Doklady Earth Sciences, 2009, V 429, N 8, October–November.

Part 1. Geology

Formation Conditions of the Tash-Yar Zinc Massive Sulfide Deposit, Southern Urals
I. V. Vikent’ev, V. S. Karpukhina, L. P. Nosik, and N. I. Eremin 
1241 

Age of the Amur Group of the Bureya–Jiamusi Superterrane
in the Central Asian Fold Belt: Sm–Nd Isotope Evidence
A. B. Kotov, S. D. Velikoslavinskii, A. A. Sorokin, L. N. Kotova, A. P. Sorokin,
A. M. Larin, V. P. Kovach, N. Yu. Zagornaya, and A. V. Kurguzova 
1245 

Ashes of Chanbaishan Volcano in Sediments of the Sea of Japan:
Identification from Data on Micro- and Rare-Earth Elements and 
Datings of Their Eruptions
V. G. Sakhno and I. V. Utkin 
1249 

Geodynamic and Fluid Dynamic Processes in Formation of the 
Anomalous Crust Beneath the Yurubchen–Tokhomo Oil and Gas
Accumulation Zone of the Siberian Platform
R. P. Gottikh, B. I. Pisotskii, S. A. Kaplan, V. I. Galuev, S. S. Malinina,
and N. N. Pimanova 
1256 

Petrogenesis of Extremely Lithium-Rich Spodumene Aplites of the Tastyg Deposit,
Sangilen Highland, Tyva Republic
L. G. Kuznetsova and V. Yu. Prokof’ev 
1262 

Bol’shakovskii Gabbro Massif As a Fragment of the Southern Urals Zone
of Early Carbonaceous Rift
A. V. Snachyov, V. N. Puchkov, V. I. Snachyov, D. E. Savel’ev, 
and E. A. Bazhin 
1267 

New Biostratigraphic Subdivision at the Frasnian–Famennian Boundary
on the East European Platform
O. P. Tel’nova and J. E. A. Marshall 
1270 

Relict Sulfides in Terrigenous Rocks of the Upper Kolyma Region
E. E. Tyukova, A. V. Volkov, and A. A. Sidorov 
1273 

Ophiolitic Radiolarites of the Crimea and Their Significance
for Geodynamics of Mesotethys
V. V. Yudin, V. S. Vishnevskaya, and D. V. Kurilov 
1278 

Mantle Sources of Rocks in the Vodlozero Domain of the Fennoscandian Shield
S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. A. Glebovitskii, and N. A. Arestova 
1284 

Isotope Geochemistry and Deep Sources of Subalkaline and Alkaline Rocks
from the Paleogene Contrasting Series of the Amguema–Kanchalan Volcanic Field,
Okhotsk–Chukotka Volcanic Belt
V. F. Polin, V. G. Sakhno, S. O. Maksimov, and I. V. Sandimirov 
1288 

The Marine Devonian in the Northern Part of Western Siberia
B. I. Chuvashov, V. S. Bochkarev, and A. M. Brekhuntsov 
1295 

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography


Evolution Trend of Magmatogene Fluids of the Intercumulus Crystallization Stage
of the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, Republic of South Africa
L. M. Zhitova, A. A. Borovikov, M. P. Gora, and A. Ya. Shevko 
1299 

Zircons in Gabbroids from the Axial Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
U–Pb Age and [176]Hf/[177]Hf Ratio (Results of Investigations by the
 Laser Ablation Method)
Yu. A. Kostitsyn, E. A. Belousova, N. S. Bortnikov, and 
E. V. Sharkov 
1305 

Discoveries of Nanostructures of Natural Mercury-bearing Gold at the Surface
of Ilmenite Crystals from the Fadeevskii Ore-and-Placer Cluster (Primor’ye)
V. P. Molchanov, A. I. Khanchuk, E. I. Medvedev, L. P. Plyusnina 
1310

Baikal Rift Zone: An Area of Higher Energy
of Seismotectonic Deformations in the Lithosphere
A. V. Klyuchevskii and V. M. Dem’yanovich 
1314 

Thermal Anomalies of the Northern Caucasus
Yu. P. Masurenkov, A. L. Sobisevich, D. V. Likhodeev, and 
A. V. Shevchenko 
1318 

Quasi-biennial Variability of Meteorological Parameters Over Moscow Region
S. A. Sitnov 
1322 

Oxygen Isotope and Deuterium Indication of the Origin and [14]C Age
of the Massive Ice, Bovanenkovo, Central Yamal Peninsula
Yu. K. Vasil’chuk, A. C. Vasil’chuk, N. A. Budantseva, Ju. N. Chizhova,
W. Papesh, Ye. Ye. Podbornyi, and L. D. Sulerzhitsky 
1326 

