. V. Yudintsev, S. V. Stefanovskii, Y. N. Jang, In Kook Bae, and S. Chae p. 190 The Nature of an Anomalous Thermal Regime in the Lithosphere of the Bashkir Uplift and Tagil-Magnitogorsk Zone of the Urals Yu. I. Galushkin and G. E. Yakovlev p. 194 Hydrocarbon Migration in the Process of Pool Formation: Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Effects G. I. Kazakevich, E. A. Minervina, and Yu. A. Poveshchenko p. 198 The Formation of the Convergence Zone Front under Ice in Lake Baikal P. P. Sherstyankin, G. P. Kokhanenko, I. E. Penner, A. P. Rostov, L. N. Kuimova, V. G. Ivanov, and V. V. Blinov p. 201 First Radiocarbon Datings of the Pollen Extracted from Syngenetic Ice Wedges A. K. Vasil'chuk and Yu. K. Vasil'chuk p. 206 Metal-Oxygen Bond Ionicity in Cr-Spinels: Quantum-Chemical Calculation Data S. L. Votyakov, Yu. V. Shchapova, I. S. Chashchukhin, E. I. Yur'eva, and A. L. Ivanovskii p. 211 Intricate Structure of the Zarnitsa Kimberlite Pipe I. P. Ilupin p. 215 Granitization of Amphibolite: Experimental Modeling at 750°C and 5 kbar Pressure L. I. Khodorevskaya, V. M. Shmonov, and V. A. Zharikov p. 218 Carbynoid Carbon and Its Pseudomorphs after Diamond in the Eclogitization Zone (Shumikha Complex, Central Urals) T. G. Shumilova p. 222 First Data on Isotopic Dating of Holocene Syngenetic Ice Wedges from the Merzlyi Yar Area, Upper Reaches of the Enisei River Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, S. V. Alekseev, S. G. Arzhannikov, W. Papesh, D. Rank, and A. K. Vasil'chuk p. 225