Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2005, V 401, N 2, February-March.

Part 1. Geology 
 Correlation of Structural Units of Sakhalin and Hokkaido 
 V. M. Grannik 
 p. 177  
  
 Tectonic Fragmentation of Basaltic Melt 
 K. A. Dokukina and V. G. Vladimirov 
 p. 182  

 New Data on Age and Composition of Volcanics
 in Bennett Island (East Arctic) 
 P. I. Fedorov, G. B. Flerov, and 
 D. I. Golovin 
 p. 187  

 Formation Stages and Convergence of Gold-Quartz
 Mineralization in Northeast Russia 
 A. V. Volkov and A. A. Sidorov 
 p. 192  

 Tectonophysical Analysis of Fracture Deformation Zone 
 of the Chuya Earthquake (September 27, 2003)   
 O. V. Lunina, A. S. Gladkov, I. S. Novikov, 
 and A. R. Agatova 
 p. 197  

 Fluid Mechanism of Destruction of the Earth’s
 Continental Crust and Formation of Sedimentary
 Oil- and Gas-Bearing Basins   
 F. A. Letnikov 
 p. 200  

 Archean Automagmatic Breccia of the Panozero
 Pluton, Central Karelia, Baltic Shield 
 S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. P. Chekulaev, I. N. Krylov, 
 A. V. Kovalenko, and N. S. Guseva 
p. 203  

 Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

 Structural Defects in Quartz: Implication for Recognition 
 and Correlation of Archean Metamorphic Complexes
 in the Kola Superdeep Borehole Section 
 V. P. Lyutoev and N. P. Vinogradova 
 p. 208  

 Model of the Structure of Thermal Lithosphere
 and Asthenosphere in the Caspian?Caucasus?Black Sea Region 
 L. E. Levin 
 p. 212  

 Numerical Forecast of Weather Variations for 
 One Month Ahead: A Possible Approach 
 D. M. Sonechkin 
 p. 216  

 Oxygen-Isotope and Deuterium Diagrams for 
 Ice Wedge Near Vorkuta: First 14C-Dated Plots
 for Northern Europe 
 Yu. K. Vasil’chuk, V. Papesch, D. Rank, 
 L. D. Sulerzhitsky, A. K. Vasil’chuk, 
 N. A. Budantseva, and Yu. N. Chizhova 
 p. 221  

 Frontal Mixing of River and Sea Waters 
 in Rio de la Plata 
 S. S. Lappo, E. G. Morozov,  
 D. N. Severov, A. V. Sokov, A. A. Klyuvitkin,
 and G. Nagy 
 p. 226  

 Li-Mg Ratio As a Criterion for the Carbonate
 Nature of the Ore Material of Iron-Silica 
 Formation of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly 
 I. A. Bergman 
 p. 229  

 Beryllium-Bearing Manganese Rocks of 
 Central Sikhote Alin 
 V. T. Kazachenko, V. M. Chubarov, 
 V. A. Solyanik, and G. A. Narnov 
 p. 232  

 Self-Development of Screened Hydrothermal 
 Systems and Hydraulic Fracturing 
 in the Formation of Structures and Ores: 
 A General Model of Hydrothermal Ore Deposition 
 N. S. Ostapenko 
 p. 236  

 Study of the Variability of Arctic Perennial
 Ice Based on Satellite Microwave Measurements
 Using the Neuron Network (1988-2001) 
 G. I. Belchansky and N. G. Platonov 
 p. 240  

 False Annual Periodicity of Earthquakes 
 Caused by Seasonal Noise Variability 
 A. V. Deshcherevskaya and A. Ya. Sidorin 
 p. 244  

 New Data on Stress Field Structure in the 
 Baikal Rift System: Modeling Results 
 S. I. Sherman, A. V. Cheremnykh, and 
 A. I. Miroshnichenko 
 p. 249    

 New Estimates for Global Surface Area
 and Volume of Natural World Lakes 
 S. V. Ryanzhin 
 p. 253  
  
 Variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar
 Current Transport and Location 
 of Frontal Zones in Drake Passage 
 E. G. Morozov, A. V. Sokov, S. S. Lappo, 
 S. V. Gladyshev, and S. V. Pisarev 
 p. 258  

