Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2000, V 372, N 4, May-June.


Part 1. Geology

Southwestern Shelf of the Laptev Sea and Tectonic Nature of Its Basement V. A. Vinogradov and S. S. Drachev p. 601 Pneumatolytic-Hydrothermal Activity on Flanks of Hydrothermal-Active Segments of the East Pacific Rise, 13° N M. P. Davydov p. 604 Age and Geodynamic Setting of the Kuznetsk Alatau Ophiolites A. V. Plotnikov, S. I. Stupakov, G. A. Babin, A. G. Vladimirov, and V. A. Simonov p. 608 Palynology, Chronology, and Fine Structure of the Geomagnetic Field of Holocene Sediments in the Southern Part of Western Siberia S. A. Arkhipov, V. S. Volkova, Z. N. Gnibidenko, and L. A. Orlova p. 613 Finds of Upper Devonian Fossils in the Southeasternmost Part of the West Siberian Plate: Evidence from Deep Drilling Data on the Vezdekhodnaya Area, Tomsk District E. A. Elkin, S. A. Anastasieva, N. K. Bakharev, O. I. Bogush, V. A. Luchinina, and G. I. Tanygin p. 617 Late Cenozoic Depressions in the Kuril-Kamchatka Region: Promising Oil- and Gas-Bearing Basins V. A. Ermakov and G. S. Shteinberg p. 620 Isotope Age of the Middle-Upper Riphean Boundary: Pb-Pb Geochronology of the Lakhanda Group Carbonates, Eastern Siberia M. A. Semikhatov, G. V. Ovchinnikova, I. M. Gorokhov, A. B. Kuznetsov, I. M. Vasil'eva, B. M. Gorokhovskii, and V. N. Podkovyrov p. 625 Vendian Sediments on the Western Enisei Ridge Yu. K. Sovetov, V. V. Blagovidov, V. A. Luchinina, and A. I. Romashko p. 630 Development of Geometric Modeling in the Study of Geological Objects I. V. Istratov p. 633 The First Find of Fossil Flora in Permian-Triassic Boundary Layers of the Moscow Syneclise V. A. Krasilov, V. R. Lozovskii, S. A. Afonin, and I. A. Morkovin p. 636 Pyropes and Chromites from Kimberlites in the Nakyn Field (Yakutia) and Snipe Lake District (Slave River Region, Canada): Evidence for Anomalous Structure of the Lithosphere N. P. Pokhilenko, N. V. Sobolev, S. D. Chernyi, and Yu. T.Yanygin p. 638 Thermal Regime Variations in the Jurassic Marine Basin of the East European Platform at the Callovian/Oxfordian Boundary: Evidence from Stable Isotopes in Belemnite Rostra I. S. Barskov and S. I. Kiyashko p. 643 New Data on Late Mesozoic Strike-Slip Deformations in Sedimentary Cover of the Northern Sector of the West Siberian Plate S. L. Belyakov, G. E. Bondarenko, V. V. Ivanyuk, and A. V. Smirnov p. 646 Rhythmic Zoning of Cave Calcite (Popcorn) from Hungary: Statistic Characteristics N. A. Bryksina, Yu. V. Dublyansky, N. M. Halden, J. L. Campbell, and W. J. Teesdale p. 650 Granulomorphology: the Problem of Asymmetrical Shapes Yu. L. Voitekhovskii p. 654 Geodynamics of the Lesser Kuril Paleoisland Arc: Geochronological and Petrochemical Data G. I. Govorov p. 657 Precambrian Complexes in the Fold Structure of the Far Eastern Margin of Asia V. M. Grannik p. 661 Divisibility of the Earth's Crust in the Verkhoyansk-Chukot Fold Region V. M. Kuznetsov p. 665
Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography
