Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2000, V 375, N 8, October-November.


Part 1. Geology
Structural Saddles (Megasaddles) on the Barents Sea Shelf:
Highly Promising Objects of Prospecting for Oil and Gas Deposits
I. S. Gramberg, O. I. Suprunenko, and Yu. V. Shipel'kevich
p. 1203  

The Udokan Deposit as a Result of Natural Geological Catastrophe
V. S. Salikhov 
p. 1206  

Forebulge Structure in the Uralian Foredeep: Principles of Identification,
Brief Characteristics, History of Evolution, and Prospects for Mineral
Deposits
B. I. Chuvashov 
p. 1209  

Reef-Building Organisms from the Precambrian Burovaya Formation
of the Turukhansk Uplift, Siberia
D. V. Baranova and P. Yu. Petrov 
p. 1215  

Clinopyroxenes of Pyroxenite-Eclogite Xenoliths from Neogene Diatremes of
the Pamirs:
Implication for Potassium Occurrence in the Upper Mantle
V. S. Lutkov 
p. 1219  

Two Types of Continental Sedimentary Basin Initiated by Mantle Diapir
V. G. Nikolaev 
p. 1222  

Formation Sequence and Directed Migration of Metallogenic Zones:
Evidence from the Primor'e Orogen
I. N. Tomson and O. P. Polyakova 
p. 1225  

The Strike-Slip and Pull-Apart Sedimentary Basin in Paleozoides
of the Eastern Slope of the Southern Urals
A. V. Andreev 
p. 1229  

Genetic and Compositional Factors of High-Temperature Electric Conductivity
of Serpentinites
V. V. Bakhterev 
p. 1233  

Deep Construction of the Barents-Kara Region Based on Results
of Potential Field Interpretations
I. S. Gramberg and A. L. Piskarev 
p. 1236  

Metamorphic Zoning in Connemara (Ireland) as Deduced from Mathematical
Modeling
V. V. Reverdatto and O. P. Polyanskii 
p. 1242  

Syn- and Postsedimentation Halokinesis
V. S. Konishchev 
p. 1245  

The Geostructural Position of Au-Bearing Conglomerates in West Africa
E. A. Kulish and V. A. Mikhailov 
p. 1248  

Epigene Nitrogen Defects and Metallic Films on the Surface of Diamonds
from the Middle Timan Region
V. P. Lyutoev, Yu. V. Glukhov, and S. I. Isaenko 
p. 1251

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography Granitization of Archean Rocks from the Kola Superdeep Borehole: Timing and Material Sources V. R. Vetrin p. 1255 Phenomenon of Immiscibility at Fusion in Boron-Bearing Gypsum and Salt Rocks or Ores L. M. Delitsyn and L. V. Delitsyna p. 1258 Behavior of Sulfur in the Magmatic Process A. I. Malyshev p. 1263 Clinopyroxene Thermometry of Mantle Peridotites: Implication for the Evaluation of Their Diamond Potential S. K. Simakov p. 1266 Destruction of the Continental Margin in Subduction Zones by Non-Newtonian Microvortices S. V. Gavrilov p. 1269 Fluid Dynamic Model of the Intracontinental-Type Mud Volcanism A. V. Karakin and S. A. Karakin p. 1272 Temperature, Humidity, and Cloud Fields in the Tropical Cyclone Yu. L. Matveev and L. T. Matveev p. 1276 A New Method of Plotting Paleoclimatic Variations in the Pleistocene V. A. Bol'shakov p. 1280 First Data on the Sm-Nd Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks in the Khankai Massif, Primor'e Region M. A. Mishkin, A. I. Khanchuk, D. Z. Zhuravlev, and S. N. Lavrik p. 1283 Seasonal Peculiarities of Long-Term Temperature Trends of the Middle Atmosphere A. I. Semenov, N. N. Shefov, G. V. Givishvilli, L. N. Leshchenko, E. V. Lysenko, V. Ya. Rusina, L. M. Fishkova†, N. M. Martsvaladze, T. I.Toroshelidze,B. L. Kashcheev, and A. N. Oleynikov p. 1286 Possibility of Remote Seismic Detection of Strong Local Winds M. I. Yaroshevich and L. Kh. Ingel p. 1290 Genesis of Lake Vostok (Antarctica) I. A. Zotikov and N. S. Duxbury p. 1294 Geochemical Features of Rocks, Bitumens, and Oils from Some Oil- and Gas-Bearing Provinces: Evidence from Nd and Sr Isotope Ratios R. P. Gottikh, B. I. Pisotskii, and D. Z. Zhuravlev p. 1297 Forms of Silver Occurrence in Native Gold V. P. Samusikov, L. A. Pavlova, and N. V. Zayakina p. 1301 Fine Structure of the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle at the Boundary of the Northern Tien Shan Yu. F. Kopnichev p. 1304 Dynamics of the Geomagnetic Field Intensity and Paleoclimate 53-32 ka Ago G. A. Pospelova, G. M. Levkovskaya, and O. V. Pilipenko p. 1309 Long-Term Climatic Changes in the Arctic Region of the Northern Hemisphere E. A. Vaganov, K. R. Briffa, M. M. Naurzbaev, F. H. Schweingruber, S. G. Shiyatov, and V. V. Shishov p. 1314 Temperature of Maximal Density and Thermobaric Properties of Deep Fresh Water: Evidence from Lake Baikal P. P. Sherstyankin, L. N. Kuimova, and V. L. Potemkin p. 1318 The Mn/Fe Ratio in Sedimentary Rocks As a Geochemical Indicator Ya. E. Yudovich p. 1323 Numerical Solution to the One-Dimensional Inverse Problem for an Elastic System A. L. Karchevsky p. 1325 Monitoring of Stressed State in the Aftershock Region of the Spitak Earthquake Yu. L. Rebetskii, S. S. Aref'ev, and E. S. Nikitina p. 1329 Energy Decay of Internal Tidal Waves Generated near Submarine Ridges I. D. Lozovatskii, E. G. Morozov, and V. G. Neiman p. 1335 Main Features of the Distribution of Volcanic Seamounts in the World Ocean N. A. Marova p. 1338