Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2003, V 389, N 3, March-April.

Part 1. Geology 


Angarida: A Middle Paleozoic Continent in the Northern Hemisphere 
N. I. Akulov 
p. 299   

Search for Ancient Continental Crust at the Junction of the Karelian 
Craton–Belomorian Mobile Belt: Evidence from Isotope Geochemistry 
Yu. V. Miller, A. B. L’vov, T. A. Myskova, E. S. Bogomolov, and Yu. D. Pushkarev 
p. 302   

New Data on the Composition and Origin of Ophiolites of the Kronotskii Peninsula 
(Eastern Kamchatka) 
S. G. Skolotnev, W. Kramer, N. V. Tsukanov, W. Seifert, 
M. Zimmer, D. P. Savel’ev, and R. Freitag 
p. 306   

Geodynamics of Caledonides in the Central Asian Foldbelt 
V. V. Yarmolyuk, V. I. Kovalenko, V. P. Kovach, I. K. Kozakov,
A. B. Kotov, and E. B. Sal’nikova 
p. 311   

Age of Phosphorites from the Khubsugul Basin (Mongolia) 
Yu. E. Demidenko, E. A. Zhegallo, P. Yu. Parkhaev, and Yu. V. Shuvalova 
p. 317   

Stratigraphy and Tectonic Setting of Upper Cretaceous Rocks in the
Southeastern Part of the Central Pamirs (Southern Slope of the Muzkol Range) 
V. I. Dronov 
p. 322   

The First Find of Gold and PGE Compounds in Placers 
of the Gar Ore Cluster, Amur Region 
V. P. Molchanov, V. G. Moiseenko, S. S. Zimin, V. G. Khomich,
N. G. Boriskina, and G. G. Shcheka 
p. 325   

Molluscan Fauna from the Turali Holocene Reference Section 
of the Caspian Region (Dagestan) 
A. A. Svitoch and T. A. Yanina 
p. 329   

First Finds of Reliable Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian and Valanginian) 
Radiolarian Assemblages in Eastern Sakhalin 
V. S. Vishnevskaya, N. A. Bogdanov, and D. V. Kurilov 
p. 334   

Subduction in a Relict Basin within a Foldbelt: Evolution of the Aegean
Island Arc 
M. G. Lomize 
p. 338   

Holocene Endogenous Catastrophes in the Kamchatka and Kurile Islands 
I. V. Melekestsev, O. A. Braitseva, V. V. Ponomareva, L. I. Bazanova, 
M. M. Pevzner, and L. D. Sulerzhitsky 
p. 342   

The Vendian–Cambrian Boundary: Rb–Sr Isochron Age of the Final Event
of Alkaline Ultrabasic Magmatism in the Northeastern Sayan Region 
B. M. Vladimirov, N. A. Logachev, G. A. Vainer-Krotova, 
V. S. Lepin, A. V. Ivanov, and S. V. Rasskazov 
p. 346   

Some Notes on the Genesis of Riphean Rift Structures of the East European 
Platform 
S. Yu. Kolodyazhnyi 
p. 350   

New SHRIMP U–Pb Zircon Data on Granitoids from the Pribrezhnyi and Eastern 
Taigonos Belt, Southern Taigonos Peninsula 
M. V. Luchitskaya, J. Hourigan, G. E. Bondarenko, and O. L. Morozov 
p. 354   

Formation of Deep-Water Basins in the Atlantic 
Yu. M. Pushcharovsky 
p. 358   

Xenothermal Deposits of Noble Metals 
A. A. Sidorov 
p. 362   


Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 


Variations in the Composition of Bitumen and the Chemical Structure of Kerogen 
from S-rich Oil Shale during Hydrous Pyrolysis 
D. A. Bushnev, N. S. Burdel’naya, and A. V. Terent’ev 
p. 366   

Deciphering of Magma Sources for Granitoid Complexes 
of the Svecofennian Technometamorphic Cycle, North Ladoga Region:
Evidence from REE Geochemistry 
V. A. Glebovitskii, I. S. Sedova, and L. M. Samorukova 
p. 371   

Nd–Sr Systematics and REE Geochemistry of Rocks from Accretionary Complexes, 
Eastern Transbaikal Part of the Mongol–Okhotsk Belt 
S. I. Dril and V. N. Golubev 
p. 375   

Geochemical Role of Microorganisms in Gold Dispersion and Concentration
in the Zhirov Gold–Base Metal Deposit (Southern Kamchatka) 
E. D. Korobushkina, V. D. Pampura, and V. R. Mamitko 
p. 380   

