Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2013, V 450, N 2, June.

 
Part 1. Geology 

New U–Pb Isotopic Data on the Age of Metamorphic
and Igneous Rocks of the Western Margin 
of the Selenga–Stanovoi Orogenic Belt 
A. S. Vakh, O. V. Avchenko, N. A. Goryachev, 
V. I. Gvozdev, V. I. Kiselev, 
V. G. Khomich, Yang Yanchen, Ye Songqing, 
and Zhang Guobin 
p. 575   

The First Evidence of Paleoproterozoic 
Late-Collision Basite Magmatism 
in the Near-Sayan Salient of the 
Siberian Craton Basement 
D. P. Gladkochub, S. A. Pisarevsky, 
A. M. Mazukabzov, U. Soderlund, 
E. V. Sklyarov, T. V. Donskaya, 
R. E. Ernst, and A. M. Stanevich 
p. 583   

A Pseudobasement in the Pre-Alpine 
Structure of the Peredovoi Range, North Caucasus 
M. L. Somin, L. M. Natapov, E. A. Belousova, A. Kroener, 
A. N. Konilov, and V. A. Kamzolkin 
p. 587   

U–Pb Age of Detrital Zircons from the Upper 
Precambrian Terrigenous Section 
of North Timan 
V. L. Andreichev, A. A. Soboleva, and 
G. E. Gehrels 
p. 592   

Age of Zircons from Diamond-Bearing 
Lamproites of the East Sayan
as an Indicator of Known and Unknown 
Endogenous Events in the South Siberian Craton 
D. P. Gladkochub, S. I. Kostrovitskii, 
T. V. Donskaya, B. DeWaele, and 
A. M. Mazukabzov 
p. 597   

Stratigraphy of Bottom Sediments in the 
Mendeleev Ridge Area (Arctic Ocean) 
E. A. Gusev, F. E. Maksimov, V. Yu. Kuznetsov, 
V. A. Basov, E. S. Novikhina, 
N. V. Kupriyanova, S. B. Levchenko, 
and I. E. Zherebtsov 
p. 602   

U–Pb Dating of the Baddeleytte–Zircon 
System from Pt-Bearing Dunite 
of the Konder Massif, Aldan Shield: 
New Data 
Yu. L. Ronkin, A. A. Efimov, G. A. Lepikhina, 
N. V. Rodionov, and A. V. Maslov 
p. 607   

The Neoproterozoic Trans-Angara 
Dike Belt, Yenisei Range,
as an Indicator of Extension 
and Breakup of Rodinia 
I. I. Likhanov, V. V. Reverdatto, 
P. S. Kozlov, and S. V. Zinov’ev 
p. 613   

New Data on the Composition and 
Age of Orogenic Granitoids 
from Timanides of the North Urals 
G. A. Petrov, Yu. L. Ronkin, A. Gerdes, 
G. A. Il’yasova, N. I. Tristan, 
A. V. Maslov, and S. Sindern 
p. 618   

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

Transformation of Hydrocarbons in the 
Marginal Filter of the Yenisei River 
I. A. Nemirovskaya and Z. M. Verkhovskaya 
p. 623   

Thermodynamic Modeling of REE Partitioning 
between Monazite, Fluorite, and Apatite 
G. P. Shironosova and G. R. Kolonin 
p. 628   

Properties of Spatial and Temporal 
Distribution of the Focuses of 
Strong Earthquakes 
and Types of Seismic Dislocations 
before the Catastrophic Simushir 
Earthquakes of 2006–2007 
T. K. Zlobin and A. Yu. Polets 
p. 633   

A New Stage in Understanding Seismicity 
of the East European Platform and Its Margins 
A. A. Nikonov 
p. 638   

Long-Term Changes in the Characteristics 
and Circulation of Deep Waters 
in the Northern North Atlantic: 
The Role of Regional and External Factors 
A. A. Sarafanov, A. S. Falina, 
and A. V. Sokov 
p. 643   

Zirconology of Clinopyroxenite of the 
Shigir Mountains (Ufalei Complex, Southern Urals) 
A. A. Krasnobaev, E. V. Pushkarev, 
S. V. Busharina, and I. A. Gottman 
p. 647   

Relationship between CO2 and H2O Variations in Tree Rings 
of Siberian Stone Pine and Meteorological Parameters 
V. A. Sapozhnikova, A. N. Gruzdev, 
B. G. Ageev, Yu. N. Ponomarev, 
and D. A. Savchuk 
p. 652   

Recognition of Potential Sources of Strong 
Earthquakes in the Caucasus Region
Using GIS Technologies 
A. A. Soloviev, O. V. Novikova, 
A. I. Gorshkov, and E. P. Piotrovskaya 
p. 658   

Late Paleozoic Age of Deformations in 
the Tseel Metamorphic Belt (Mongolian Altai) 
V. P. Sukhorukov and O. P. Polyanskiy 
p. 661   

Solution of the Gravimetric Inverse 
Problem Using Multidimensional Grids 
P. S. Martyshko, I. V. Ladovskii, 
and D. D. Byzov 
p. 666   

Palynological Indication of Anthropogenic 
Changes in the Azov Region Vegetation
Based on the Bottom Sediments 
of the Sea of Azov 
G. G. Matishov, E. Yu. Novenko, 
and K. V. Dyuzhova 
p. 672   

Long-Term Changes of River Runoff in the 
Transbaikal Region during Wet and Dry Periods 
V. A. Obyazov 
p. 676