Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section , 2007, V 413, N 2, February-March.

  
Part 1. Geology 
Ice Cover of Lake Baikal as a Model for Studying 
Tectonic Processes in the Earth’s Crust 
N. L. Dobretsov, S. G. Psakh’e, V. V. Ruzhich, V. L. Popov,
E. V. Shil’ko, N. G. Granin, V. Yu. Timofeev, 
S. V. Astafurov, A. V. Dimaki, and Ya. Starchevich 
p. 155
   
U-Pb Age of Zircons from Plagiogranite Veins in 
Migmatized Amphibolites 
of the Shaman Range (Ikat-Bagdarin Zone, 
Vitim Highland, Transbaikal Region) 
G. E. Nekrasov, N. V. Rodionov, N. G. Berezhnaya, 
S. A. Sergeev, S. V. Ruzhentsev, O. R. Minina, 
and B. G. Golionko 
p. 160    

New Data on the Maximal Thickness of 
Subsidence Strata in Loess Massifs 
V. T. Trofimov and S. D. Balykova 
p. 164  
  
Upper Weichselian Submarine Fluvioglacial 
Deposits of Ice-Contact Fans 
in the Southeastern Barents Sea 
O. G. Epshtein and Yu. A. Lavrushin 
p. 167  

Linear Weathering Crust of the Fedorova-
Pana Layered Complex 
in the Northeastern Baltic Shield 
V. Ya. Evzerov, P. V. Pripachkin, 
and K. O. Dudkin 
p. 170  

Geological Structure, Composition, and Age 
of the Pyalochnoozero Ultramafic-Mafic Massif, 
Northeastern Baltic Shield 
V. K. Kuz’min, M. V. Naumov, 
N. G. Berezhnaya, and N. V. Rodionov 
p. 173  
  
Latitudinal Activation of Magmatism 
As a Response to Cyclic Tidal Evolution 
in the Earth-Moon-Sun System 
Yu. N. Avsyuk, A. Ya. Saltykovsky, 
and Yu. S. Genshaft 
p. 178  
  
Oil Recovery from Lenticular Reservoirs 
S. N. Zakirov and A. A. Kontarev 
p. 180  

Terranes of the Eastern Arctic Shelf of Russia 
M. K. Kos’ko 
p. 183  

A New Type of Large-Scale Manifestation 
of Within-Plate Intrusive 
Trap Magmatism (West Siberian Craton) 
Yu. R. Vasil’ev, S. N. Prusskaya, and 
M. P. Mazurov 
p. 187  

The South Tien Shan Belt of Diamondiferous
Alkaline Basic Rocks 
V. S. Lutkov and A. R. Faiziev 
p. 192  

 Minerageny of the Ufalei Block (Middle Urals)
 in Connection with Lithotectonic Complexes 
of Different Geodynamic Settings 
V. N. Ogorodnikov, V. N. Sazonov, 
and Yu. A. Polenov 
p. 195  

Isotope Sm-Nd Data on the Late Silurian-Early 
Devonian Age of Dynamometamorphism 
at the Base of Ophiolitic Allochthon in the 
Sakmara Zone of the Southern Urals 
E. V. Pushkarev, P. A. Serov, and 
A. P. Biryuzova 
p. 198  

 Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 
  
Nepheline As a Source of Amorphous Phases in Supergene Processes 
O. B. Dudkin and S. S. Sandimirov 
p. 203  

Oxygen Isotopic Composition in Diatom Algae 
Frustules from Lake Baikal Sediments:
Annual Mean Temperature Variations 
during the Last 40 Ka 
G. V. Kalmychkov, M. I. Kuz’min, 
B. G. Pokrovskii, and S. S. Kostrova 
p. 206  

Oxygen Isotopic Composition and Nature 
of Fluid during the Formation 
of High-Al Corundum-Bearing Rocks of 
Mt. Dyadina, Northern Karelia 
D. P. Krylov and V. A. Glebovitsky 
p. 210  

New Data on the Age of Lamproite-
Lamprophyre Magmatism in the Urals 
S. V. Pribavkin, Yu. L. Ronkin,
A. V. Travin, and V. A. Ponomarchuk 
p. 213  

Sources of Ore-Forming Fluid in Fumaroles 
of Kudryavyi Volcano, Kuril Islands: 
Pb Isotopic Composition of Gas 
Condensates and Sublimate Minerals   
A. V. Chugaev, M. A. Yudovskaya, 
V. V. Distler, I. V. Chaplygin, and A. V. Eremina 
p. 216  

Asthenosphere and Plates of Northeast Asia 
A. I. Khanchuk and A. M. Petrishchevskii 
p. 220  

Sm-Nd and U-Pb Age of Metabasic Dikes
in the Granulite-Gneiss Domain 
of the Aldan Shield As Evidence of 
Paleoproterozoic Thermotectogenesis Duration   
M. Z. Glukhovskii, M. I. Kuz’min, 
T. B. Bayanova, and P. A. Serov 
p. 225  

Potassium Feldspar from Vein 
Systems and Their Aureoles 
at the Epithermal Asachin Gold-Silver 
Deposit, Southern Kamchatka 
A. S. Lapukhov, B. V. Guzman, 
V. A. Gorev, and E. P. Solotchina 
p. 230  

