Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2003, V 392, N 7, September-October.

Part 1. Geology
Geology and Geodynamics of Precambrian Structures at the Junction 
of the Voronezh Crystalline Massif and Rostov Tectonic Inlier 
A. V. Zaitsev, A. G. Granovskii, M. M. Ryshkov, and G. V. Zelenshchikov 
p. 925  

Age Regularities of Intraplate Volcanism in the Indian Ocean 
as Compared to the Atlantic Ocean 
M. V. Kononov, E. G. Mirlin, and N. M. Sushchevskaya 
p. 928  

Magnesite and Calcite in Riphean Sequences 
of the Yurubchen–Tokhom Zone, Siberian Platform 
V. G. Kuznetsov, M. A. Belyakov, N. M. Skobeleva, and T. F. Sokolova 
p. 932  

A New Stratiform Type of Gold Mineralization 
on the Maldynyrd Ridge in the Circumpolar Urals 
N. Yu. Nikulova, L. I. Efanova, A. F. Karchevskii, and I. V. Shvetsova 
p. 935  

Tectonic and Geodynamic Evolution of the Lomonosov Ridge 
E. V. Shipilov and G. G. Matishov 
p. 939  

A New Type of Gold–Silver Mineralization in Northeast Russia 
A. V. Volkov, V. A. Sidorov, and A. A. Sidorov
p. 943  

The “Molar Tooth” Structure and Its Relation to Bios Evolution 
V. G. Kuznetsov 
p. 947  

The Uralian Paleocean: A Model of Inherited Evolution 
S. G. Samygin and S. V. Ruzhentsev 
p. 951  

Petrological Aspects of Gravitational Instability of Tectonically 
Thickened Lithosphere in Collisional Orogens 
A. I. Kiselev, I. V. Gordienko, and V. V. Lashkevich 
p. 955  

Recent Alkaline Magmatism and Hydrothermal Activity
of Seamounts in the Greenland Sea 
G. S. Kharin, G. B. Udintsev, and E. A. Chernysheva
p. 959  

The North Baikal Volcanoplutonic Belt: Age, Formation Duration,
and Tectonic Setting 
A. M. Larin, E. B. Sal’nikova, A. B. Kotov, V. I. Kovalenko,
E. Yu. Rytsk, S. Z. Yakovleva, N. G. Berezhnaya, V. P. Kovach, 
V. V. Buldygerov, and N. A. Sryvtsev 
p. 963  

Primary Composition of Vendian Rocks of the Mezen Syneclise 
A. I. Malov 
p. 968  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

A Numerical Method for Restoration of Rock Composition Based
on X-ray Fluorescence Data 
A. I. Khisamutdinov and M. A. Phedorin 
p. 973  

Electric Field in the Source Zone of Earthquakes 
A. S. Alekseev and V. V. Aksenov 
p. 978  

New Data on the Sag Capacity of Buried Soils of Loess Massifs 
V. T. Trofimov 
p. 983  

Regional Features of Quantitative Distribution of
Zooplankton in the Arctic Basin 
K. N. Kosobokova 
p. 986  

Age of Ore-Bearing Magmatism of the Aunik Deposit, 
Western Transbaikal Beryllium Metallogenic Province 
D. A. Lykhin, V. I. Kovalenko, V. V. Yarmolyuk, and G. S. Ripp 
p. 990  

Magnetite and Pyrrhotite as Potential Gold Concentrators at Low Sulfur Activity 
N. V. Smagunov and V. L. Tauson
p. 995  

Inclusions of Unusual Late Magmatic Melts in Quartz 
from the Oktyabr’skaya Pegmatite Vein, Malkhan Field (Central Transbaikal Region) 
S. Z. Smirnov, I. S. Peretyazhko, V. E. Zagorsky, and M. Yu. Mikhailov 
p. 999  

Mixing Processes in Natural Waters under Conditions of Maximal Stability 
P. P. Sherstyankin and L. N. Kuimova 
p. 1004  

Radioactive Nuclides as Indicators of the Time of Water Exchange in Lake Ladoga 
A. V. Blinov, S. G. Karetnikov, V. E. Lazarev, M. A. Naumenko, and E. Nolte 
p. 1008  

First Radiocarbon Dating of Water Level Changes in Lakes of Northeast Russia 
N. A. Shilo, A. V. Lozhkin, and W. R. Weisner 
p. 1011  

Spectrum of Nonlinear Kelvin Internal Waves 
V. V. Novotryasov 
p. 1014  

Hydrogen Isotope Partitioning in the Natural CH4–H2O System 
during Microbial Methane Genesis 
L. K. Gutsalo 
p. 1018  

Ferromanganese Oxide Crusts and Veinlets of the Kurush
Ore Field, Eastern Caucasus 
V. U. Matsapulin and V. I. Cherkashin 
p. 1022  

Experimental Study of the Interaction between Pentlandite Melt and Carbon 
at Mantle PT Parameters: Condition of Diamond and Graphite Crystallization 
Yu. N. Pal’yanov, Yu. M. Borzdov, I. Yu. Ovchinnikov, and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 1026  

A Flicker-Noise Problem in the Study of Cause-and-Effect 
Relationships between Natural Processes 
A. V. Deshcherevskii and A. Ya. Sidorin 
p. 1030  

Redistribution of Global Precipitation during the El Niño Period 
L. N. Vasil’ev, A. B. Kachalin, and A. S. Tyuflin 
p. 1035  

Formation Specifics of the Elemental Composition of the Biosphere 
V. D. Korzh 
p. 1039  

Nanoparticles of Ore Minerals in the Disseminated Polymetal Mineralization 
of the Dukat Ore District, Northeastern Russia 
L. G. Filimonova, N. V. Trubkin, and N. S. Bortnikov 
p. 1043  

High Density CO2-Rich Inclusions in Rocks from the Trivandrum 
Granulite Block (Southern India): Unusual Path of the Metamorphism 
and Exhumation History of the Regio 
V. I. Fonarev, O. V. Vasyukova, and M. Santosh 
p. 1047  

Compositional Specifics of Bitumen as a Reflection of Their Formation 
Environment in Hydrothermal Sediments of the Guaymas Basin (Baja California) 
T. G. Chernova and Z. I. Verkhovskaya 
p. 1052  

Oxygen Diffusion and Diffusion Viscosity of Some Silicates 
A. S. Batyrmurzaev, A. A. Bekieva, and Z. A. Abdullaeva 
p. 1056  

Long-Term Variability of Melting and Freezing in the Arctic Ice Cover 
on the Basis of Satellite Measurements (1979–2001) 
G. I. Bel’chanskii and N. G. Platonov 
p. 1059  

Manifestation of Resonance Properties of the Earth’s Crust 
in Microseismic Oscillations 
S. B. Kishkina and A. A. Spivak 
p. 1064