Bottom Bituminous Constructions and Biota Inhabiting Them 
According to Investigation of Lake Baikal with the Mir Submersible
O. M. Khlystov, T. I. Zemskaya, T. Ya. Sitnikova, I. V. Mekhanikova, I. A. Kaigorodova,
A. G. Gorshkov, O. A. Timoshkin, O. V. Shubenkova, S. M. Chernitsyna, A. V. Lomakina,
A. V. Likhoshvai, A. M. Sagalevich, V. I. Moskvin, V. I. Peresypkin, N. A. Belyaev,
M. V. Slipenchuk, A. K. Tulokhonov, and M. A. Grachev 
1333 

Energy Cycle of Wind Generated Surface Waves
G. S. Golitsyn 
1337 

The Age of HP Metasomatism in Shear Zones during Collision-Related Metamorphism
in the Lapland Granulite Belt: The U/Pb SHRIMP II Dates on Zircons
from Sillimanite-Hypersthene Rocks of the Porya Guba Nappe
S. A. Bushmin, V. A. Glebovitskii, E. V. Savva, K. I. Lokhov,
S. L. Presnyakov, Yu. M. Lebedeva, and S. A. Sergeev 
1342 

Mechanisms of Diamond Formation: Reduction of Carbonates
or Partial Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
I. D. Ryabchikov 
1346 

New Data on Mineral Composition of Noble Metal Mineralization
of the Stoilo Iron Ore Deposit of KMA, Central Russia
N. M. Chernyshov, V. S. Kuznetsov, and S. V. Petrov 
1350 

The Magnetohydrodynamic Nature of Ionospheric Wave Packets
Excited by the Solar Terminator
E. L. Afraimovich, S. V. Voeykov, I. K. Edemskiy, and Yu. V. Yasyukevich 
1354 

Relation between Structural and Material Circular Motions in a Volcanic Center
Yu. P. Masurenkov, A. L. Sobisevich, and N. I. Laverova 
1359 

Structural Specificity of Pleistocene Loess and Soil Formation
of the Southern Russian Plain According to Materials of Eastern Priazovie
A. A. Velichko, N. Catto, A. S. Tesakov, V. V. Titov, T. D. Morozova,
V. V. Semenov, and S. N. Timireva 
1364 / 

New Data on the Sedimentation Rate in the Sea of Azov in the Late Holocene
G. G. Matishov, G. V. Kovaleva, and V. V. Pol’shin 
1369 

Al–Si Order and Degree of Disturbance of Perthites from the Upper Amur Region
E. S. Astapova, E. V. Bogomazova, and V. G. Moiseenko 
1373 

“In Situ” Visualization of Phase States and Transformations of Hydrocarbons
in Water–Oil Mixtures at High and Ultrahigh Temperatures and Pressures
V. S. Balitskii, G. V. Bondarenko, L. V. Balitskaya, and M. A. Novikova 
1376 

Computer Modeling of Granite Magma Diapirism in the Earth’s Crust
O. P. Polyansky, S. N. Korobeynikov, A. V. Babichev, V. V. Reverdatto, 
and V. G. Sverdlova 
1380 

Characteristics of Ring Seismicity in Different Depth Ranges
before Large and Great Earthquakes in the Sumatra Region
Yu. F. Kopnichev and I. N. Sokolova 
1385 

Peculiar Discontinuities in Small-Scale Flows at the Shelf
in the Area of Natural Convection Impact
V. G. Bondur, Yu. V. Grebenyuk, and K. D. Sabinin 
1389 

Evidence for the Suprasubduction Origin of Mantle Section Rocks
of Voykar Ophiolite, Polar Urals
I. A. Belousov, V. G. Batanova, G. N. Savelieva, and A. V. Sobolev 
1394 

Native Ta and In from a Probe of Regolith AS “Luna-24”
A. V. Mokhov, P. M. Kartashov, O. A. Bogatikov, T. A. Gornostaeva, 
and N. A. Ashikhmina 
1399 

On the Origin of the Anomalous Component Xe-HL in Nanodiamonds of Chondrites
G. K. Ustinova 
1403 

Vortex Motions and Transportation of Fine Disperse Dust Particles in the Ionosphere
Yu. N. Besedina, S. I. Popel, and P. K. Shukla 
1407 

Experimental Studies of Methane Replacement by Carbon Dioxide in Hydrates
V. P. Voronov, E. E. Gorodetskii, A. R. Muratov, and S. S. Safonov 
1411 

New Finds of Older Quaternary Mollusks in Sediments of the Black Sea
E. V. Babak and V. M. Sorokin 
1414