Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2001, V 378, N 4.


Part 1. Geology

Indo-Atlantic Segment of the Earth: Tectonic and Geodynamic Reconstructions
A. A. Mossakovsky, Yu. M. Pushcharovsky, and S. V. Ruzhentsev
p. 385  

The Role of Phreatomagmatic Processes in the Formation of Volcanic Pipes
in the Podkamennaya Tunguska River Region Based on the Oxygen Isotopic
Composition
B. G. Pokrovskii and D. I. Kudryavtsev 
p. 388  

Early Paleozoic Magmatism of the Sette Daban, Southern Verkhoyansk Region, 
Southeastern Yakutia
A. K. Khudoley, A. P. Kropachev, L. M. Heaman, D. Z. Zhuravlev, and G. A. Gur'ev 
p. 392  

The Gold Potential of Carbonaceous Metasomatites
A. A. Sidorov 
p. 396  

Complete Succession of the Permian in Northeast Asia: Paleontological
Evidence for the Presence of Changhsingian Analogues
A. S. Byakov 
p. 399  

The Possible Influence of Bios Evolution on Dolomite Formation in the
Earth's History
V. G. Kuznetsov 
p. 402  

The Base of the Baikal Group Stratotype: Syn- and Postsedimentary History
A. M. Mazukabzov, A. M. Stanevich, A. A. Postnikov, E. V.Sklyarov,
D. P. Gladkochub, T. V. Donskaya, and T. A. Kornilova 
p. 406

Structure of the Larval Shell of Cambrian Lingulids
G. T. Ushatinskaya 
p. 410  

Geochronological and Biostratigraphic Approaches to Reconstruction
of Precambrian Biota Evolution: New Finds of Microfossils in Riphean
Sections on the Western Slope of the Anabar Uplift
A. F. Veis, P. Yu. Petrov, and N. G. Vorob'eva 
p. 413  

The Knipovich Ridge Rift Zone: Evidence from the Knipovich-2000 Expedition
G. A. Cherkashev, K. Tamaki, B. V. Baranov, K. German, E. A. Gusev,
A. V. Egorov, E. A. Zhirnov, K. Crane, D. Kurevits, K. Okino, H. Sato, and 
N. M. Sushchevskaya 
p. 420  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography Exogranitic Metasomatites in Granite-Related Rare Metal Ore Systems of the Eastern Transbaikal Region: Their Setting and Implications V. E. Zagorskii p. 424 A Stable Algorithm for the Reconstruction of Base Cylinders I. E. Stepanova p. 428 Foraminifers as Indicators of Climatic Oscillations in the Arctic I. A. Pogodina and G. G. Matishov p. 433 The Potential Temperature and Density * of Deep Fresh Waters: A Case Study of Lake Baikal P. P. Sherstyankin, L. N. Kuimova, O. Yu. Tolokontseva, and V. V. Khokhlov p. 436 The Fluid/Rock Ratio in Regional Granulite Metamorphism O. V. Avchenko p. 441 Compositions of Primary Melts of Permian-Triassic and Triassic-Jurassic Ultramafic-Mafic Complexes of North Vietnam P. A. Balykin, G. V. Polyakov, T. E. Petrova, R. A. Shelepaev, Tran Trong Hoa, Ngo Thi Phuong, Hoang Huu Thanh, and Tran Quoc Hung p. 444 New Finds of Ore Minerals in Lunar Regolith from the Sea of Crises O. A. Bogatikov, A. I. Gorshkov, A. V. Mokhov, N. A. Ashikhmina, and L. O. Magazina p. 449 Effect of Deep Carbonization of Diopside in the Course of Mechanical Activation in CO2 Medium A. M. Kalinkin, A. A. Politov, V. V. Boldyrev, E. V. Kalinkina, V. N. Makarov, and V. T. Kalinnikov p. 452 Stability of Hydrous Phases in the Earth's Mantle K. D. Litasov, E. Ohtani, and N. L. Dobretsov p. 456 New Data on the Structural Position of Iron Atoms in Au-Bearing Arsenopyrite V. V. Murzin, V. A. Semenkin, S. G. Sustavov, D. I. Krinov, E. G. Novikov, and O. B. Mil'der p. 460 Platinum Minerals in Oceanic Ferromanganese Crusts N. S. Rudashevskii, Yu. L. Kretser, L. I. Anikeeva, S. I.Andreev, M. P. Torokhov, and V. E. Kazakova p. 464 The Theory of Critical Loads and Assessment of the Effect of Acid-Forming Substances on Surface Waters T. I. Moiseenko p. 468 New Evidence for the Biogenic Nature of Hydrocarbons in Hydrothermal Sulfide Ores from the Rainbow Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge O. K. Bazhenova, A. Yu. Lein, O. A. Aref'ev, and V. I. Peresypkin p. 472 Melting of the Precambrian Mantle: Geochemistry of Residual Peridotites from Peripheral Blocks of the Siberian Platform M. A. Gornova, M. Yu. Tsypukov, G. P. Sandimirova, and E. V. Smirnova p. 476 The Issue of the Earth's Internal Heat Source F.A. Letnikov p. 480 Investigation of the Ordering of Skeletal Diamonds from the Kumdykol Deposit by Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Technique T. G. Shumilova, L. A. Mikhalitsyn, S. S. Bukalov, and L. A. Leites p. 483 Bottom Fluid Flows in the Deep Part of the Black Sea V. I. Avilov and S. D. Avilova p. 487 Placer PGE Mineralization in Mongolia L. V. Agafonov, Zh. Lkhamsuren, A. S. Borisenko, and S. M. Zhmodik p. 491 Temperature Gradient and Structure of the Lithospheric Block beneath the Southeastern Margin of the Siberian Craton: Disintegrated Xenolith Evidence from Kimberlitic Pipes of the Aldan Shield I. V. Ashchepkov, N. V. Vladykin, P. A. Gerasimov, A. I. Saprykin, O. S. Khmel'nikova, and G. N. Anoshin p. 495 The Role of Superdeep Fluid Systems of the Earth's Core in Endogenic Geological Processes F. A. Letnikov and P. I. Dorogokupets p. 500 Mechanism of the Formation of Convective Clouds Yu. L. Matveev and L. T. Matveev p. 503