Doklady of RAS/Earth Science Section, 2008, V 420, N 4, May-June.

Part 1. Geology 
 U-Pb and Rb-Sr Dating of Granitoids from the Tatibin Group 
 in the Plutonic Belt of Central Sikhote Alin 
 A. A. Alenicheva, V. G. Sakhno, and T. E. Saltykova 
 p. 533    

 Late Cenozoic Subaerial Volcanism in Marginal Zones of Deepwater Basins
 in the Western Mediterranean 
 O. A. Bogatikov, A. V. Veselovsky, and V. B. Meshcheryakova 
p. 538  
  
 Age of Migmatites in the Stanovoi Complex, East Siberia: 
 Results of Zircon Dating by the SHRIMP II U?Pb Method 
 V. A. Glebovitsky, I. S. Sedova, N. G. Berezhnaya, 
 S. I. Presnyakov, and L. M. Samorukova 
 p. 542  
  
 The Late Paleozoic Structural Evolution of the 
 Magnitogorsk Megazone in the Southern Urals 
 S. E. Znamensky 
 p. 547  

  New Paleomagnetic Data on Carboniferous-Permian 
 Geological Complexes of Mongolia 
 E. E. Chernov and D. V. Kovalenko 
 p. 551  

 High-Temperature Electric Conductivity of Some Feldspars 
 V. V. Bakhterev 
 p. 554  

 Albite Metasomatites in the Ordovician 
 Sequence of the Northern Urals   
 N. Yu. Nikulova and O. V. Udoratina 
 p. 558  

 Superplume Episodes in the East Arctic-Asian 
 Region and Their Correlation 
 with Analogous Events in Other Regions of the Earth   
 V. E. Khain and N. I. Filatova 
p. 563  

 Bikarsting Rocks and Their Role in Geological Processes 
 I. F. Yusupova 
 p. 567  

 New Oxygen Isotope Data on Granitoids of Primorskaya 
 G. A. Valui, E. Yu. Moskalenko, and A. A. Strizhkova 
 p. 571    

 Jonassonite AuBi5S4: The First Find in Transbaikalia 
 N. N. Krivitskaya, I. A. Bryzgalov, and E. M. Spiridonov 
 p. 576    

 The Nature of Deep Seismic Foci 
 F. A. Letnikov and Yu. N. Avsyuk 
 p. 580  
  
 Late Riphean Alkali Granites of the Zabhan 
 Microcontinent: Evidence for the Timing 
 of Rodinia Breakup and Formation of 
 Microcontinents in the Central Asian Fold Belt 
 V. V. Yarmolyuk, V. I. Kovalenko, 
 I. V. Anisimova, E. B. Sal?nikova, V. P. Kovach, 
 I. K. Kozakov, A. M. Kozlovsky, E. A. Kudryashova, 
 A. B. Kotov, 
 Yu. V. Plotkina, L. B. Terent’eva, and S. Z. Yakovleva 
 p. 583    

 Early Migmatites in the Prograde Metamorphism Zone 
 of Gneisses in the Northern Domain 
 of the Ladoga Region: U?Pb Evidence Based on Monazite 
 Sh. K. Baltybaev, O. A. Levchenkov, V. A. Glebovitsky,
 E. V. Kuz’mina, 
 N. G. Rizvanova, A. F. Makeev, and L. K. Levsky 
 p. 589    

 Intensity and Extensiveness of Ore Mineralization in 
 Structures of Tectonostratigraphic Terranes 
 A. A. Sidorov and A. V. Volkov 
p. 592  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography
 
 First Data on the Distribution of Platinum Group Elements 
 (Ir, Os, Ru, Pt, and Pd) and Re
 in Island-Arc Basalts of Kamchatka 
 A. V. Ivanov, A. B. Perepelov, S. V. Palesskii,
 and I. V. Nikolaeva 
  p. 597    

 Geochemical Basis of the Theory of Origin of Life 
 A. A. Marakushev and S. A. Marakushev 
 p. 602  
  
 Pyrometamorphic Rocks of the Spurrite-Merwinite Facies 
 as Indicators of Hydrocarbon Discharge Zones
 (the Hatrurim Formation, Israel) 
 E. V. Sokol, I. S. Novikov, S. N. Zateeva,
 V. V. Sharygin, and Ye. Vapnik 
 p. 608  
  
 First Results of the Comparison of Catastrophic 
 Simushir Earthquakes
 on November 15, 2006 (M = 8.3), and January 13, 2007 (M = 8.1), 
 with the Deep Structure of the 
 Earth’s Crust in the Central Kuril Islands 
 T. K. Zlobin, B. W. Levin, and A. Yu. Polets 
 p. 615    

 Observations of Low-Frequency Oscillations of the 
 Ionospheric Electric Field 
 over Fractures in the Earth’s Crust 
 A. N. Lyakhov and Yu. I. Zetser 
 p. 620   
 
 The Abrasion Rate of Coarse-Clastic Material 
 in the Murmansk Littoral Zone 
 M. V. Mityaev and M. V. Gerasimova 
 p. 624  
  
