Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2003, V 390, N 4, May-June.

Part 1. Geology

Hydrothermal Ferromanganese Deposits at the Fersman Seamount Basement,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 12°50 [frame0] N
M. P. Davydov, R. V. Goleva, E. N. Perova, P. A. Aleksandrov, 
and V. V. Gubenkov 
p. 473  

New Occurrence of Alkaline Ultramafic Rocks in the Southern Siberian Platform
K. N. Egorov, E. P. Denisenko, Yu. V. Men’shagin, A. P. Sekerin, 
and D. A. Koshkarev 
p. 478  

Find of Early Planktonic Foraminifers in the Triassic of the Crimea
O. A. Korchagin, K. I. Kuznetsova, and N. Yu. Bragin 
p. 482  

The Effect of Self-Preservation of Gas Hydrates
Y. F. Makogon 
p. 487  

Multistage Dynamics of the Upper Mantle in Eastern Asia:
Relationships between Wandering Volcanism and Low-Velocity Anomalies
S. V. Rasskazov, N. A. Logachev, V. M. Kozhevnikov, and T. B. Yanovskaya 
p. 492  

Superpure Quartzites of the Eastern Sayan (Burayt Republic, Russia)
E. I. Vorob’ev, A. M. Spiridonov, A. I. Nepomnyashchikh,
and M. I. Kuz’min 
p. 497  

Some Features of the Evolution of Benthogene Carbonate Formations
V. G. Kuznetsov 
p. 501  

First Sm–Nd Data on Late Ordovician Age of Granitoids
of the Verkhnyaya Maya Uplift, Okhotsk Massif
V. K. Kuz’min, B. V. Belyatskii, and M. V. Naumov
p. 505  

Paleoproterozoic Granites of the Sharyzhalgai Block, Siberian Craton:
Paleomagnetism and Geodynamic Inferences
A. N. Didenko, I. K. Kozakov, E. V. Bibikova, V. Yu. Vodovozov, V. Ya. Khil’tova,
L. Z. Reznitskii, A. V. Ivanov, V. I. Levitskii, A. V. Travin,
D. O. Shevchenko, and S. V. Rasskazov 
p. 510  

Giant Silver Ore Deposits of Russia
A. A. Sidorov and A. V. Volkov
p. 516  

Ferromanganese Sediments in the Martin Vas Fracture Zone Area
(20° S Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
E. S. Bazilevskaya and S. G. Skolotnev 
p. 520  

Ancient Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions in the Elbrus Region
O. A. Bogatikov, E. A. Rogozhin, A. G. Gurbanov, A. V. Marakhanov,
A. V. Spiridonov, A. V. Shevchenko, and E. E. Burkanov 
p. 524  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

High Boron Concentration in an Li–F Granitic Melt
E. V. Badanina, R. Thomas, L. F. Syritso, I. V. Veksler, and R. B. Trumbull
p. 529  

Influence of Shear Instability of Internal Waves on Processes
of the Vertical Turbulent Heat Exchange on the Laptev Sea Shelf
S. A. Kirillov, I. A. Dmitrenko, A. N. Darovskikh, and H. Eicken 
p. 533  

Processing of Seismic Records of Refracted Waves on the Basis of Migration
A. N. Telegin, I. M. Tikhonova, and T. S. Sakulina 
p. 538  

Compositional Changes in Bottom Sediments of Lake Khubsugul
as an Indicator of Climatic Changes in the Baikal Region 15–14 ka Ago
A. A. Prokopenko, M. I. Kuz’min, G. V. Kalmychkov,
V. F. Geletii, A. N. Gvozdkov, and P. A. Solotchin 
p. 541  

Precious Metal Mineralization in Low-Sulfide Ores of the Ioko–Dovyren Layered Massif,
Northern Baikal Region
D. A. Orsoev, N. S. Rudashevsky, Yu. L. Kretser, and E. G. Konnikov 
p. 545  

Basalts from the Franz Josef Land Archipelago: New Geochemical Data
E. A. Chernysheva, G. S. Kharin, and N. M. Stolbov 
p. 550  

