Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 1999, V 369, N 8, October-November.

Part 1. Geology


Structural Position and Geochemistry of the Zasur’ya 
Tectonic Unit: An Exotic Terrain of the Late 
Cambrian–Early Ordovician Oceanic Crust
in the Northwestern Gornyi Altai Region
M. M. Buslov, I. Yu. Safonova, and V. A. Bobrov
p. 1045 

Convergence of Lithosphere Plates in the Region of the Karaginskii
 Accretionary Prism, Based on Paleomagnetic Data
D. V. Kovalenko, Ya. Yu. Yaroslavtseva, and V. L. Zlobin
p. 1050 

The Crustal Thermal Structure in the Regions of Granulitic 
Metamorphism: Geodynamic Consequences
M. V. Mints
p. 1054 

Relationship between Local Petroliferous Structures 
and the Fault Network at the Barents Sea Shelf 
V. M. Anokhin
p. 1058 

Comparative Data on the Multistage Distribution of Mineralization at 
Tin–Tungsten Deposits
B. V. Makeev and I. N. Tomson
p. 1061 

The “Oncophora” Sea Basin in the Southern Ukraine
M. F. Nosovskii
p. 1064 

Variations in the Isotopic Composition of Stratal Water
in Zones with Different Tectonic Activities
E. S. Sianisyan
p. 1067 

New Data on Ar–Ar Isotope Dating of Magmatic and Metamorphic 
Rocks of the Taigonos Peninsula, Northeastern Russia
G. E. Bondarenko, O. L. Morozov, P. Layer, and P. S. Minyuk
p. 1069 

Cambrian Sediments in the Central Pamirs and Adjacent Territories 
of Afghanistan
V. I. Dronov
p. 1073

The Late Ladinian–Early Carnian Faunal Assemblage from the 
Peripheral Zone of the Southeastern Pamirs
G. K. Mel’nikova
p. 1076 

The Morphology and Internal Structure of Large Rockslides 
as Indicators of Their Formational Mechanisms
A. L. Strom
p. 1079 

The First Find of Hyaloclastites among Late Mesozoic Formations
in the Southern Transbaikal Region
F. M. Stupak
p. 1082 

Silurian Chronozonal Stratigraphy and Biochronology
Yu. I. Tesakov
p. 1085

Late Mesozoic Lateral Series of Sedimentation Settings in the 
Korea–Japan Region
N. I. Filatova and K. H. Chang
p. 1090 

The Heat Flow, Crust Thickness, and Upper Mantle Activity 
in Continental Structures of the Europe–Arctic Region
L. A. Tsybulya, N. V. Sharov, and B. V. Senin
p. 1094 

Late Mesozoic Bimodal Alkaline Volcanic Association 
in the Western Transbaikal Region and the Age of Its Formation: 
Geological and Geochronological (Rb–Sr and K–Ar) Data
A. A. Vorontsov, V. G. Ivanov, V. V. Yarmolyuk, M. I. Kuz’min, 
G. P. Sandimirova, and V. N. Smirnov
p. 1097 

First Findings of the Triassic Fauna in Volcanics of the
 Rushan–Pshart Region, the Pamirs
V. I. Dronov
p. 1102 

Modern Geodynamics of Lithospheric Plates of Northeastern Asia
V. S. Imaev, L. P. Imaeva, B. M. Koz’min, L. V. Gunbina, 
K. Mackey, and K. Fujita
p. 1105 

Global Climatic Changes Related to Terrestrial Biomass Redistribution
V. A. Krasilov
p. 1111 

Phases of Naphthide Genesis
A. E. Lukin
p. 1115 

Some Problems of the Role of Carbonaceous Substance in Ore Formation:
Evidence from the Maiskoe Gold Deposit, Central Chukotka
A. A. Sidorov and A. V. Volkov
p. 1118 

Piezoelectrics (Tourmaline Monocrystals) in the Subpolar Urals
M. F. Fishman and B. A. Goldin
p. 1121 

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography


Reaction Transformation of Primitive Mantle: Evidence from Mantle Xenoliths 
in Alkaline Basalt from the Vitim Plateau
Yu. D. Litasov and K. D. Litasov
p. 1124 

Staurolite Isograde in the Low-Pressure Region and the Problem
of Identifying High-Temperature and Low-Pressure Polymetamorphic Complexes: 
Evidence from the Yuzhnyi Chuisk Ridge, Gornyi Altai
A. V. Plotnikov and E. N. Moroz
p. 1128 

