Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 1999, V 365, N 3.


Part 1. Geology


The First Find of Xenolith with High-Magnesium Ilmenite in Basalt from Spitsbergen Yu. S. Genshaft p. 291

The Cambrian Reef Formation of Russia V. G. Kuznetsov p. 294

Position of the Urals in the Structures of Eurasia A. M. Vinogradov, M. S. Rapoport, B. P. Ryzhii, and L. I. Serikov p. 298

Cambrian Volcanism at the Western Margin of the Siberian Platform:
Evidence from Stratigraphic Drilling Data at the Vezdekhodnaya Site, Tomsk Region A. E. Kontorovich, S. V. Saraev, A. Yu. Kazanskii, V. A. Kashtanov,
V. A. Ponomarchuk, and Yu. F. Filippov p. 302

The Niva Pluton:
A New Occurrence of the Agpaitic Magmatism in the Kola Alkaline Province A. A. Arzamastsev, V. V. Chashchin, and L. V. Arzamastseva< p. 305

Submarine Geological Studies
at the Rainbow Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Yu. A. Bogdanov, A. M. Sagalevich, E. G. Gurvich, I. V. Vikent’ev, A. Yu. Lein,
N. V. Pimenov, M. V. Rudenko, V. I. Peresypkin, V. Yu. Gordeev, and D. V. Voitov p. 309

Thermoelectric Properties of Ilmenite and Their Application
to the Yakutian Kimberlite Province Regionalization I. P. Ilupin and V. K. Ovcharenko p. 315

Reduction of Continental Lithospheric Mantle in the Rift Zone:
Evidence from Different-Age Mantle Geotherms Yu. D. Litasov and K. D. Litasov p. 319

Exogenous Folding in Quaternary Deposits
of the Continental Slope of the Caspian Sea E. G. Maev p. 323

New Data on the Stratiform Complex Gold–Platinoid Mineralization
in Shungite-bearing Rocks of the Onega Depression, Southern Karelia A. V. Savitskii, L.V. Bylinskaya, V. S. Zaitsev, and V. K. Titov p. 326

The Baikalian: A Neoproterozoic Erathem V. V. Khomentovskii, A. A. Postnikov, and M. Sh. Faizullin p. 329

Intraplate Deformations in the Central Indian Ocean:
Evidence from Detailed Tectonic Mapping O. V. Levchenko and V. E. Milanovskii p. 332

A New Type of Gold Mineralization in Stratiform Pyrrhotite Ores
in the Eastern Sayan Range A. G. Mironov, O. T. Bakhtina, S. M. Zhmodik, A. A. Kulikov,
Yu. Ch. Ochirov, and O. A. Kulikova p. 337

Upper Devonian–Carboniferous Ophiolites and the Bathyal Series in the Polar Urals S. V. Ruzhentsev, V. A. Aristov, and P. M. Kucherina p. 341

Structural Control and Geodynamic Conditions of the Formation
of Metallogenic Zones of Various Stages in Eastern Russia I. N. Tomson p. 345


Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography


Pollution Source and Groundwater Interaction Zones: Prediction of Their Spreading E. V. Kreinin and E. V. Dvornikova p. 348

New Data on the Carbonatite Nature of the Khalyuta Deposit G. S. Ripp, P. Yu. Khodanovich, and O. K. Smirnova p. 351

Problem of the Isotope Dating of Mafic Rocks S. A. Sergeev, S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, and N. A. Arestova p. 354

Composition and Properties of Stratal Hydrocarbon Systems
in the Southern Lena–Tunguska Oil-and-Gas Province
as a Function of PT Conditions A. B. Fuks p. 358

Formation of Salt Melts during Magmatic Degassing in an Open System:
Evidence from the Kudryavyi Volcano, Iturup Island, the Kurils K. I. Shmulovich p. 361

Seasonal Oscillations of Atmospheric Activity Centers A. S. Monin and Yu. A. Shishkov p. 366

Methods for Reconstructing Tectonic Stresses and Seismotectonic Deformations
Based on the Modern Theory of Plasticity Yu. L. Rebetsky p. 370

Sources of Water and Carbon in Vein Calcite
from Early Paleozoic Kimberlite Pipe-Hosting Sequences in Yakutia:
Evidence from Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Data P. A. Ignatov, O. V. Il’in, Ya. I. Shtein, V. A. Bobrov, N. N. Zinchuk, and A. D. Esikov p. 374

Porous Crystals and Grains of Native Osmium, Ruthenium, and Iridium
from the Alpine-Type Ust-Bel’sk Massif: Origin and Geological Features V. N. Rudashevsky p. 377

Maestrichtian–Lower Quaternary Basalts in Extension Zones
of the Continental Margin, Northeastern Asia P. I. Fedorov and N. I. Filatova p. 381

High-Voltage Power Transmission Line as a Possible Source of Ozone in the Atmosphere N. F. Elanskii and A. N. Nevraev p. 387

Organic Carbon in the Sedimentary Cover of the Pacific and Indian Oceans A. A. Vetrov, M. M. Marina, and E. A. Romankevich p. 391

Hydrogen Sulfide Production in the Black Sea:
A Calculation Based on the Increment of Total Inorganic Carbon L. N. Neretin and I. I. Volkov p. 398

Isotope Heterogeneity of Mantle in East Antarctica L. N. Kogarko and E. Jagoutz p. 402

The Study of Transitional Electromagnetic Processes in Stratified Structures of the Earth Yu. V. Gulyaev, V. Z. Garipov, P. I. Dvoretskii, V. V. Remizov and I. G. Yarmakhov p. 406

The Concentration Levels of Pollutants in the Near-Bottom Environment of the Pechora Sea G. I. Ivanov, I. S. Gramberg, and T. V. Ponomarenko p. 411

Direct Indicators of the Participation of Oil and Gas Hydrocarbons
in Exogenous Sulfur Formation N. B. Valitov p. 415

Baropolymorphism of Na2Mg2Si2O7:
X-ray Diffraction and IR Spectroscopy Characteristics of the Possible Mantle Mineral Yu. A. Litvin, A. V. Chichagov, and G. V. Bondarenko p. 418

High-Mg, Low-Ti Quartz Amphibolites of the Khizovaara Greenstone Belt,
Northern Karelia: Archean Metamorphosed Boninites? A. A. Shchipansky, A. V. Samsonov, M. M. Bogina, A. I. Slabunov, and E. V. Bibikova p. 422

Statistical Invariants of the Midlatitudinal Ionosphere at the Solar Activity Minimum Yu. K. Kalinin, N. P. Sergeenko, L. N. Leshchenko, and A. A. Romanchuk p. 426

The Blurring Effect of Fraunhofer Lines in the Atmosphere M. K. Makuashev p. 429