Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2008, V 423, N9, November-December.

Part 1. Geology 
 The Origin of Patom Crater, East Siberia, 
 from Geological and Geochemical Data 
 V. S. Antipin and A. M. Fedorov 
 p. 1335  

 Influence of Aftershock Process on the Rate 
 of Seismic Gravity Denudation 
 (Example of the Chuya Earthquake in 2003) 
 R. K. Nepop and A. R. Agatova 
 p. 1340  

 Diatom Assemblages from Holocene Sediments 
 of the Kola Peninsula 
 O. S. Olyunina, E. I. Polyakova, 
 and F. A. Romanenko 
 p. 1343  

 Prospects of Bedrock Diamond-Bearing Capacity 
 of the Conjugation Zone Between the Sysol'sky 
 Anticline and Kirovsk-Kazhimsk Aulacogen, 
 North of the Volga-Urals Anteclise 
 N. V. Konanova 
 p. 1348  

 New Data on the Structure of the Southern 
 Part of the Cis-Uralian Trough 
 According to Results of Seismic Work 
 A. N. Svetlakova, V. I. Razuvaev, 
 E. N. Gorozhanina, V. N. Puchkov, 
 V. I. Dnistryanskii, V. I. Gorelikov, 
 S. M. Poberezhskii, and V. M. Gorozhanin 
 p. 1352  

 On the Submeridianal Zones of Deep Faults 
 of Northeastern Russia 
 A. A. Sidorov, A. V. Volkov, Yu. Ya. Vashchilov 
 p. 1357  

 Geomorphological Indication of the Regime 
 of Neotectonic Movements 
 A. K. Tulokhonov 
 p. 1361  

 First Data on Age of Radiolarian Assemblages 
 from Sedimentary Dikes in Suevites 
 of the Kara Impact Structure 
 V. S. Vishnevskaya and A. S. Alekseev 
 p. 1366  

 U-Pb Dating and Sm-Nd Systematics of Igneous Rocks 
 in the Ol'khon Region (Western Baikal Coast) 
 A. G. Vladimirov, S. V. Khromykh, A. S. Mekhonoshin, 
 N. I. Volkova, A. V. Travin, D. S. Yudin, and N. N. Kruk 
 p. 1372  

 Separation of Fine Gold Particles by Rivers of Denudation Regions 
 G. V. Nesterenko and V. V. Kolpakov 
 p. 1376  

 The Problem of Gravitational Redistribution Mechanisms 
 L. L. Perchuk and D. D. Van Reenen 
 p. 1379  

 The Cambrian Pre-Uralide-Timanide Orogen: Structural 
 Evidence for Its Collisional Origin 
 N. B. Kuznetsov 
 p. 1383  

 Composition of Glauconite from the Upper 
 Cretaceous Sedimentary Formation
 in Central Regions of Russia 
 N. G. Patyk-Kara, V. T. Dubinchuk, M. L. Levchenko, 
 and E. A. Andrianova 
 p. 1388  

 Metallogeny of Cratonic Terranes and Areas of "Gentle Dislocations"
 in Northeastern Russia 
 A. A. Sidorov, A. V. Volkov, and V. Yu. Alekseev 
 p. 1391  

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography
 
 Thermodynamic Model of REE Leaching from Monazite by 
 Hydrothermal Fluids 
 G. R. Kolonin and G. P. Shironosova 
 p. 1396  

 New Mineral Forms of PGE in the Black-Shale Noble 
 Metal Mineralization of KMA, Central Russia 
 N. M. Chernyshev, V. G. Moiseenko, and V. V. Abramov 
 p. 1400  

 Structure Features of Convective Channels from Thermal Sources 
 in Mutnovskii Volcano (South Kamchatka) 
 Yu. A. Manshtein, S. B. Bortnikova, 
 A. K. Manshtein, G. M. Gavrilenko, 
 I. V. Vernikovskaya, and N. P. Sez'ko 
 p. 1404  

 Millennial-Scale Climatic and Environmental 
 Oscillations in the Sea of Okhotsk
 in Response to Global Changes during the Last 190 Ka 
 S. A. Gorbarenko, N. Harada, M. I. Malakhov, 
 Yu. P. Vasilenko,A. A. Bosin, and E. L. Gol'dberg 
 p. 1410  

 Generation and Emission of Methane from Bottom 
 Sediments of Lake Baikal 
 S. A. Kashik and V. P. Isaev 
 p. 1414  

 Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on 
 Ice-Thermal Processes in Lake Baikal 
 M. N. Shimaraev 
 p. 1418  

 Numerical Simulation of a Hydrophysical Structure 
 near the Seafloor in a Hydrothermal Venting Region 
 M. M. Subbotina, R. E. Thomson, and M. V. Anisimov 
 p. 1423  

 The Role of Magmatogene Fluid in the Formation 
 of the Talgan Copper-Zinc-Pyritic Deposit, Southern Urals 
 A. A. Amplieva, I. V. Vikent'yev, V. S. Karpukhina, 
 N. S. Bortnikov 
 p. 1427  

 Discovery and Investigation of a Natural Analog 
 of Calcio-Olivine (?-Ca2SiO4) 
 A. E. Zadov, V. M. Gazeev, N. N. Pertsev, 
 A. G. Gurbanov, N. A. Yamnova, E. R. Gobechiya, 
 and N. V. Chukanov 
 p. 1431  

 Three-Dimensional Structure of Secondary Micas 
 in Sedimentary Rocks: Features and Mechanisms of Formation 
 G. A. Krinari and M. G. Khramchenkov 
 p. 1435  