Parameters of Crystallization and Evolution of the Rare-Metal Granite Magma 
in Southern Altai, Based on the Study of Inclusions in Minerals
A. V. Titov, G. Yu. Shvedenkov, and S. A. Vystavnoi
p. 1132 

Archean “Sanukitoids” on the Baltic Shield
V. P. Chekulaev
p. 1137 

The Failure of Coastal Frozen Rock as an Important Factor 
in the Biogeochemistry
of the Arctic Shelf Water
I. P. Semiletov
p. 1140 

Solution of the Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations Originating 
in Gravimetry and Magnetometry: 
Communication 
2. Methods of Solution of the Systems of Canonical Form
V. N. Strakhov and A. V. Strakhov<
p. 1144 

Relation between Magnetic Properties of the Loess Formation
in the Upper Don Basin and Climatic Variations during the Pleistocene
N. S. Bolikhovskaya, E. I. Virina, R. V. Krasnenkov, S. S. Faustov, and F. Heller
p. 1148 

Specific Features of the Paleothermohaline Regime of Lake Baikal during 
Heinrich Events in the Late and Middle Pleistocene
L. N. Kuimova and P. P. Sherstyankin
p. 1152 

Depleted and Enriched Spinel Peridotites in Xenoliths from the Late 
Cenozoic Basanite, 
Lake Kuas Area, Udokan Ridge, Eastern Siberia
K. D. Litasov, S. V. Rasskazov, and A. V. Ivanov
p. 1156 

Metallic Films on Natural Diamond Crystals 
(Ichet’’yu Deposit, Middle Timan)
A. B. Makeev and V. N. Filippov
p. 1161 

Copper Halogen-Sulfides in Manganous Paleolaterites: 
A Case Story of the Hypergenic Rearrangement of Material
V. I. Silaev, V. N. Filippov, and M. Yu. Sokerin
p. 1166 

The PGE Distribution in Rocks of the Davydov 
Dunite–Clinopyroxenite–Gabbro Pluton,the Central Urals
V. N. Smirnov and Yu. A. Volchenko
p. 1170 

Correlation of 87Sr/86Sr in Accessory Apatite 
from Cu–Mo Porphyry Deposits with Geodynamic Positions of the 
Ore–Magmatic System in Siberia and Mongolia
V. I. Sotnikov, V. A. Ponomarchuk, A. P. Berzina, A. N. Berzina, and 
V. Yu. Kiseleva
p. 1173 

Specific Features of the Repeated Impulse Action on Resonance Systems
V. V. Deryushev, S. M. Seleznev, and A. L. Sobisevich
p. 1176 

Possibility for Prediction of the Average Position of the Kuroshio Front
A. D. Nelezin
p. 1179 

Subalkaline Picritic Basalts of the Putorana Plateau, 
Eastern Siberia: Conditions of Magma Formation and Potential 
Temperature of the Mantle Plume
I. D. Ryabchikov, I. P. Solovova, T. Ntaflos, A. Büchl, 
and P. I. Tikhonenkov
p. 1182 

Seasonal Trends in the Ice Edge Position, Air Temperature and Pressure
in the Southern Ocean Region
M. A. Chepurina and V. I. Bessonov
p. 1186 

PGE Minerals in Placers of the Neozhidannyi Creek Region, 
Tuva and Their Stability in Hypergene Conditions
L. V. Agafonov, V. I. Lebedev, and A. M. Cherezov
p. 1191 

Sm–Nd Isotope Limitations on the Genesis of Granite Rapakivi 
of the Kodar Complex, the Western Aldan–Stanovoi Shield
A. M. Larin, A. A. Nemchin, R. Sh. Krymskii, and V. P. Kovach
p. 1195 

Noble Metals in Ore-Forming Hydrothermal Systems of Modern Oceans
A. P. Lisitsyn, A. S. Lapukhov, V. A. Simonov, N. V. Sidenko, M. P. Mazurov, 
Yu. A. Bogdanov, and V. N. Batuev
p. 1198 

Local Fallouts from Surface Nuclear Tests in the Southern Irkutsk District
A. I. Nepomnyashchikh, B. P. Chernyago, A. F. Kuznetsov, and V. I. Medvedev
p. 1201 

Geochemistry and Sm–Nd Systematics of the Archean Komatiitic–Tholeiitic
Associations of the Vedlozero–Segozero Greenstone Belt, Central Karelia
S. A. Svetov and H. Huhma
p. 1204 

The Ponderomotive Acceleration of Polar Wind Ions
A. V. Guglielmi and A. S. Potapov
p. 1207