Graphite Eclogite from the Maksyutovo Metamorphic Complex, Southern Urals A. A. Alekseev and G. V. Alekseeva p. 669 Age and Origin of the Il'menskie Gory Sequence (Il'meny Mountains, the Southern Urals): Evidence from Zircon Study A. A. Krasnobaev and V. A. Davydov p. 672 Trace and Rare Earth Elements in Mafic Granulites of the Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan V. V. Reverdatto, Yu. P. Kolmogorov, and V. S. Parkhomenko p. 678 Recent Dynamics of the Baikal Rift Zone: Compression and Subsequent Tension Episodes in 1992-1996 P. G. Dyad'kov, V. I. Mel'nikova, V. A. San'kov, L. A. Nazarov, L. A. Nazarova, and V. Yu. Timofeev p. 682 Anomalies of Gravimetric Tides A. V. Kopaev p. 686 An Effective Model of the Layered Elastic-Porous Medium L. A. Molotkov and A. V. Bakulin p. 690 Specific Features of [Image]Nd Distribution in Riftogenic Igneous Rocks E. A. Landa and B. A. Markovskii p. 695 The Burakov Layered Pluton, Southern Karelia: Petrological and Isotope Geochemical Evidence for the Juxtaposition of Two Intrusions A. V. Chistyakov, O. A. Bogatikov, T. L. Grokhovskaya, E. V.Sharkov, B. V. Belyatskii, and G. V. Ovchinnikova p. 698 Specific Features of Lunar Tidal Seismicity S. I. Aleksandrov, I. N. Galkin, A. G. Gamburtsev, and O. V. Oleinik p. 705 The Green Function for the Elastic Half-Space with a Curvilinear Boundary V. P. Dzyuba and A. M. Zapolsky p. 709 Specific Features of the Dilatancy Boundary Layer Formation in Multilayer Half-Space with a Deep Cavity A. A. Lyapin and A. L. Sobisevich p. 712 Teleseismic Tomography of the Baikal Rift Lithosphere V. V. Mordvinova, L. P. Vinnik, G. L. Kosarev, S. I. Oreshin, and A. V. Treusov p. 716 Origin of the Sulfate Composition of Nitric Thermal Waters in the Baikal Rift Zone L. V. Zamana p. 721 Geochemical and Mineralogical Correlation of Kimberlites from Timan and Zimnii Bereg V. A. Kononova, V. A. Pervov, and I. P. Ilupin p. 724 Thermodynamics of the Apatite-Group Minerals A. A. Marakushev and T. A. Stolyarova p. 728 Sm-Nd Isotope System in Lower Crustal Rocks of the Southern Pekul'nei Ridge (Late Mesozoides of Chukotka) G. E. Nekrasov and D. Z. Zhuravlev p. 732 Typomorphism of Talc from Apoultramafic Metasomatites of the Urals E. M. Spiridonov, V. I. Zhernakov, I. A. Baksheev, and D. N. Savina p. 737 The Existence of Toroidal Magnetic Field in Currentless Region Near the Spherical Source V. V. Aksenov p. 740 Climatic Changes in the F2 Layer of the Ionosphere M. G. Deminov, A. V. Garbatsevich, and R. G. Deminov p. 742 Tensosensitivity of Seismic Wave Velocities in the Earth's Crust L. A. Morozova and M. V. Nevskii p. 745 Gyres in the Southern Ocean M. A. Chepurina p. 748 New Data on Paleoseismic Dislocations within the Barguzin Fault Zone, Baikal Rift System A. V. Chipizubov, R. M. Semenov, S. G. Arzhannikov, and O. P. Smekalin p. 751 Population Dynamics as a Process Obeying the Nonlinear Diffusion Equation A. A. Koronovskii, D. I. Trubetskov, and A.E. Khramov p. 755 The Find of Natural Soda Alum in the Lower Volga Region Yu. V. Van'shin p. 759 Unusual Association of Li-F- and Alkaline Granitoids in the Soktui Massif, Eastern Transbaikal Region: Age and Magma Sources V. I. Kovalenko, E. B. Sal'nikova, V. S. Antipin, V. V. Yarmolyuk, V. P. Kovach, and A. B. Kotov p. 762 Balance of Anthropogenic Passive Pollutants in the Russian Arctic Atmosphere during the Spring-Summer Period A. A. Vinogradova and T. Ya. Ponomareva p. 767 Specific Features of the Recurrence of Tropical Cyclones versus Their Energy G. S. Golitsyn and M. I. Yaroshevich p. 770 Two Conditions for the Rayleigh System Order Reduction A. N. Kuznetsov and V. M. Markushevich p. 773
Errata
MAIK Nauka apologizes for errors made in the paper "The Crustal Thermal Structure ..." by M.V. Mints (Doklady Earth Sciences, 1999, vol. 369, no. 8, pp. 1054-1057).