Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2013, V 451, N 2, August.


 
Part 1. Geology 

Concerning the Issue of Paleotectonic 
Reconstructions in the Arctic and of the Tectonic Unity 
of the New Siberian Islands Terrane:
New Paleomagnetic and Paleontological Data 
V. A. Vernikovsky, D. V. Metelkin, 
T. Yu. Tolmacheva, N. A. Malyshev, 
O. V. Petrov, N. N. Sobolev, and 
N. Yu. Matushkin 
p. 791   

Pb–Pb Age and Sr Isotopic Characteristic 
of the Middle Riphean Phosphorite Concretions: 
The Zigaza–Komarovo Formation of the South Urals 
G. V. Ovchinnikova, A. B. Kuznetsov, 
I. M. Vasil’eva, I. M. Gorokhov, 
M. T. Krupenin, B. M. Gorokhovskii,
and A. V. Maslov 
p. 798   

Ammonites and Infrazonal Subdivision
of the Dorsoplanites panderi Zone 
(Volgian Stage, Upper Jurassic) 
of the European Part of Russia 
M. A. Rogov 
p. 803   

The Nature of the Continental 
Crust of Sikhote-Alin as Evidenced
from the Nb Isotopy of Rocks 
of Southern Primorie 
A. I. Khanchuk, N. N. Kruk, 
V. V. Golozubov, V. P. Kovach, P. A. Serov, 
V. V. Kholodnov, V. I. Gvozdev, 
and S. A. Kasatkin 
p. 809   

Origin of the Kimberlite Diamond-Bearing 
Lithosphere of Cratons 
V. N. Anfilogov and Yu. V. Khachai 
p. 814   

Native Gold from the Plavica 
Epithermal Deposit, Republic of Macedonia 
V. Stefanova, A. V. Volkov, 
T. Serafimovskii, and A. A. Sidorov 
p. 818   

Meso-Cenozoic Ferromanganese 
Ore-Genesis in the World Ocean 
V. V. Avdonin, N. I. Eremin, 
M. E. Mel’nikov, and N. E. Sergeeva 
p. 824   

The First Find of Hyrax (Mammalia, 
Hyracoidea, Postschizotherium) 
in Russia (Western Transbaikal Region) 
N. P. Kalmykov 
p. 827   

Mineralogical–Geochemical Characteristics of Graphite
in Carbon-Bearing Schists of the Russian Far East: New Data 
A. I. Khanchuk, N. V. Berdnikov, T. G. Shumilova, 
S. A. Pyachin, and M. A. Pugachevskii 
p. 830   

New Data on the Age of Archean Rocks 
from the Vodlozero Domain of the Karelian Craton 
V. P. Chekulaev, N. A. Arestova, 
V. A. Glebovitskii, S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko,
L. V. Matveeva, and E. N. Lepekhina 
p. 834   


Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography Composition and Structure of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite V. A. Koroteev, S. V. Berzin, Yu. V. Erokhin, K. S. Ivanov, and V. V. Khiller p. 839 Geological–Geomorphological Structure and Recent History of the Iranian Coast of the Caspian Sea A. A. Svitoch, E. N. Badyukova, B. Sheikhi, and T. A.Yanina p. 843 The Na–Mg–Fe–Ti Oxide Mineral in Association with Picroilmenite and Freudenbergite from Kimberlite of the AK8 Pipe, Botswana (Natural and Experimental Data) S. M. Anashkin, A. V. Bovkun, Yu. A. Litvin, and V. K. Garanin p. 849 Epigenetic Palladium Mineralization in Ultrabasic Rocks of the Voikary–Syninskii Massif (Polar Urals) S. K. Kuznetsov, S. S. Shevchuk, M. V. Vokuev, and R. S. Kovalevich p. 855 Surface Graphitization of Diamond in K2CO3 Melt at High Pressure V. M. Sonin, A. I. Chepurov, E. I. Zhimulev, A. A. Chepurov, and N. V. Sobolev p. 858 Late Mesozoic Trachyandesite of the Bomnak Volcanic Structure (Southeastern Margin of the North Asian Craton): 40Ar/39Ar Geochronological and Geochemical Data A. A. Sorokin, A. P. Sorokin, V. A. Ponomarchuk, A. M. Larin, and A. V. Travin p. 861 Simulation of the Eruption Source for the South Sakhalin Mud Volcano in 2011 Based on GPS Observations N. F. Vasilenko, A. S. Prytkov, and B. W. Levin p. 866 Deep Structure of the Danilovskii Graben in Western Siberia: A Geological Interpretation of the Density Models K. S. Ivanov, N. P. Kostrov, and E. A. Manushko p. 870 Features of the Distribution of Precious Metals in Sulfide Parageneses of the Fedorova Tundra Deposit (Kola Peninsula) A. F. Mitrofanov, L. N. Kogarko, M. O. Anosova, and Yu. A. Kostitsyn p. 875 Isotope–Geochemical Systematics of Gold-Bearing Biogenic Apatites from Lower Paleozoic Deposits of Baltoscandia S. B. Felitsyn and E. S. Bogomolov p. 879 Cryogenesis as a Factor of Methane Distribution in Layers of Permafrost G. N. Kraev, E.-D. Schultze, and E. M. Rivkina p. 882