Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2004, V 398, N 7, September-October.


Part 1. Geology 
New Age Data on Gold–Quartz Mineralization in the Verkhnyaya
Indigirka Area, Yakutia 
G. Yu. Akimov 
p. 895  

Intraplate Deformations in the Southeastern Part of 
the East European Craton and the Northeastern 
Indian Ocean: Comparative Analysis
of the Morphology and Formation Conditions 
V. E. Verzhbitskii and M. L. Kopp 
p. 899  

A New Biostratigraphic Level of Pliocene in
West Siberia and the Age of the Lower–Middle 
Miocene Stratotype of the Beshcheul Horizon 
V. S. Zykin and V. S. Zazhigin 
p. 904  

Geological–Stratigraphic Position of Upper 
Pleistocene Marine Sediments 
in the Southern Kola Peninsula: Evidence
from Geochronological and Geological Data 
O. P. Korsakova, A. N. Molod’kov, and 
V. V. Kol’ka 
p. 908  

Underplating As a Cause of the Volcanic 
Continental Margin Formation 
during Marginal Sea Spreading 
N. I. Filatova 
p. 913  

The Lateritic Weathering Crust on Prespreading
Basalts of the Northwestern Atlantic and 
Norwegian–Greenland Basin 
G. S. Kharin 
p. 918  

Geodynamic Formation Regime of Rocks
of the Udokan Complex 
B. N. Abramov 
p. 922  

Causes Responsible for the “Biotic Revolution” 
in the Vendian–Cambrian
from Standpoint of the Comet–Galactic Hypothesis 
A. A. Barenbaum 
p. 925  

Fault Structure of the Tunka Rift as a Reflection
of Oblique Extension 
O. V. Lunina and A. S. Gladkov 
p. 928  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography New Data on Isotopic Composition of Hydrothermal Oil from the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka A. E. Lukin and Yu. I. Pikovskii p. 931 New Isotope Data on the Magmatic Rock s of the Dzirula Uplift, Transcaucasian Median Massif A. V. Okrostsvaridze and B. D. Clark p. 935 Chemical Composition of Suspended Material in Large Rivers of Russia and Adjacent Countries V. S. Savenko, O. S. Pokrovskii, B. Dupré, and G. N. Baturin p. 938 Late Archean Initial Potassic Magmatism of the Aldan Shield (Ukduska Massif): Evidence from U–Pb Single Zircon Dating E. V. Tabuns, E. B. Sal’nikova, V. I. Kovalenko, V. P. Kovach, A. B. Kotov, S. Z. Yakovleva, A. M. Fedoseenko, M. D. Tolkachov, and Yu. V. Plotkina p. 943 Intermediate-Term Earthquake Prediction Based on Spatially Stable Clusters of Alarms L. L. Romashkova and V. G. Kossobokov p. 947 The Thin Structure of Lunar Daily Variation in a Geomagnetic Field S. S. Starzhinsky p. 950 Spreading of Dense Shelf Water in the Deep Sea of Okhotsk S. V. Gladyshev and G. V. Khen p. 953 Euclase from the Near-Polar Urals (Maldynyrd Range): New Data I. V. Kozyreva, I. V. Shvetsova, and Ya. E. Yudovich p. 957 Aquapyrolysis of Organic Matter from the Riphean Carbon-Rich Argillite of the Yurubchen–Takhom Oil and Gas Accumulation Zone A. I. Larichev, V. N. Melenevskii, G. Yu. Shvedenkov, and V. I. Sukhoruchko p. 961 Application of Energy Characteristics of Minerals in the Study of Allochemical Metamorphism E. V. Rakhov p. 964 Metamorphic Evolution of Granulites from the Kurul’ta Block, Aldan Shield: U–Pb Single Zircon Study E. B. Sal’nikova, V. A. Glebovitsky, A. B. Kotov, A. M. Larin, S. Z. Yakovleva, N. G. Berezhnaya, V. P. Kovach, G. M. Drugova, and I. V. Anisimova p. 968 Hypersthene Hornfelses of the Kandygatai Complex, Eastern Kazakhstan V. P. Sukhorukov and A. V. Plotnikov p. 973 Aftershocks as Indicators of the State of Stress in a Fault System P. N. Shebalin p. 978 Internal Waves and Polynya Formation in the Laptev Sea E. G. Morozov and S. V. Pisarev p. 983 Formational Typification of Ultramafic Rocks in the Urals Based on Parameters of Their High-Temperature Conductivity V. V. Bakhterev p. 987 Geochronological Boundaries and Geodynamic Interpretation of Alkaline-Mafic Magmatism in Kuznetsk Alatau V. V. Vrublevsky, I. F. Gertner, A. G. Vladimirov, S. N. Rudnev, S. M. Borisov, O. A. Levchenkov, and D. N. Voitenko p. 990 Magma Sources of Ocean Islands V. I. Kovalenko, A. V. Girnis, V. A. Dorofeeva, V. B. Naumov, and V. V. Yarmolyuk p. 995 Petrogenesis of the Dar’ya Alkaline Complex in the Ketkap–Yuna Magmatic Province of Aldan V. F. Polin, V. G. Sakhno, and A. N. Solyanik p. 1001 Clay Minerals and Paleoclimatic Signals in the Holocene–Pleistocene Sediments of Lake Baikal E. P. Solotchina, M. I. Kuz’min, A. A. Prokopenko, V. N. Stolpovskaya, P. A. Solotchin, and S. G. Shul’zhenko p. 1006 Spontaneous Structuring of Digital Geophysical Images of Natural Complexes: Forecast of Mineral Deposits E. Ya. Ostrovskii and S. V. Rumyantsev p. 1012 Periodicities of Microseismic Processes A. A. Spivak, S. B. Kishkina, D. N. Loktev, and V. M. Ovchinnikov p. 1016 Temporal Dynamics of Larch in the Forest–Tundra Ecotone V. I. Kharuk, S. T. Im, K. J. Ranson, and M. M. Naurzbaev p. 1020 The Kuznechensky Massif of Potassic Porphyritic Granites: Results of U–Pb Dating and Substantiation of the Tectonic Position (Baltic Shield) Sh. K. Baltybaev, E. B. Sal’nikova, V. A. Glebovitsky, N. G. Berezhnaya, S. Z. Yakovleva, and V. P. Kovach p. 1024 The Crystal Structure of Fenaksite K2Na2Fe2Si8O20 I. V. Rozhdestvenskaya, I. I. Bannova, L. V. Nikishova, and T. V. Soboleva p. 1029 Physicochemical Parameters of Magmatic Systems in the Castor Guyot, Pacific Ocean V. A. Simonov, S. V. Kovyazin, and V. Yu. Kolobov p. 1034 Experimental Study of the Phase Diagram of CaMgSi2O6–CaAl0.5Si2O6 System at 3.0 GPa N. V. Surkov, Yu. G. Gartvich, and Yu. V. Babich p. 1038 Horizontal Motions and Plate Boundaries in Sakhalin and Hokkaido S. M. Saprygin, V. E. Kononov, and V. N. Senachin p. 1043 Paleogeography of the West Siberian Plain during the Sartanian Glaciation (in Relation to Findings of Mammoths and Paleolithic Monuments) Ya. V. Kuz’min, I. D. Zol’nikov, L. A. Orlova, and V. N. Zenin p. 1047