Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/ Earth Science Section, 1998, V 360, N 4, May-June.

Part 1. Geology

The First Finding of Coesite in the Eclogites of the Kokchetav Massif
A. V. Korsakov, V. S. Shatsky, and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 469  

Some Aspects of Mass Deformations of Buildings and Constructions in Odessa
O. Yu. Medvedev 
p. 474  

Sadanagaite from Biotite–Corundum–Margarite–Spinel–Anorthite Schists
of the Western Baikal Region
V. B. Savel'eva and S. P. Korikovskii 
p. 477  

Reconstruction of the Late Neogene History of Hydrothermal Activity
and Ore Accumulation at the East Pacific Rise between 5°S and 12°N
E. G. Gurvich 
p. 480  

Chrome-bearing Alkaline Pyroxenes from the Ophiolitic Complex
of the Karaginskii Island, Eastern Kamchatka
A. B. Osipenko 
p. 484  

The Strontium Isotopic Composition in Early Late Riphean Seawater:
Limestones of the Lakhanda Group, the Uchur–Maya Region, Siberia
M. A. Semikhatov, I. M. Gorokhov,
A. B. Kuznetsov, N. N. Mel'nikov, V. N. Podkovyrov, and I. V.
Kislova 
p. 488  

The Extent of the Influence of Hydrothermal Activity on Sedimentation in
the Red Sea
G. Yu. Butuzova 
p. 493  

Regionalization of the Barents Sea Basin according to the Earth's Crust
Type
Yu. P. Neprochnov and G. A. Semenov 
p. 498  

Migration of the Late Cenozoic Volcanism of the Udokan Field
in the Baikal and Olekma–Stanovoi Systems
S. V. Rasskazov, A. V. Ivanov, I. S. Brandt, and S. B. Brandt
p. 503  

Middle-Pleistocene Excursions of the Geomagnetic Field
in the Denis Cave Deposits, Gornyi Altai
A. P. Derevyanko, Z. N. Gnibidenko, and M. V. Shun'kov 
p. 507
  
The Age of Postcollisional Magmatism in the Early Caledonides
of Central Asia, with the Tuva Region As an Example
I. K. Kozakov, E. B. Sal'nikova, V. I. Kovalenko,
A. B. Kotov, V. I. Lebedev, A. M. Sugorakova, and S. Z. Yakovleva
p. 510  

Seismic Tomography, Tectonics, and Deep Geodynamics
Yu. M. Pushcharovskii 
p. 514  

The Depth Structure and Mineralization Levels at Polychronous
Silver Deposits in the Circum-Pacific Belt
I. N. Tomson
p. 518  

The Age of the Oldest Rocks of the Sutam Block (Aldan Granulite-Gneiss
Area)
V. M. Shemyakin, V. A. Glebovitskii,
N. G. Berezhnaya, N. G. Rizvanova, and I. M. Morozova 
p. 521



Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Sm–Nd Dating of the Ultramafic–Mafic Massifs
of the Eastern Branch of the Baikal–Muya Ophiolite Belt
A. E. Izokh, A. S. Gibsher, D. Z Zhuravlev, and P. A. Balykin
p. 525  

The Platinum-Group Element and Gold Distribution in Oils
of the Djbissa and Omar Fields in Syria
V. G. Lazarenkov, M. Ganai Al-Hatib, L. P. Kolosova, L. A.
Ushinskaya, and T. N. Kopylova 
p. 530  

A Polymineral Matrix for Highly Active Waste
S. V. Stefanovskii, S. V. Yudintsev, B. S. Nikonov,
B. I. Omel'yanenko, R. A. Day, and E. R. Vance 
p. 533  

Primary Melts of Calc-Alkaline Magnesian Basalts from the 
Klyuchevskoi Volcano, Kamchatka
S. A. Khubunaya and A. V. Sobolev 
p. 537  

Native Iron in Massive Sulfide Base Metal Ore, the East Pacific Rise
18°–21° S
L. E. Shterenberg, N. A. Bozhevol'nova, E. A. Korina, and E. V.
Pokrovskaya 
p. 540  

The Potential Interconnection between the Vertical Ozone Concentration
Distribution in Mid-latitudes and Processes in the Polar Stratosphere
C. A. Varotsos and K. Ya. Kondratyev 
p. 544  

