Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2003, V 393 A, N 9, November-December.

Part 1. Geology
Accretion and Collision Structures of Southeastern Sakhalin 
A. E. Zharov
p. 1207  

Cenozoic Granulites of the Ganal Ridge, Eastern Kamchatka 
V. K. Kuz’min, V. A. Glebovitskii, B. V. Belyatskii, A. B. L’vov,
and Yu. M. Puzankov
p. 1211  

Interference of Tectonic–Geodynamic Regimes in
Permian–Triassic Evolution 
of the Arctic Periphery of North Eurasia 
E. V. Shipilov 
p. 1215  

Early Cretaceous Geodynamics of the Transbaikal Region:
Paleomagnetic Aspect 
D. V. Metelkin, I. V. Gordienko, X. Zhao, and V. S. Klimuk 
p. 1221  

Glaciomarine Sedimentation As a Specific Stage of Shelf 
Sediment Accumulation 
O. G. Epshtein and Yu. A. Lavrushin
p. 1227  

Structure and Nature of the Conjugation of the Urals and
Western Siberia 
K. S. Ivanov, Yu. N. Fedorov, V. A. Koroteev, M. F. Pecherkin,
V. V. Kormil’tsev, O. E. Pogromskaya, Yu. L. Ronkin, 
and Yu. V. Erokhin
p. 1230  

New Data on Lower–Middle Triassic Formations of the Southwestern
Sikhote Alin 
P. V. Markevich, Yu. D. Zakharov, and A. I. Khanchuk 
p. 1235  

Aureoles of Carbonaceous Metasomatism as Indicators of Ore Fields 
I. N. Tomson, O. P. Polyakova, and V. Yu. Alekseev
p. 1239  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

Short-Range Atomic and Electron Structure of Substitutional Impurities
in Noble Spinel: Evidence from Quantum Chemical Calculations 
S. L. Votyakov, A.V. Porotnikov, Yu. V. Shchapova, E. I. Yur'eva, 
and A. L. Ivanovskii 
p. 1241  

Zircon Geochronology of the Salda Metamorphic Complex, Central Urals 
A. A. Krasnobaev and V. A. Davydov 
p. 1247  

Interrelation of Diamond and Carbonado
(Based on the Study of Collections from Brazil and Middle Timan) 
A. B. Makeyev, W. Iwanuch, S. K. Obyden, N. I. Bryanchaninova,
P. V. Ivannikov, and G. V. Saparin 
p. 1251  

Genesis of Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments of the Sakhalin Shelf 
I. A. Nemirovskaya, G. V. Moiseichenko, and Yu. G. Blinov
p. 1256  

Solar Cycle and Long-Term Baric Wave in Surface Atmosphere of the Arctic 
A. G. Egorov 
p. 1260  

New Data on PGE Mineralization in Gold Ores of the Sukhoi Log Deposit, 
Lensk Gold-Bearing District, Russia 
V. V. Distler, M. A. Yudovskaya, E. A. Razvozzhaeva, A. V. Mokhov,
N. V. Trubkin, G. L. Mitrofanov, and V. K. Nemerov  
p. 1265  

A Century-Long Experiment 
V. G. Moiseenko and V. I. Palazhchenko 
p. 1268  

Real Structure and Physical Properties of Chromites as an Indicator of Their Genesis 
S. A. Svetov, A. D. Fofanov, V. F. Smol’kin, E. V. Moshkina, 
E. A. Repnikova, and V. I. Kevlich 
p. 1272  

Specific Features of Seismotectonic Deformation of the Earth’s Crust 
in the Axial Section of the Tajik Depression 
A. A. Lukk and V. I. Shevchenko 
p. 1276  

Carbon Budget of Vegetation Ecosystems of Russia 
S. Nilsson, E. A. Vaganov, A. Z. Shvidenko, V. Stolbovoi, 
V. A. Rozhkov, I. MacCallum, and M. Ionas
p. 1281  

Composition of Native Gold in Massive Sulfide Ores of the Urals 
I. V. Vikent’ev 
p. 1284  

Fullerenes as an Example of Biomineral Homology 
Yu. L. Voytekhovsky
p. 1289  

First He Isotope Data on Cenozoic Basalts of Mongolia 
A. F. Grachev, Yu. S. Genshaft, I. L. Kamenskii, and A. Ya. Saltykovskii 
p. 1294  

Lifetime of Ti-Centers in Quartz under Natural Conditions 
D. G. Koshchug, A. G. Gurbanov, R. V. Shabalin, and Yu. P. Solov’ev 
p. 1298  

Mantle Plumes beneath the Baikal Rift Zone and Adjacent Areas: 
Geophysical Evidence 
Yu. A. Zorin, E. Kh. Turutanov, and V. M. Kozhevnikov
p. 1302  

Radar Investigation of the Spatial Structure of Atmospheric Precipitation 
at Two Orthogonal Polarizations 
A. P. Pichugin
p. 1305  

Determination of the Frozen Strata Thickness by Radar Sounding
with Magnetic Field Pulses 
V. S. Yakupov, M. V. Yakupov, and S. V. Yakupov 
p. 1309  

Internal Tide in the Kara Strait 
E. G. Morozov, V. G. Neiman, and A. D. Shcherbinin 
p. 1312  

Dating of High-Aluminous Metamorphic Parageneses in the
Potassic Zone of the Ladoga Region (Baltic Shield) 
Sh. K. Baltybaev, O. A. Levchenkov, V. A. Glebovitsky,
L. K. Levskii, A. F. Makeev, and N. I. Ro 
p. 1315  

Physicochemical Conditions at the Core–Mantle Boundary and Formation 
of Thermochemical Plumes 
N. L. Dobretsov, A. A. Kirdyashkin, and A. G. Kirdyashkin 
p. 1319  

The Samsari Volcanic Center as an Example of Recent Volcanism
in the Lesser Caucasus: K–Ar Geochronological and Sr–Nd Isotopic Data 
V. A. Lebedev, I. V. Chernyshev, O. Z. Dudauri, M. M. Arakelyants,
E. D. Bairova, Yu. V. Gol’tsman, A. V. Chugaev, and G. T. Vashakidze 
p. 1323  

Maikainite Cu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32 and Ovamboite Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32: 
New Minerals in Massive Sulfide Base Metal Ores 
E. M. Spiridonov 
p. 1329  

Mobility of Major Rock-Forming Elements during Shock Metamorphism: 
Experimental Evidence 
V. I. Feldman, L. V. Sazonova, and E. A. Kozlov
p. 1333  

Massive Sulfide Ores of the Urals: A New General Mineralogical Object 
B. V. Chesnokov, V. V. Zaikov, and I. Yu. Melekestseva 
p. 1336  

Climatic Changes in the Total Annual Precipitation and Frequency
of Measured Precipitation over the Territory of Russia and Adjacent 
Countries in the 20th Century 
S. M. Semenov and E. S. Gel’ver 
p. 1338  

Methane Hydrates in Deep Bottom Sediments of Lake Baikal 
J. Klerkx, T. I. Zemskaya, T. V. Matveeva, O. M. Khlystov, B. B. Namsaraev,
O. P. Dagurova, L. P. Golobokova, S. S. Vorob’eva, T. P. Pogodaeva,
N. G. Granin, G. V. Kalmychkov, V. A. Ponomarchuk, H. Shoji, L. L. Mazurenko, 
V. V. Kaulio, V. A. Solov’ev, and M. A. Grachev 
p. 1342  

Author Index to Volumes 388–393A, 2003 
p. 1347

Contents of Volumes 388–393A, 2003 
p. 1356