html> Doklady Earth Sciences, 2026, V 526, N 2.

Doklady Earth Sciences, 2026, V 526, N 2, August.


GEOLOGY

U–Pb Age of Kimberlite Zircon Grains from Commercial Placers 
and Placer Occurrences of Diamonds in the Northeastern 
Siberian Platform
M. N. Goloburdina, S. A. Grakhanov, A. I. Dak, T. N. Zubova, 
V. F. Proskurnin, N. V. Rodionov, A. V. Tarasov, 
and Academician V. S. Shatsky 
p. 22  

U–Pb (ID TIMS) Age of Garnet from Nepheline Syenites of 
the Yakokutsky Volcano-Plutonic Complex: A New Reference 
Estimate of Age for Mesozoic Alkaline Magmatism 
Event of the Aldan Shield
E. B. Salnikova, M. V. Stifeeva, Corresponding Member of 
the RAS A. B. Kotov, N. V. Vladykin, I. A. Sotnikova, 
and N. V. Alymova 
p. 23  

PALEOGEOGRAPHY

Isotope Stage 23 of the Palynological Record of 
Lake Elgygytgyn, Polar Chukotka
A. V. Lozhkin, P. M. Anderson, Yu. A. Korzun, 
and E. Yu. Nedorubova 
p. 24  

SEISMOLOGY

Megathrust Earthquake off the Eastern 
Coast of Kamchatka on July 30, 2025
A. V. Konovalov, Yu. A. Stepnova, and 
Academician A. I. Khanchuk 
p. 25  

OCEANOLOGYGEOLOGY

2.0–2.2 Ga Old Ruined Magmatic Arc in the 
Lapland–Kola Ocean: U–Th–Pb Data for Zircon 
from Metasedimentary Rocks of the Tersk 
Terrane, Eastern Fennoscandia
I. A. Zhitnikova, K. G. Erofeeva, 
Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Samsonov, 
A. V. Stepanova, and O. A. Maksimov 
p. 27  

GEOCHEMISTRY

Niobium-Bearing Microbiota in REE–Nb Ores of the 
Tomtor Deposit (Arctic Siberia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))
S. M. Zhmodik, E. A. Zhegallo, L. V. Zaitseva, 
N. V. Grubova, E. V. Lazareva, and Academician 
A. Yu. Rozanov 
p. 28  

PETROLOGY

The Cambrian Metavolcanic Rocks of the Upper Unit 
of the Maksyutov Complex (South Urals): 
Results of U–Pb (SHRIMP II) Dating of Zircon
P. M. Valizer, D. A. Zedgenizov, and N. N. Farrakhova 
p. 29  

Petrogenesis of Sin Quyen Paragneiss, Phan Si Pan Zone, 
Northwest Vietnam and Geological Significance
Pham Minh and Nguyen Thanh Tung 
p. 30  

OCEANOLOGY

Annual Variability of CO2 Flux at the Carbon 
Polygon in the Northeastern Black Sea
A. A. Polukhin, Yu. V. Murzakova, Yu. O. Pronina, 
A. O. Varvarova, Yu. A. Khoroshilov, 
E. A. Rebetskaya, V. V. Ocherednik, 
V. V. Kremenetsky, and Academician S. K. Gulev 
p. 31  

GEOGRAPHY

The First 5700-Year History of Vegetation and Climate 
of the North-Minusinsk Basin According to a 
Decadal-Resolution Palynological Record 
from the Sediments of Lake Shira
E. V. Bezrukova, S. A. Reshetova, A. A. Shchetnikov, 
I. A. Filinov, and Corresponding Member of 
the RAS K. S. Ganzey 
p. 32  

GEOLOGY

Early Neoproterozoic Island-Arc Volcanogenic Sedimentary
Complex of the Ulutau Terrane (Central Kazakhstan): 
Substantiation of Age and Conditions of Formation
A. A. Tretyakov, N. A. Kanygina, Academician K. E. Degtyarev, 
A. S. Dubenskiy, K. G. Erofeeva, and V. S. Sheshukov 
p. 33  

The Age of the Terminal Stage of Magmatism 
in the Stanovoy Volcano-Plutonic Belt
A. M. Larin, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. B. Kotov, 
E. B. Salnikova, S. D. Velikoslavinsky, V. P. Kovach, 
T. M. Skovitina, A. A. Ivanova, Yu. V. Plotkina, 
and N. L. Alekseev 
p. 34  

GEOCHEMISTRY

Background Concentrations of Trace Elements in 
Recent Lake Sediments of the Murmansk Region
Z. I. Slukovskii, V. A. Dauvalter, D. B. Denisov,
P. N. Adamskaia, and A. V. Guzeva 
p. 35  

MINERALOGY

Bismuth Sulfosalt Mineralization in the Ores of the 
Vladimirskoe Deposit (Eastern Sayan Mountains)
E. V. Airiyants, D. K. Belyanin, S. M. Zhmodik, 
O. N. Kiseleva, and P. A. Roshchektaev 
p. 36  

PALEONTOLOGY

The Ancient Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus praemalayanus 
(Ursidae, Carnivora) from the Middle Pleistocene of Vietnam
Academician A. V. Lopatin, D. O. Gimranov, 
E. N. Maschenko, and Le Xuan Dac 
p. 37  

GEOLOGY

Age of Gabbrodolerites of Belarus “Big Dike”: 
Results of Baddeleyite U–Pb (ID-TIMS) 
Geochronological Studies
V. N. Burmistrov, O. A. Piskun, Correspondent Member 
of the RAS A. B. Kotov, E. B. Salnikova, 
Correspondent Member of the RAS A. V. Samsonov, 
A. A. Tolkachikova, A. V. Stepanova, 
M. P. Gurinovich, and K. A. Savko 
p. 38  

GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS

Sulfur Isotope Composition of Sulfides from Phoscorite 
and Carbonatite of the Guli Massif 
(Maimecha–Kotui Province, Russia): First Results
K. N. Malitch, N. V. Sorokhtina, Corresponding member 
of RAS A. E. Izokh, A. A. Voitin, I. Yu. Badanina, 
and V. V. Murzin 
p. 39  

MINERALOGY

Local Structure of Ba- and F-Dominant Minerals of the 
Lamprophyllite Structural Family 
(Based on Vibrational Spectroscopy Data)
S. M. Aksenov, N. V. Chukanov, A. A. Kompanchenko, 
Yu. A. Mikhailova, G. S. Ilyin, and Corresponding 
Member of the RAS I. V. Pekov 
p. 40  

PALEONTOLOGY

First Findings of Fossil Pollen of the Genus Decodon 
in the Oligocene and Miocene in the South of Western 
Siberia and Their Paleobiogeographical 
Distribution Features
O. B. Kuzmina, Yu. D. Vnukovskaya, and 
Corresponding Member of the RAS B. L. Nikitenko 
p. 41  

PHYSICS OF THE EARTH

Turbulent Thermal Convection in the Earth’s Liquid Core
V. D. Kotelkin and Academician L. Y. Aranovich 
p. 42