Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 1998, V 363, N 8, October-November.

Part 1. Geology

The Trans-Indigirka Volcanic Zone and Its Tectonic Nature
I. Ya. Nekrasov 
p. 1045  

Eskolaite in Metacarbonate Rocks of the Slyudyanka Group, Southern Baikal
Region
L. Z. Reznitskii, E. V. Sklyarov, and N. S. Karmanov 
p. 1049
 
Origin of the Khapchagai Swell, Yakutia
V. A. Skripnik 
p. 1054  

The Middle Paleozoic-Mesozoic Passive Margin:
Evidence from the Southern Verkhoyansk Region
A. K. Khudolei and G. A. Gur'ev 
p. 1058  

Early Stages of Recent Sediment Transformation
in the Northern Arid Zone of the Eastern Atlantic
Zh. V. Dombrovskaya, D. D. Kotel'nikov, A. D. Slukin, and 
V. G. Shlykov 
p. 1062  

The Most Important Features of Glaciomarine Sedimentation
and Their Ecological Impact on Different Glacial Shelves
G. G. Matishov, Yu. A. Lavrushin, O. G. Epshtein, and I. A.
Chistyakova 
p. 1066  

Physical Nature of Thermal Anomalies of the Yangantau Mountain, Southern
Urals
R. I. Nigmatulin, T. T. Kazantseva, M. A. Kamaletdinov, Yu. V.
Kazantsev 
p. 1069  

The Relationship between Gold and Tin Mineralizations
A. A. Sidorov and B. V. Makeev 
p. 1072  

The Nemakit-Daldyn Stage of Vendian in the Southwestern Siberian Platform
V. V. Khomentovskii, M. Sh. Faizullin, and G. A. Karlova 
p. 1075
 
Role of the Magmatogenic Fluid in the Formation
of the Mesothermal Berezov Gold-Quartz Deposit
N. S. Bortnikov, V. N. Sazonov, O.V. Vikent'eva, I. V. Vikent'ev,
V. V. Murzin, V. B. Naumov, and L. P. Nosik 
p. 1078  

Geology and Ore Mineralization of the Salmagora Alkaline Ultrabasic Pluton,
the Kola Peninsula: New Data
A. N. Korobeinikov, V. P. Mamontov, V. P. Pavlov, and A. Yu.
Barkov 
p. 1082  

Strontium-bearing Travertines in Sites of Discharge
of the CO2-enriched Thermal Springs of the Rukwa Graben (Tanzania)
N. A. Logachev, A. A. Konev, B. I. Pisarskii,
K. G. Levi, J. Clerkx, D. Del'vo, and J. Sarota 
p. 1085  

Natural Polycomponent Solid Solutions of the System Ru-Os-Ir-Pt-Fe
and Their Genetic and Applied Significance
K. N. Malich and I. Yu. Badanina 
p. 1089  

Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Eruptions of the Elbrus Volcano
in the Northern Caucasus, Russia
O. A. Bogatikov, I. V. Melekestsev, A. G. Gurbanov, L. D.
Sulerzhitskii, D. M. Katov, and A. I. Puriga 
p. 1093  

Scales of Gas-Hydrate Formation in Deep-Water Oceanic Zones
I. N. Goryainov, I. S. Gramberg, and A. S. Smekalov 
p. 1096
 
Probable Overheating of the Permian-Triassic Trap Melts in the Siberian
Platform
V. V. Zolotukhin and N. M. Podgornykh 
p. 1100  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Synthetic Murataite: A New Mineral for Actinide Immobilization
N. P. Laverov, I. A. Sobolev, S. V. Stefanovskii, S. V.
Yudintsev, B. I. Omel'yanenko, and B. S. Nikonov 
p. 1104  

Contact Metamorphism of Ferruginous Metapelites at High Pressure
in the Trans-Angara Region, Yenisei Range
I. I. Likhanov, V. S. Sheplev, V. V. Reverdatto, and P. S. Kozlov
p. 1107  

Metastability of the Lithosphere as a Manifestation of Upward Diffusion of
Light Gases
I. L. Gufel'd, G. A. Gusev, and M. I. Matveeva 
p. 1111  

Interpretation of the Content of Nitrogen and Phosphorus
in Winter Wheat by Satellite Radar Images
V. R. Zabolotskii 
p. 1115  

The Relative Rotational Velocity of the Earth's Inner Core
V. M. Ovchinnikov, V. V. Adushkin, and V.A. An 
p. 1117  

Spatial Differentiation in Precipitation during Different-Scale Global
Warmings
A. A. Velichko, O. K. Borisova, and V. A. Klimanov 
p. 1120
 

Inflow of Suspended Forms of Elements (Ti, Cr, Sr, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Br)
with River Water into Lake Baikal and Their Contribution to Chemical
Balance
L. Z. Granina, E. Callender, A. M. Grachev, and M. A. Grachev
p. 1123  

Major Components, Trace Elements, and Water in the Magma of Spodumene
Granites: Evidence from Melt Inclusions
V. I. Kovalenko, G. M. Tsareva, N. N. Kononkova, and M. Cuney
p. 1128  

Temporal Characteristics of Nonstationary Free-Convective Flows
in the Horizontal Layer and Time Scales of Lower Mantle Convection
N. L. Dobretsov, A. A. Kirdyashkin, A. G. Kirdyashkin, and S. P.
Popov 
p. 1132  

Mathematical Model of Erosional Valleys on the Basis of Markovian Processes
A. S. Viktorov and O. N. Trapeznikova 
p. 1136  

A Self-Consistent Model of Chemical Transport During Metamorphism
V. N. Balashov and M. I. Lebedeva 
p. 1141  

Global and Local Constituents of the Atmospheric Precipitation of Mercury
in the Altai Region
S. I. Kovalev, I. N. Malikova, G. N. Anoshin, Zh. O. Badmaeva,
and A. S. Stepin 
p. 1147  

The Evolution of the Cryolitic Zone in Western Siberia
at Current and Expected Climatic Changes
V. T. Balobaev and A. V. Pavlov 
p. 1150  

Long-Term Variations in the Quasi-Two Year Cyclicity of Atmospheric Ozone
and Equatorial-Stratospheric Wind Velocity
V. A. Bezverkhnii and A. N. Gruzdev 
p. 1152  

Diamond Crystallization in the Systems CaCO3-C, MgCO3-C, and CaMg(CO3)2-C
Yu. N. Pal'yanov, A. G. Sokol, Yu. M. Borzdov, A. F. Khokhryakov,
and N. V. Sobolev 
p. 1156  

Granitization of Basalt in Chloride Solutions: Experimental Data
V. K. Purtov, V. N. Anfilogov, L. G. Egorova, and V. A. Kotlyarov
p. 1160  

The Compositional Relationship between Hydrothermal-Plutonogenic Gold
Deposits and Ore-hosting Sequences
E. M. Spiridonov 
p. 1164  

Dielectric Relaxation of the Sandstone-Mineralized Water System
I. O. Gargatsev and A. S. Batyrmurzaev 
p. 1167  

Melting of Ice under the Three-Dimensional Generation of Energy
I. B. Monastyrskii and V. M. Ermak 
p. 1169  

Relaxation Processes and Mechanical Conditions in Local Areas of the
Earth's Crust
A. A. Spivak 
p. 1172  

Genesis and Geography of Vertisols: Crystallochemical and Mineralogical
Evidences
B. P. Gradusov 
p. 1176  

Temporal Variability of the Carbonate System of the World Ocean
O. K. Bordovskii and P. N. Makkaveev 
p. 1179