 Spectrum of Nonlinear Internal Waves
 in Horizontally Inhomogeneous Shallow Sea 
 V. V. Novotryasov and A. E. Filonov 
 p. 263  

 Specifics of Late Paleoproterozoic 
 Ultrametamorphism in the Belomorian Allochthon 
 V. A. Glebovitsky and I. S. Sedova 
 p. 267  

 Gold Solubility in Chloride Hydrothermal
 Solutions Interacting with Epidote?Pyroxene Skarns 
 L. P. Plyusnina, G. G. Likhoidov, and 
 A. I. Khanchuk 
 p. 272  

 Sizes of Cyclones and Statistical Properties
 of Their Ensemble 
 G. S. Golitsyn 
 p. 277  

 Evolution of the Alpha Ridge (Arctic Ocean)
 Inferred from Magnetometric Data 
 N. I. Gurevich and S. A. Merkur’ev 
 p . 280
 
 Intraseasonal Seismicity Variations in the 
 Garm Test Area and Their Relation with 
 Atmospheric Processes 
 E. V. Deshcherevskaya and A. Ya. Sidorin 
 p. 285  

 Detection of Nonrandom Component in the  
 Earthquake Distribution Between the 
 Northern and Southern Hemispheres: 
 Observations and Modeling 
 B. W. Levin and E. V. Sasorova 
 p. 288    

 Location of Paleomagnetic Pole of the 
 East European Continent in Ordovician: New Data 
 N. V. Lubnina, A. V. Zaitsev, and V. E. Pavlov 
 p. 292  
  
 The Age of Interglacial Peat on the Lower Ob 
 V. I. Astakhov, Kh. A. Arslanov, F. E. Maksimov,
 V. Yu. Kuznetsov, V. V. Razina, and D. V. Nazarov 
 p. 298  

 New Data on Vegetation Change on the Western
 Shore of Lake Baikal in the Middle?Late Holocene 
 E. V. Bezrukova, L. V. Dan’ko, V. A. Snytko, 
 P. P. Letunova, L. A. Orlova, S. B. Kuz?min, 
 K. E. Vershinin, A. A. Abzaeva, A. P. Sizykh,
 and O. M. Khlystov 
 p. 303    

 A New Discriminant Diagram for Classification
 of Island-Arc and Continental Basalts on the 
 Basis of Petrochemical Data 
 S. D. Velikoslavinskii and V. A. Glebovitskii 
p. 308  
  
 Configuration of PT Trends As a Record of 
 High-Temperature Polymetamorphism 
 L. L. Perchuk 
 p. 311    

 First Data on Formation Conditions of the 
 Talatui Gold-Bearing Deposit, Eastern Transbaikal Region 
 V. Yu. Prokof’ev, L. D. Zorina, V. A. Kovalenker, 
 and G. F. Il’ina 
 p. 315    

 Synthetic “Murataites” As Modular Members of a 
 Pyrochlore-Murataite Polysomatic Series 
 V. S. Urusov, N. I. Organova, O. V. Karimova, 
 S. V. Yudintsev, and S. V. Stefanovskii 
 p. 319    

 Global Minimal Model of Long-Term Carbon 
 Dynamics in the Biosphere 
 S. I. Bartsev, A. G. Degermendzhi, 
 and D. V. Erokhin 
 p. 326  
  
 Possibility of the Application of 
 Electrophysical Methods for Prediction and 
 Impact on Shallow Earthquakes 
 E. P. Velikhov, L. G. Golubchikov, and 
 A. V. Karakin 
 p. 330  

 Heliomodulated Baric Fluctuations in 
 the Arctic Region and Long-Term Recurrence 
 of Ice Opposition in the Arctic Seas of Russia 
 A. G. Egorov 
 p. 334  

 Silicon in Ice Cover of Lakes in the 
 Transbaikal Region 
 L. V. Zamana, G. S. Bordonskii, S. V. Borzenko, 
 A. A. Gurulev, S. D. Krylov, and 
 S. V. Tsyrenzhapov 
 p. 340  

 Mega Database on Oceanography and Biology 
 of the Western Arctic Region 
 G. G. Matishov, A. N. Zuev, V. A. Golubev, 
 S. Levitus, and I. Smolyar 
 p. 343