U–Pb Isotope Age of Metaandesites in the Upper Sequence of the Tikshozero 
Greenstone Belt (Lake Verkhnie Kichany, Northern Karelia) 
O. A. Levchenkov, R. I. Mil’kevich, Yu. V. Miller, T. F. Zinger, 
A. B. L’vov, T. A. Myskova, and I. K. Shuleshko 
p. 384   

Alkaline-Chloride Components in Processes of Diamond Growth in the Mantle 
and High-Pressure Experimental Conditions 
Yu. A. Litvin 
p. 388   

Trace Elements in Skarn Base Metal Ores: A Reserve for Complex Development 
of the Nikolaev Deposit, Primorsk Region 
V. G. Moiseenko and L. I. Rogulina 
p. 392   

Model of the Crystal Structure of Charoite: 
A Member of Polysomatic Calc-Alkaline Silicate Series 
L. V. Nikishova, I. V. Rozhdestvenskaya, and G. S. Polikanina 
p. 395   

Gold Solubility in Chloride Solutions Interacting with Epidote Propylites 
L. P. Plyusnina, G. G. Likhoidov, and A. I. Khanchuk 
p. 399   

Peculiarities of the Stress-Strain State of the Earth’s Crust in the Baikal 
Region 
A. V. Klyuchevskii 
p. 403   

Gas Flows in the Deep-Water Bottom Zone of the Ocean 
V. I. Avilov and S. D. Avilova 
p. 408   

Experimental Modeling of Helium Migration into Natural Quartz Crystals 
S. V. Ikorsky, I. L. Kamensky, B. Z. Pevzner, and M. A. Gannibal 
p. 413   

Sources of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in the Atmosphere of the Northern 
Hemisphere 
A. N. Gruzdev and V. A. Bezverkhnii 
p. 416   

Peculiarities of Extremely Low Frequency Deformations of the Earth’s Crust 
in the Coastal Zone of the Sea of Japan after a Storm 
G. I. Dolgikh, V. V. Novotryasov, and M. S. Permyakov 
p. 420   

Present-Day Specific Features of Hydrometeorological Conditions 
of the Formation of Bioproductivity in the Sea of Azov 
G. G. Matishov and Yu. M. Gargopa 
p. 423   

Role of Microbiological Factor in the Formation of Biogenic Quartz 
V. I. Katkova and G.N. Kablis 
p. 426   

Cavitation Effects in the Formation of Mineral Microspherules in Hydrothermal 
Solutions 
V. I. Novgorodova, S. N. Andreev, A. A. Samokhin, and G. N. Gamyanin 
p. 429   

Rare Earth Elements in Sulfides of Submarine Hydrothermal Vents of the Atlantic 
Ocean 
M. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova and A. V. Dubinin 
p. 432   

High NiO Content in Mantle-Derived Magmas 
as Evidence for Material Transfer from the Earth’s Core 
I. D. Ryabchikov 
p. 437   

Evidence of Internal Regularity in Holocene Climatic Fluctuations 
N. V. Vakulenko, A. S. Monin, and D. M. Sonechkin 
p. 440   

Causes and Consequences of the Catastrophic Advance 
of the Kolka Surging Glacier in the Central Caucasus 
V. M. Kotlyakov, O. V. Rototaeva, L. V. Desinov, and N. I. Osokin 
p. 447   

Temperature Dependence of Helium Isotope Concentrations in Oceanic Rock Samples: 
Key to Understanding the Origin of Helium Isotopes and Their Variations 
G. S. Anufriev and B. S. Boltenkov 
p. 452   

Mechanism of Gas Hydrate Decomposition at a Pressure of 0.1 MPa 
V. P. Mel’nikov, A. N. Nesterov, and A. M. Reshetnikov 
p. 455   

Account for Atmospheric Precipitation in the Monitoring of Natural Processes 
A. V. Deshcherevskii, V. M. Mukhin, and A. Ya. Sidorin 
p. 459   

Anomalies in the Dynamics of Soil Radon at the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 
Geodynamic Test Site in 1997–2001: Precursors of Strong Earthquakes 
P. P. Firstov, Yu. A. Filippov, and O. V. Mandrikova 
p. 462   

Special Spots of Oceanic Volcanism and Evolution of the Intraplate Volcanic 
Relief 
E. V. Zhuleva 
p. 466   

Reduction of Lake and Sea Water Temperature to Normal Pressure 
with Account for Changes in the Maximum Density Temperature 
P. P. Sherstyankin and L. N. Kuimova 
p. 469