Djerfisherite in Unaltered Kimberlites of the Udachnaya-East Pipe, Yakutia
V. V. Sharygin, A. V. Golovin, N. P. Pokhilenko, and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 554  

Underestimation of Heat Release from the Earth’s Interior in the Baikal Rift Zone
Using Traditional Methods of Geothermics
V. A. Golubev 
p. 558  

Study of the Composition of the Atmospheric Smoke Screen over the Moscow Region
G. I. Gorchakov, P. P. Anikin, A. A. Volokh, A. S. Emilenko, A. A. Isakov,
V. M. Kopeikin, T. Ya. Ponomareva, E. G. Semutnikova,
M. A. Sviridenkov, and K. A. Shukurov
p. 562  

Variability of Water Masses in the North Atlantic Based on
Hydrographic Sections Along 60° N
S. A. Dobrolyubov, S. S. Lappo, E. G. Morozov, 
S. V. Pisarev, and A. V. Sokov 
p. 566  

Formation of Ringwoodite during Shock-Wave Loading
of Two-Mica Quartz Schist: Experimental Data
E. A. Kozlov, L. V. Sazonova, V. I. Fel’dman, 
N. A. Dubrovinskaya, and L. S. Dubrovinskii 
p. 571  

The U–Pb Zircon Age of Plagiogranite from the Plagiogranite–Amphibolite Complex
of the Ganychalan Block, the Western Koryak Highland
G. E. Nekrasov and A. F. Makeev 
p. 574  

Immiscible Phases of Heterogeneous Magmatic Fluid, Their Ore Specialization,
and Separate Migration during Formation of the Yermakovka F–Be Deposit
F. G. Reyf and Yu. M. Ishkov 
p. 577  

The Oldest Volcanic Glass in the Early Paleoproterozoic 
Boninite-type Lavas, Karelian Craton:
Results of Instrumental Investigations
E. V. Sharkov, N. V. Trubkin, I. S. Krasivskaya, O. A. Bogatikov, A. V. Mokhov,
E. B. Zolotykh, V. M. Ladygin, A. V. Chistyakov, and K. A. Evseeva 
p. 580  

Explanation of the Frequency–Volume Dependence for Volcanic Eruptions
G. S. Golitsyn
p. 585  

Hydrophysical Processes in Lake Baikal at the Transition from Subtropical
to Temperate Climate during the Last 5 Ma
L. N. Kuimova and P. P. Sherstyankin 
p. 588  

Antarctic Bottom Water Flow through the Vema Channel
E. G. Morozov, T. A. Demidova, S. S. Lappo, S. V. Pisarev,
and A. V. Sokov 
p. 593  

New Findings of Chernovite in the Near-Polar Urals
I. V. Kozyreva, I. V. Shvetsova, and Ya. E. Yudovich 
p. 597  

The Fourth Biogeochemical Principle
V. S. Savenko 
p. 601  

Naphthides in Lower Devonian Basalts in the North Minusinsk Depression
O. V. Serebrennikova, B. D. Vasil’ev, Yu. P. Turov, and T. Yu. Filippova 
p. 604  

Early Proteorozoic (2.1 Ga) Fe-Tholeiitic Magmatism of the Belomorian Province,
Baltic Shield: Geochemistry and Geochronology
A. V. Stepanova, A. N. Larionov, E. V. Bibikova, V. S. Stepanov, and A. I. Slabunov 
p. 607  

Example Calculation of Critical Limits for Greenhouse Gas Content in the Atmosphere
Using a Minimal Simulation Model of the Greenhouse Effect
Yu. A. Izrael and S. M. Semenov 
p. 611  

Correspondence between Spatiotemporal Variations in Geodynamic
and Seismic Processes in the Baikal Region
A. V. Klyuchevskii and V. M. Dem’yanovich 
p. 615  

Pollutant Concentrations in Bottom Water of the Shtokman
Condensed Gas Deposit
G. I. Ivanov 
p. 620