Neoproterozoic Age of Collisional Metamorphism
in the Transangara Region 
of the Yenisei Ridge (Based on 40Ar/39Ar Data) 
I. I. Likhanov, P. S. Kozlov, O. P. Polyansky, 
N. V. Popov, V. V. Reverdatto, 
A. V. Travin, and A. E. Vershinin 
p. 234  
Reworking of the Lithospheric Mantle of the 
Siberian Craton by Reduced Fluids 
in the Middle Paleozoic Kimberlite Event: 
Geochemical Consequences 
L. V. Solov’eva 
p. 238  

Interaction of Elemental Gold Surface with 
Fluids: A Key to Understanding Mechanisms 
of Recondensation and Mobilization of Gold 
under Endogenic and Exogenic Conditions 
Yu. V. Shchegol?kov, V. L. Tauson, V. Ya. Medvedev, 
M. V. Pochekunina, L. A. Ivanova, and S. V. Lipko 
p. 244  

Spatiotemporal Scales of Warming Observed in Siberia 
I. I. Ippolitov, M. V. Kabanov, and S. V. Loginov
p. 248  

Asymmetry of Sediment Drift to the Central Baikal Basin   
B. P. Agafonov 
p. 252  

New Data on the Late Quaternary Stratigraphy 
and Paleogeography 
of the Wijdefjorden Region (West Spitsbergen) 
V. V. Sharin, V. V. Alekseev, V. A. Dymov, 
I. A. Pogodina, D. Yu. Bol?shiyanov, and E. A. Gusev 
p. 256  

Radiocarbon Dates of Evolution Cycles of Thermokarst 
Lakes on the Kolyma Lowland 
N. A. Shilo, A. V. Lozhkin, and P. M. Anderson 
p. 259  

Behavior of Minerals of Metamorphic and Metasomatic Rocks 
in Supercritical Aqueous and Aqueous-Salt Solutions 
P. Ya. Azimov, S. A. Bushmin, S. N. L’vov, and 
D. V. Dolivo-Dobrovol’skii 
p. 262  

Rhenium in Ores of Porphyry Copper Deposits in the Urals 
A. I. Grabezhev 
p. 265  

Thermodynamic and Hydrogeochemical Formation 
Conditions of Brochantite 
As a Crystalline Hydrate: A Case of the 
Udokan Copper Deposit 
L. V. Zamana and M. T. Usmanov 
p. 269  

Geochronology of Quaternary Volcanism of the 
Krestovyi Pass Region, Kazbek Neovolcanic Area, 
Greater Caucasus 
V. A. Lebedev, I. V. Chernyshev, A. V. Chugaev, 
and G. T. Vashakidze 
p. 272    

Observations in the Arctic Ocean Do Not Confirm Weakening 
of Thermohaline Circulation in the North Atlantic 
G. V. Alekseev, I. E. Frolov, and V. T. Sokolov 
p. 277  
  
Deformation and Acoustic Precursors of Earthquakes 
G. I. Dolgikh, A. V. Kuptsov, I. A. Larionov, 
Yu. V. Marapulets, V. A. Shvets, B. M. Shevtsov, 
O. P. Shirokov, V. A. Chupin, and S. V. Yakovenko 
p. 281  
  
Geoblocks in the Basement of Ancient Continental 
Platforms, Their Internal Divisibility, 
and Metallogeny of Ore Districts Based on 
Geological and Geophysical Data 
V. N. Strakhov and A.O. Schmidt 
p. 286  
  
Synchronism of Late Pleistocene Glacial Cycles 
with Insolation Variations on the Equator 
N. V. Vakulenko, V. M. Kotlyakov, A. S. Monin, 
and D. M. Sonechkin 
p. 292  

Functioning of the Ecosystem in the Sea of 
Azov during Winter 
G. G. Matishov, O. V. Stepan’yan, V. V. Povazhnyi, 
G. V. Kovaleva, and K. V. Kreneva 
p. 297  

New Pb-As-Bearing Eulytite from the Galechnoe 
Deposit, Eastern Yakutia 
G. N. Gamyanin, N. S. Bortnikov, Yu. Ya. Zhdanov, 
N. V. Zayakina, A. V. Mokhov, S. K. Popova, 
and V. S. Suknev 
p. 300  

First Data on the Raman Microspectrometry of Ore-Forming Fluids 
of Gold and Uranium Mineralizations in Aldan (Republic of Sakha, Yakutia) 
A. N. Krasnov, T. Lomm, T. L. Krylova, and E. O. Groznova 
p. 304  

The Specific Character of Evolution of Fluid-Silicate-Metallic 
Immiscibility of Melts 
 A. A. Marakushev, V. S. Rimkevich, and L. P. Dem’yanova 
p. 308  

Immiscibility of Calcium Fluoride and Aluminosilicate 
Melts in Ongonite from the Ary-Bulak Intrusion, 
Eastern Transbaikal Region 
I. S. Peretyazhko, V. Ye. Zagorsky, E. A. Tsareva, 
and A. N. Sapozhnikov 
p. 315  

Magnitoacoustic Emission of Magnetite Ores of Complex Genesis 
I. I. Glukhikh, V. S. Ivanchenko, and V. I. Utkin 
p. 321  

Distribution Functions of Probabilities of Cyclones 
and Anticyclones from 1952 to 2000: 
An Instrument for the Determination of 
Global Climate Variations 
G. S. Golitsyn, I. I. Mokhov, M. G. Akperov,
and M. Yu. Bardin 
p. 324  

Remote Measurements of Sound Velocity 
Variations in Bottom Sediments 
Based on Acoustic Profiling Data 
Yu. V. Gulyaev, A. I. Zakharov, and V. I. Kaevitser 
p. 327