Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/ Earth Science Section, 1998, V 361, N 5, June-July.

Part 1. Geology

Late Cretaceous Radiolarians of the Northern Caucasus: A Missing Link
for the Correlation of Tropical and Boreal Scales
V. S. Vishnevskaya and Yu. V. Agarkov 
p. 621  

High-Ti Gabbroic Rocks of the Central Asian Foldbelt: Geochemical
and Geodynamic Formation Conditions
A. E. Izokh, V. I. Bognibov, G. V. Polyakov, and M. S. Mel'gunov
p. 626  

The Earth's Superstructures: Geostructural Features and Related
Mineragenesis
L. I. Krasnyi 
p. 629  

Collision of the Olyutor Island Arc with the Eurasian Continental Margin:
Kinematic and Age Aspects
A. V. Solov'ev, M. T. Brandon, J. I. Garver, N. A. Bogdanov, M.
N. Shapiro, and G. V. Ledneva 
p. 632  

The Origin of Discoid Sculptures on Diamond Crystals
V. M. Sonin, A. I. Chepurov, V. P. Afanas'ev, and N. N. Zinchuk
p. 635  

The First Find of Cu- and Ni-rich Garnet Peridotite Xenolith from
Kimberlite
I. P. Ilupin and I. K. Klochkov 
p. 638  

A New Discovery of Native Tantalum
V. V. Seredin, M. E. Generalov, and T. L. Evstigneeva 
p. 642
  
Metamorphic Core Complexes: Classification and Genesis
E. V. Sklyarov and A. G. Vladimirov 
p. 647  

Peculiarities of Glacial Sedimentogenesis on the Shelf of 
Western Arctic Seas
G. A. Tarasov and G. G. Matishov 
p. 650  

Ferromanganese Sediments of the Romanche Fracture Zone, Equatorial Atlantic
E. S. Bazilevskaya, S. G. Skolotnev, Yu. M. Pushcharovskii 
p. 654
  
The Associations and Genesis of the Magmatic Rocks of the Kuril 
Volcanic Arc
V. M. Grannik 
p. 658  

New Data on the Relationship between Devonian and Precambrian Sequences
in the Northwestern Spitsbergen
Yu. I. Daragan-Sushchov, A. N. Evdokimov, M. Yu. Miloslavskii,
and A. N. Sirotkin 
p. 662  

The Platinum Potential of the Polychronous Beresite–Argillisite-Hosted
Vorontsovka Gold Deposit
A. F. Korobeinikov, O. N. Gryaznov, and V. N. Bobrov 
p. 666
  
Native Silicon in Graphite from the Botogol Graphite Deposit, Eastern
Sayany
A. G. Mironov, V. A. Mironov, N. S. Karmanov, Yu. Ch. Ochirov,
and S. M. Zhmodik 
p. 670  

The Relationship between the Geochemical Signatures of Basalts
and Geodynamic Environments in the Bouvet Triple Junction Area, Southern
Atlantic Ocean
Yu. M. Pushcharovskii, V. A. Simonov, A. A. Peive,
V. Yu. Kolobov, Yu. V. Tikunov, and M. S. Mel'gunov 
p. 674
  
The Zoning of Epithermal Gold–Silver Deposits
A. A. Sidorov 
p. 678  

Boninite series in the Paleospreading Complexes of the Polar Urals
V. A. Simonov, S. A. Kurenkov, and S. I. Stupakov 
p. 681
  
The Multilevel Localization of Tin–Tungsten Mineralization:
The Iul'tin and Other Ore Districts in the Circum-Pacific Belt as Examples
I. N. Tomson and B. V. Makeev 
p. 685  


Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

U–Pb Dating of the Dike Complex at the Kirovogorsk Deposit
in the Iron Ore Formation of the Kola Peninsula
T. B. Bayanova, F. P. Mitrofanov, and D. G. Egorov 
p. 688
  
The Geochemical Features of the Ophiolite Zone Plagiogranitoids
of the Pekul'nei Ridge, Chukotka, and Their Genetic and Geodynamic
Interpretation
V. S. Ivanov 
p. 692  

Carbonate–Silicate Magmatic Immiscibility and Carbonatite Genesis
A. A. Marakushev and N. I. Suk 
p. 696  

The Relationship between Seismicity and Geodynamics in the
Tethys Collision Belt
P. O. Sobolev and D. V. Rundquist 
p. 700  

Environmental and Biotic Features in the Marine Periglacial Zone of 
Novaya Zemlya
G. G. Matishov, S. A. Korsun, N. N. Panteleeva, V. V. Larionov,
M. V. Gerasimova, and D. V. Moiseev 
p. 705  

The Chemical Composition of Melt Inclusions in Sphene from Theralites
of the Mushugai-Khuduk Carbonatite Complex, Southern Mongolia
I. A. Andreeva, V. B. Naumov, V. I. Kovalenko, and N. N.
Kononkova 
p. 708  

Oxidization of the Earth: A Principal Mineralogical
and Geochemical Consequence of Human Technical Activity
B. V. Chesnokov 
p. 713  

The Problems of Ultrasonic Monitoring of Low-Energy Explosions
G. S. Golitsyn, E. A. Ivanov, and S. N. Kulichkov 
p. 715
  
Electromagnetic Radiation above Deep-Seated Fractures in the 
Lithosphere from Satellite Measurements
V. I. Larkina, V. V. Migulin, N. G. Sergeeva, and B. V. Senin
p. 719  

Equilibrium Processes in Natural Waters
P. P. Sherstyankin 
p. 724  

The Geochemical Environments of the Technogenic 
Transformation of Mine Water
L. S. Tabaksblat 
p. 728  

Titanium Distribution in Lamproites and the Depth of 
Generation of Their Melts
G. D. Feoktistov and K. N. Egorov 
p. 732  

Rare Earth Elements in Rock-forming Minerals
from the Chusov Tonalite–Granodiorite Pluton, Central Urals
G. Yu. Shardakova 
p. 735  

Analytical Solution of the Problem of Groundwater Flow through a Flat
Stratum with a Transverse Fracture
V. I. Mal'kovskii, V.A. Mironenko, and A. A. Pek 
p. 738  

The Rotational Mechanism of the Sun–Earth Relationship
B. A. Sleptsov-Shevlevich 
p. 741  

The Solubility of Quartz in Aqueous Solutions of Hydrofluoric Acid
at Temperatures of 500–1000°C and Pressures of 100–500 MPa
A. M. Aksyuk and T. N. Zhukovskaya 
p. 745  

New Data on the Geochemistry of Boninites from the Kurai 
Ophiolites, Gornyi Altai
M. M. Buslov, I. Yu. Safonova, and V. A. Bobrov 
p. 749  

Prediction of the Location of the South Magnetic Pole in 1999
V. V. Kuznetsov 
p. 753  

The Regularities in Temporal and Energy Distribution of Seismicity:
Evidence from the Eastern Caucasus
A. I. Lutikov 
p. 757