Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2001, V 377, N 3, March-April.

Part 1. Geology

Discovery of Unique Middle Jurassic Fauna and Flora in the Moscow Suburbs
A. S. Alekseev, A. K. Agadzhanyan, A. V. Areshin, I. S. Barskov,
N. V. Gordenko, M. B. Efimov, P. B. Kabanov, V. A. Krasilov, N. M. Krasnikov, O.
A. Lebedev, A. A. Rozanova, A. G. Sennikov, S. B. Smirnova, V. B. Sukhanov,
P. A. Fokin, and A. V. Shmidt 
p. 267  

Position of the Archean-Proterozoic Boundary in Karelia
O. A. Levchenkov, Yu. B. Bogdanov, V. M. Savatenkov, V. A. Matrenichev,
S. Z. Yakovleva, and A. F. Makeev 
p. 271  

Formation Stages and Nature of the Popigai Diamondiferous Ring Structure
A. A. Marakushev and L. I. Shakhot'ko 
p. 274  

Archean Supracrustal Rocks of the Sharyzhalgai Salient
and Their Tectonic Implications
E. V. Sklyarov, D. P. Gladkochub, T. Watanabe, M. K. Fanning,
A. M. Mazukabzov, Yu. V. Men'shagin, and T. Ota 
p. 278  

The Oldest Ophiolites: The Late Archean Suprasubduction Zone Complex
of the Iringora Structure, North Karelian Greenstone Belt
A. A. Shchipansky, I. I. Babarina, K. A. Krylov, A. V. Samsonov,
M. M. Bogina, E. V. Bibikova, and A. I. Slabunov 
p. 283  

Ferromanganese Sediments of the Equatorial and Southern Atlantic:
A Comparative Study
E. S. Bazilevskaya, S. G. Skolotnev, and Yu. M. Pushcharovsky
p. 288  

Structure and Seismostratigraphy of the East Siberian Sea Shelf
along the Indigirka Bay-Jannetta Island Seismic Profile
S. S. Drachev, A. V. Elistratov, and L. A. Savostin 
p. 293

Gold and Sulfide Spheroids from an Ore Occurrence
in the Intakh Ore District, Upper Indigirka Region, Yakutia
G. N. Gamyanin and Yu. Ya. Zhdanov 
p. 298  

Main Stage of Plutonic Metamorphic Activity in the Ladoga Region:
Results of Isotopic Age Determinations
V. A. Glebovitsky, Sh. K. Baltybaev, O. A. Levchenkov,
N. G. Berezhnaya, and L. K. Levskii 
p. 302  

Khangar: One More Active Volcano in Kamchatka
L. I. Bazanova and M. M. Pevzner 
p. 307  

Geological Features of the Sierra Leone Fracture Zone Region, Central
Atlantic Ocean
A. A. Peive, K. O. Dobrolyubova, V. N. Efimov, A. Kipriani, M.
Lidgi, A. O. Mazarovich, A. S. Perfil'ev, Yu. N. Raznitsin, G. N. Savel'eva,
V. A. Simonov, S. G. Skolotnev, S. Yu. Sokolov, and N. N. Turko 
p. 310  

Paleoaccretionary Prism of the Taigonos Peninsula, Northeastern Russia
S. D. Sokolov, G. E. Bondarenko, O. L. Morozov, M. V. Aleksyutin,
S. A. Palandzhyan, and A. K. Khudoley 
p. 314  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Ferropericlase Inclusions in a Diamond Microcrystal
from the Udachnaya Kimberlite Pipe, Yakutia
D. A. Zedgenizov, E. S. Yefimova, A. M. Logvinova, V. S. Shatsky,
and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 319  

The Criterion of Condensation Track Formation behind an Accelerating Object
A. N. Kucherov 
p. 322  

Seismicity during the Development of Large Natural Gas Accumulations
S. M. Saprygin 
p. 326  

The Generation Mechanism of Under-Ice Currents in Lake Baikal
A. A. Zhdanov, N. G. Granin, and M. N. Shimaraev 
p. 329  

Boninites from the Caledonian Dzhida Zone, Northern Mongolia
A. I. Al'mukhamedov, I. V. Gordienko, M. I. Kuz'min, O.
Tomurtogoo, and D. Tomurkhuu 
p. 333  

The Isotopic Composition of Ore-Hosted Lead as a Reflection of the Block 
Structure of Central Northeastern Asia
I. V. Chernyshev and V. I. Shpikerman 
p. 337  

Diapirism in a Rheologically Stratified Medium
A. T. Ismail-Zade and H. E. Huppert 
p. 341  

Traveltime Plot of a Global Wave Process with an 11-yr Cycle
E. I. Lyuke and S. K. Daragan 
p. 345  

The Role of Shear Cracks in the Formation
of Electromagnetic Noise Preceding Some Earthquakes
V. V. Surkov 
p. 349  

Magmatic Sources of Alkaline Granitoids and Related Rocks
from Intraplate Magmatic Associations in Central Asia
V. I. Kovalenko, V. V. Yarmolyuk, A. M. Kozlovskii, and V. G. Ivanov 
p. 354  

Alkaline Magmatism in the Earth's History: A Geodynamic Interpretation
L. N. Kogarko and V. E. Khain 
p. 359  

Strontium Isotopic Composition and Evolution of Hydrothermal Fluid Source:
a Case of the Veduga Gold Deposit, the Enisei Range
A. V. Chugaev, A. N. Belov, and T. V. Chernyshev 
p. 362  

Vertical Structure of Oceanic Currents at the Equator with Regard for
Mesoscale Vortices
S. A. Arsen'ev and V. N. Nikolaevskii 
p. 365  

Information Content of the Catalog of Lunar Seismicity
O. B. Khavroshkin and V. V. Tsyplakov 
p. 368  

Ru-Pd Geochemical Specialization of the Kola Province
B. V. Gavrilenko, F. P. Mitrofanov, and V. I. Skiba 
p. 374

Gold in Aluminous and Ferruginous Concretions
in the Ozernoe Fracture Zone, Subpolar Urals
I. V. Kozyreva, I. V. Shvetsova, Ya. E. Yudovich, and M. P. Ketris 
p. 378  

Role of Gases in the Formation of Carbonaceous Substance
and the Possible Diamond Potential of Black Shale-Type Rocks
T. G. Shumilova, S. N. Shanina, and L. N. Lyubozhenko 
p. 382