The Uniqueness of Source Definition in a Boundary-Value Problem
for a Set of Equations of the Continuous Seepage Theory
Kh. Kh. Imomnazarov 
p. 548  

Current Motions of the Pannonian Basin from Extensometric Evidence
and Neotectonics of the Region
L. A. Latynina , P. Varga , T. Varga , T. Z. Verbitskii , and O.
I. Yurkevich 
p. 551  

Sound Propagation in Water with Air Bubbles with Allowance for 
Multiple Scattering
G. A. Postnov 
p. 555  

The Geochemistry of Rocks from the Bereya Island Paleoarc in the Central
Sector of the Mongolia–Okhotsk Foldbelt
S. I. Dril' and M. I. Kuz'min 
p. 558  

Origin of the Protoliths of the Lapponian Granulitic Belt: Evidence from
Helium Isotopes
N. E. Kozlov, S. V. Ikorskii, A. A. Avedisyan, V. A. Pripachkin,
and I. L. Kamensky 
p. 563  

Formation of the Macrorhythmic Layering of the Mesocratic Unit
of the Southern Sakun High-Potassium Alkaline Massif
I. A. Kondrashov and K. Ettinger 
p. 566  

Vertical Profiles of Ultraviolet Solar Radiation in the Troposphere
C. A. Varotsos and K. Ya. Kondratyev 
p. 571  

Long-Term Variations in the Magnetization and Density of the 
Oceanic Crust
A. L. Piskarev, E. G. Astafurova, I. V. Belyaev, E. G.
 Zhemchuzhnikov, and L. V. Podgornykh 
p. 574  

The Migratory Regularities of Earthquake Sources along Island Arcs
D. V. Rundquist, G. L. Vladova, and V. V. Rozhkova 
p. 579
  
Nontraditional Analytical Techniques: Mass-Spectrometric and 
Geochemical Systems
for the Monitoring and Removal of Ecologically Harmful Components
N. M. Zairi, E. D. Syngaevskii, L. L. Lyashenko, and Yu. V.
Vasyuta 
p. 583  

The Age and Origin of the Chelyabinsk Complex Gneisses
A. A. Krasnobaev, G. P. Kuznetsov, and V. A. Davydov 
p. 586
  
Experimental Modeling of the Convective Motion of Material in the 
Earth's Deep Zones
with Volumetric Energy Sources
V. V. Adushkin, Yu. I. Zetser, K. V. Mikhin, and G. A.
Ovsyannikov 
p. 590  

The Impact of Lower Stratospheric Circulation on the Vertical Distribution
of Ozone Concentration: A Case Study of Athens, Greece
C. A. Varotsos and K. Ya. Kondratyev 
p. 594  

The Main Structures of the Crust and Upper Mantle of the Ural Region
V. S. Druzhinin, Yu. S. Karetin, S. V. Avtoneev, N. G. Gavrilova,
and A. M. Tiunova 
p. 597  

Biogeochemical Consequences of the Nonuniqueness of Thermohaline
Circulation
in the Three-Layer Ventilated Ocean
B. A. Kagan, E. E. Popova, and V. A. Ryabchenko 
p. 602  

The [frame0](SiO3)3[frame1] Paramagnetic Center as an Indicator of Quartz
in the Productive Mineral Assemblages of Epithermal Gold Ores,
with the Kochbulak Deposit as an Example
L. V. Bershov, V. A. Kovalenker, Yu. G. Safonov, and A. V.
Speranskii 
p. 606  

Sr Isotopic Composition in the Upper Jatulian (Early Paleoproterozoic)
Dolomites of the Tulomozero Formation, Southeastern Karelia
I. M. Gorokhov, A. B. Kuznetsov, V. A. Melezhik, G. V.
Konstantinova, and N. N. Mel'nikov 
p. 609  

Rb–Sr Geochronometry of Sequential Granite Formation, Greisenization,
and Hydrothermal Mineralization:
Evidence from the Dzhida W–Mo Deposit, Western Transbaikal Region
I. V. Chernyshev, Yu. V. Gol'tsman, E. D. Bairova, and 
G. F.Ivanova 
p. 613  

Scaling of the Geomagnetic Field and Scales of Geomagnetic Polarity
D. K. Galyagin, M. Yu. Reshetnyak, D. D. Sokoloff, and P. G. Frik
p. 617