 Prospecting for Oil and Gas Fields on the Shelf by 
 the Geoelectrochemical Methods of Water Layer Investigation 
 O. F. Putikov, M. A. Holmyansky, and N. A. Kas'yankova 
 p. 1440  

 Manifestations of the Nevelsk and Gornozavodsk 
 Earthquakes of 2006-2007 in the Dynamics of Gryphon 
 Activity of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 
 Gas-Water-Lithoclastic (Mud) Volcano 
 V. V. Ershov, B. W. Levin, O. A. Mel'nikov, and 
 A. V. Domansky 
 p. 1443  

 Possible Mechanism of Horizontal Compression Stress 
 Generation in the Earth's Crust 
 Yu. L. Rebetsky 
 p. 1448  

 Contribution of Thermal Erosion and Thermal 
 Denudation to Coastal Retreat  of the Yugorskii Peninsula 
 A. A. Gubar'kov, M. O. Leibman, V. P. Mel'nikov, 
 and A. V. Khomutov 
 p. 1452  

 Ancient Coastlines of Eastern Kildin 
 M. V. Mityaev, S. A. Korsun, P. P. Strelkov, 
 and G. G. Matishov 
 p. 1455  

 Regional Potassic Metasomatism and Metallogeny 
 of Precambrian Structural-Stratigraphic
 Unconformity Zones (Southeastern Siberian Craton) 
 M. V. Goroshko and Yu. F. Malyshev 
 p. 1459  

 Composition, Sources, and Geodynamis of Rock Formation
 in the Late Riphean Bayankhongor Ophiolite Zone: 
 Characteristics of Early Stages 
 in the Evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean 
 L. B. Terent'eva, V. P. Kovach, V. V. Yarmolyuk, 
 V. I. Kovalenko, and A. M. Kozlovsky 
 p. 1462  

 Rare Earth Elements as Indicators of the 
 Tectonic Activity of the Basement 
 (with Reference to the Voronezh Anteclise) 
 V. A. Shatrov, V. I. Sirotin, G. V. Voitsekhovsky, 
 and E. E. Belyavtseva 
 p. 1467  

 Genesis and Problems of Environmental and 
 Commercial Use of Trace Elements of Caustobioliths 
 M. Ya. Shpirt and S. A. Punanova 
 p. 1469  

 Synoptic-Scale Cyclonic Vortices and Possible 
 Transport of Fine Particles 
 from the Troposphere into the Stratosphere 
 Yu. N. Besedina and S. I. Popel 
 p. 1475  

 The Structure of the Tectonosphere of the Urals 
 and West Siberian Platform by Electromagnetic Data 
 A. G. D'yakonova, K. S. Ivanov, O. V. Surina, P. F. Astaf'ev, 
 V. S. Vishnev, and A. D. Konoplin 
 p. 1479  

 Seasonal Variations in the Atmospheric Temperature 
 Response (30-100 km) to Solar Activity for Equatorial 
 and Polar Latitudes 
 A. I. Semenov  
 p. 1483  

 Iron in the Kaolinites from Kaolin and Bauxite 
 Weathering Crusts after Granites: EPR Data 
 N. S. Bortnikov, R. M. Mineeva, V. M. Novikov, 
 B. F. Gorbachev, and A. V. Speransky 
 p. 1488  

 Experimental Data on Gold Solubility in 
 Low-Density Hydrothermal Fluids 
 I. V. Zakirov, T. P. Dadze, N. G. Sretenskaya, 
 and G. A. Kashirtseva 
 p. 1492  

 Sm-Nd Isotopic Systematics of Precambrian Metapelites
 from the Yenisei Range and Age Variations of Their Provenances 
 A. D. Nozhkin, O. M. Turkina, A. V. Maslov, 
 N. V. Dmitrieva, V. P. Kovach, and Yu. L. Ronkin 
 p. 1495  

 Nonautonomous Nanophase on a Hydrothermal Pyrite 
 Surface and Its Geochemical Significance 
 V. L. Tauson, D. N. Babkin, S. V. Lipko, R. G. Kravtsova, 
 V. I. Grebenshchikova, and E. E. Lustenberg 
 p. 1501  

 Geodynamics of the Sichuan Earthquake Region in May 12, 2008 
 Yu. G. Gatinsky, D. V. Rundquist, G. L. Vladova, and T. V. Prokhorova 
 p. 1507  

 Endogenous Activity of the Earth and 
 Decompression Model of Seismic Noise 
 I. L. Gufeld, V. A. Gavrilov, A. V. Korol'kov, 
 and O. N. Novoselov 
 p. 1510  

 Transformation of Seismoacoustic Energy into Hydroacoustic 
 G. I. Dolgikh, G. N. Batyushin, S. G. Dolgikh, 
 V. P. Dzyuba, and V. A. Chupin 
 p. 1514  

 Recent Arctic Sea-Ice Ecosystem: Dynamics and Forecast 
 I. A. Mel'nikov 
 p. 1516  

 Verification of the Heterotrophic-Photoautotrophic 
 Index in Sevastopol Bay, Black Sea 
 A. S. Lopukhin, J. G. Wilson, I. V. Sysoeva, 
 Ju. V. Bryantseva, O. A. Ryl'kova, R. B. Kemp 
 p. 1520  

 Author Index to Volumes 418-423A,    2008 
 p. 1525

 Contents of Volumes 418-423A,    2008 
 p. 1534