 Platinum-Chlorine-Phosphorus-Hydrocarbon Complex in Volcanic Fluids: 
 The First Find in the Terrestrial Environment 
 V. V. Distler, Yu. P. Dikov, M. A. Yudovskaya, I. V. Chaplygin, and M. I. Buleev 
 p. 628    

 Spatial Distribution and Geodynamic Types of Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene 
 Magmatic Complexes in Kamchatka: Isotopic, Geochemical, and Paleomagnetic Data 
 D. V. Kovalenko and O. O. Stavrova 
 p. 632    

 Origin of Garnet Megacrysts from Kimberlites 
 S. I. Kostrovitsky, N. V. Alymova, D. A. Yakovlev, 
 L. V. Solov’eva, and M. A. Gornova 
 p. 636  
  
 Diamond Stability in NaCl and NaF Melts at High Pressure 
 V. M. Sonin, E. I. Zhimulev, A. I. Chepurov, and I. I. Fedorov
 p. 641  

Internal Structure of Active Fault Zones Based on Deep 
Seismic Sounding Data: 
Evidence from the Cyprian and Kuril?Kamchatka Arcs 
S. M. Zverev 
p. 644  

 Shear Wave Attenuation Field of Heterogeneities in the 
 Earth’s Crust and Upper Mantle
 in the Lop Nor Test Site Area 
 Yu. F. Kopnichev and I. N. Sokolova 
 p. 649  

 Relation between Geomagnetic Field Intensity and Peculiarities 
 of Its Variations with Inversion Frequency 
 A. Yu. Kurazhkovskii, N. A. Kurazhkovskaya, and B. I. Klain 
 p. 653  

 Lake Kotokel as a Stratotype for the Late Glacial and 
 Holocene in Southeastern Siberia 
 E. V. Bezrukova, S. K. Krivonogov, H. Takahara, P. P. Letunova, 
 K. Shichi, A. A. Abzaeva, N. V. Kulagina  , and Yu. S. Zabelina 
 p. 658  

 Geochemistry of Resins in Dispersed Organic Matter and Oils of West Siberia 
 L. S. Borisova and A. E. Kontorovich 
 p. 664  

 Garnet-Pyroxene Barometry for the Assemblages with 
 Na-Bearing Majoritic Garnet   
 S. K. Simakov and A. V. Bobrov 
p. 667  

 Seismoacoustic Emission, Earthquakes, and Lunar-Solar Tides 
A. S. Belyakov, V. S. Lavrov, and A. V. Nikolaev 
p. 670  

 Internal Waves in the Ionosphere Related to the Earth’s Geomagnetic Field 
A. G. Khantadze, G. G Lominadze, and G. V. Jandieri 
p. 672  

 Global Pollution and Nitrogen Functions in the Hydrosphere 
 T. I. Moiseenko and I. I. Rudneva 
 p. 676    

 Submarine Slump Folds and Gravitational Normal Faults 
 in Quaternary Sediments on the Northern Slope of the
 Derbent Basin (Caspian Sea) 
 L. I. Lobkovskii, V. E. Verzhbitskii, L. R. Merklin, 
 A. G. Roslyakov, A. S. Polyakov, 
 O. V. Levchenko, S. A. Kovachev, A. S. Zverev, 
 A. D. Mutovkin, V. A. Putans,
 N. V. Libina, V. Yu. Slobodyan, 
 G. N. Mar, and S. V. Gontarev 
 p. 681    

 The 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Metamorphic Rocks of the 
 Ol’khon Region (Western Baikal Region) 
 N. I. Volkova, A. V. Travin, D. S. Yudin, S. V. Khromykh, 
 A. S. Mekhonoshin, and A. G. Vladimirov 
 p. 686    

 Nanostructure of Noble Opal from the Raduzhnoe 
 Deposit, Northern Primorye, Russia 
 S. V. Vysotskiy, V. G. Kudryavyi, and 
 A. A. Karabtsov 
 p. 690  
  
 U-Pb Zircon Age of the Gold-Bearing Seredovina Massif, Middle Urals 
 E. A. Zinkova, V. V. Kholodnov, and G. B. Fershtater 
 p. 693  

 Metastability at Cryometry of Sulfate-Containing Synthetic Fluid Inclusions 
 Z. A. Kotel’nikova and A. R. Kotel’nikov 
 p. 697  

  Cascade Processes in Magnetostrophic Turbulence 
 M. Yu. Reshetnyak 
 p. 700  

 A Successful Prediction of the Nevel’sk August 2, 2007, 
 Earthquake (MLH = 6.2) in Southern Sakhalin Island 
 I. N. Tikhonov and Ch. U. Kim 
 p. 704  

 New Data on Sedimentary Waves on the Western 
 Continental Slope of the Caspian Sea 
 O. V. Levchenko, A. G. Roslyakov, A. S. Polyakov, 
 A. S. Zverev, and L. R. Merklin 
 p. 709  

 Transition of a Nonlinear Internal Wave through 
 an Overturning Point on a Shelf 
 A. N. Serebryany and H. P. Pao 
 p. 714  

 Errata 
 Erratum: “Application of Multiple-Scale Wavelet 
 Analysis to Analytical Approximations
 of Geopotential Fields” [Dokl. Earth Sci. 418, 118 (2008)] 
 A. S. Dolgal and A.    A. Simanov 
p. 719