Doklady Earth Sciences, 2017, 474, N 2.

Geology

New U–Pb Isotopic Data for Detrital Zircons from
Metasedimentary Sequences of Northwestern Taimyr
V. B. Ershova, A. V. Prokopiev, A. K. Khudoley, 
V. F. Proskurnin, T. Andersen, K. Kullerud, 
M. A. Stepunina and D. A. Kolchanov 
p. 613  

Ore-Controlling Thrust Faults at the 
Bazovskoe Gold-Ore Deposit (Eastern Yakutia)
V. Yu. Fridovsky, L. I. Polufuntikova, 
Corresponding Member of the RAS 
N. A. Goryachev and M. V. Kudrin 
p. 617  

Reasons for the Outbreak of Microphytoplankton 
Productivity in the Late Oligocene Turtas 
Lake–Sea, Western Siberia
O. B. Kuzmina, D. V. Kuzmin and 
Corresponding Member of the RAS B. N. Shurygin 
p. 620  

The First U–Pb Isotope Age Data of Island Arc 
and Continental–Margin Magmatism in the Central 
Part of the Koryak Highlands and U–Pb Age of 
Ore-Controlling Granitoids of the Talyayigin 
Ore Field
V. F. Polin, S. V. Aksyonov, A. V. Rasumniy, 
Academician A. I. Khanchuk and E. V. Volkov 
p. 624  

Geochemistry

Geochemical Features and Fluid Conditions of the 
Formation of Late Quaternary Geyserites in the 
Olkhon Area and on Olkhon Island (Baikal Rift Zone)
S. D. Velikoslavinsky, A. B. Kotov, 
Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, 
T. M. Skovitina, E. V. Tolmacheva, 
O. A. Sklyarova and N. S. Prokopov 
p. 631  

Visible and “Invisible” Forms of Gold and Silver 
in the Crystallization Products of Melts in 
the Fe–S–Ag–Au System: Experimental Data
G. A. Palyanova, Yu. L. Mikhlin, N. S. Karmanov, 
K. A. Kokh and Yu. V. Seryotkin 
p. 636  

Geophysics

The Kovdor-2015 Experiment: Study of the Parameters
 of a Conductive Layer of Dilatancy–Diffusion 
Nature (DD Layer) in the Archaean Crystalline 
Basement of the Baltic Shield
A. A. Zhamaletdinov, Academician E. P. Velikhov, 
A. N. Shevtsov, V. V. Kolobov, V. E. Kolesnikov, 
A. A. Skorokhodov, T. G. Korotkova, V. V. Ivonin, 
P. A. Ryazantsev and M. A. Birulya 
p. 641  

Earthquakes and Forecast Reliability: 
Thermoactivation and Mesomechanics of the Focal Zone
I. I. Kalinnikov, A. B. Manukin and V. P. Matyunin 
p. 646  

Geography

Change in the Circulation Regime in the Stratified
Saline Lake Shira (Siberia, Republic of Khakassia)
V. M. Belolipetskii, A. G. Degermendzhi, 
S. N. Genova and D. Y. Rogozin 
p. 649  

Oceanology

Flows of Bottom Water in Fractures of the 
North Mid-Atlantic Ridge
E. G. Morozov, R. Yu. Tarakanov, 
T. A. Demidova and N. I. Makarenko 
p. 653  

The Phenomenon of Bloom Development of the 
Invasive Potentially Toxic Dinoflagellate 
Gonyaulax polygramma in Deep Water 
Areas of the Caspian Sea
L. A. Pautova, M. D. Kravchishina, 
V. A. Silkin and Academician A. P. Lisitzin 
p. 657  

Geochemistry

Zirconology of Lherzolites in the Nurali Massif
A. A. Krasnobaev, A. I. Rusin, 
Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Anfilogov, 
P. M. Valizer, S. V. Busharina and E. V. Medvedeva 
p. 662  

Main Stages of Tectonomagmatic Activity of the 
Tuva–Mongolian Microcontinent in the Precambrian: 
Data on the U–Pb Age of Zircons
E. F. Letnikova, S. I. Shkolnik, Academician F. A. Letnikov, 
E. A. Karakovskii, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, I. A. Vishnevskaya, 
L. Z. Reznitskii, A. V. Ivanov and A. I. Prochenkin 
p. 668  

Late Vendian Postcollisional Leucogranites of Yenisei Ridge
A. D. Nozhkin, I. I. Likhanov, Academician V. V. Reverdatto, 
T. B. Bayanova, S. V. Zinoviev, P. S. Kozlov, 
N. V. Popov and N. V. Dmitrieva 
p. 674  

Stability of Methane in Reduced C–O–H Fluid 
at 6.3 GPa and 1300–1400°C
A. G. Sokol, A. A. Tomilenko, T. A. Bul’bak, 
G. A. Palyanova, Yu. N. Palyanov and Academician 
N. V. Sobolev 
p. 680  

Sources of Clastic Material of 
Cretaceous–Paleogene Deposits in the 
Southwestern Part of the Amur–Zeya Basin: 
Results of Dating U–Pb Detrital Zircons
Corresponding Member of the RAS 
A. P. Sorokin and A. A. Sorokin 
p. 684  

Geophysics

Seismic Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Cover 
in the Podvodnikov Basin and North Chukchi Trough
V. A. Poselov, V. V. Butsenko, S. M. Zholondz, 
A. S. Zholondz and A. A. Kireev 
p. 688  


Geography

Consistent Patterns of the Size 
Distribution of Thermokarst Lakes
A. S. Viktorov, V. N. Kapralova, T. V. Orlov, 
O. N. Trapeznikova, M. V. Arkhipova, 
P. V. Berezin, A. V. Zverev, E. N. Panchenko and 
S. A. Sadkov 
p. 692  

Geochemistry

Experimental Study of Eclogitization and Melting
of Basic Rocks at Ð = 4 GPa and Ò = 1200–1400°Ñ
N. S. Gorbachev, Academician Yu. B. Shapovalov 
and A. V. Kostyuk 
p. 695  

Paleoarchean Orthopyroxenites of the 
Bug Granulite–Gneiss Domain at the Ukrainian Shield
S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. V. Balaganskii, 
M. Yu. Koreshkova, K. I. Lokhov, Sh. K. Baltybaev, 
L. M. Stepanyuk, Yu. S. Egorova, S. A. Sergeev, 
I. N. Kapitonov, O. L. Galankina, E. S. Bogomolov, 
N. G. Berezhnaya and V. V. Sukach 
p. 700  

Geography

Combined Dendrochronological and Radiocarbon Dating
of Six Russian Icons from the 15th–17th Centuries
A. V. Dolgikh, V. V. Matskovsky, 
K. V. Voronin and Corresponding Member
 of the RAS O. N. Solomina 
p. 706  

Steppe Landscapes of the Ural–Volga Region 
in Response to Oil and Gas Production: 
Evaluation and Minimization of Direct 
Geoecological Aftereffects
K. V. Myachina, Academician A. A. Chibilev and 
S. A. Dubrovskaya 
p. 709  

Study of the Origin of Polycyclic 
Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water of Lake Baikal
M. Yu. Semenov, Corresponding Member of 
the RAS V. A. Snytko and I. I. Marinaite 
p. 713