Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 471, No. 1, 2016

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Doklady Earth Sciences ISSN 1028-334X.

Geology

Fundamental Challenges of the Location of Oil and Gas in the South Caspian Basin

I. S. Guliev, V. Yu. Kerimov and R. N. Mustaev p. 1109  abstract

Locations of Nonstructural Hydrocarbon Traps on the Shelf of the Northern Barents Sea

G. S. Kazanin, S. P. Pavlov, G. A. Tarasov, V. V. Schlykova and Academician G. G. Matishov p. 1113  abstract

In-bearing Potential of Tin‒Sulfide Mineralization in Ore Deposits of the Russian Far East

G. G. Pavlova, A. G. Vladimirov, V. I. Gvozdev, P. G. Korostelev, B. I. Semenyak, V. G. Gonevchuk and P. A. Tishin p. 1118  abstract

Geofluid Dynamic Concept of Hydrocarbon Accumulation in Natural Reservoirs

V. Yu. Kerimov and M. Z. Rachinsky p. 1123  abstract

Age of Terrigenous Deposits of the Khingan Group in the Lesser Khingan Terrane in the Eastern Part of the Central Asian Fold Belt

A. A. Sorokin, A. B. Kotov, Yu. N. Smirnova, E. B. Sal’nikova, Yu. V. Plotkina and S. Z. Yakovleva p. 1126  abstract

Biomorphic Microstructures of Ferromanganese Stromatolites

V. V. Avdonin, Corresponding Member of the RAS N. I. Yeryomin, E. A. Zhegallo and N. E. Sergeyeva p. 1131  abstract

The Durulgui Rare-Metal Granite‒Pegmatite System in the Eastern Transbaikal Region: Petrological and Geochronological Aspects

V. E. Zagorsky p. 1134  abstract

Carbonatite Magmatism of the Southern Siberian Craton 1 Ga Ago: Evidence for the Beginning of Breakup of Laurasia in the Early Neoproterozoic

V. B. Savelieva, Yu. V. Danilova, E. P. Bazarova, A. V. Ivanov and V. S. Kamenetsky p. 1140  abstract

Geochemistry

Graphite and Diamond Formation via the Interaction of Iron Carbide and Fe,Ni-Sulfide under Mantle P–T Parameters

Yu. V. Bataleva, Yu. N. Palyanov, Yu. M. Borzdov and Academician N. V. Sobolev p. 1144  abstract

New Data on the Material Composition of Mud Volcano Products on Kerch Peninsula

V. V. Ershov and Corresponding Member of the RAS B. V. Levin p. 1149  abstract

Structural State of Native Molybdenum in the Lunar Regolith

A. V. Mokhov, T. A. Gornostaeva, P. M. Kartashov, Academician O. A. Bogatikov, O. A. Sakharov and N. V. Trubkin p. 1154  abstract

Geophysics

Finely Dispersed Brown Carbon in a Smoggy Atmosphere

G. I. Gorchakov, A. V. Vasiliev, K. S. Verichev, E. G. Semoutnikova and A. V. Karpov p. 1158  abstract

Oceanology

Spectral Characteristics of Mesoscale Variability of the Bottom Currents in the Ocean

E. G. Morozov and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. G. Neiman p. 1164  abstract

Geochemistry

Experimental Modeling of the Influence of the Rise in Average Summer Temperatures on Carbon Circulation in Tundra Ecosystems

Yu. V. Barkhatov, A. A. Tikhomirov, S. A. Ushakova, V. N. Shikhov, S. I. Bartsev and Academician A. G. Degermendzhi p. 1168  abstract

Luminescent Properties of Natural Barite: Evidence for Its Genesis

N. N. Boroznovskaya, L. A. Zyryanova and I. V. Pekov p. 1171  abstract

High-Gradient Metamorphism and Anatexis in the Teletsk–Chulyshman Metamorphic Belt (Gornyi Altai): New Data on the Age and Estimate of P–T Parameters

S. A. Kargopolov, O. P. Polyansky, Academician V. V. Reverdatto, I. S. Novikov and E. M. Vysotsky p. 1174  abstract

The Chara–Sina Dyke Swarm in the Structure of the Middle Paleozoic Vilyui Rift System (Siberian Craton)

A. I. Kiselev, K. M. Konstantinov, Academician V. V. Yarmolyuk and A. V. Ivanov p. 1179  abstract

Geophysics

Arctic Climate Changes in the 21st Century: Ensemble Model Estimates Accounting for Realism in Present-Day Climate Simulation

A. V. Eliseev and V. A. Semenov p. 1183  abstract

A Postseismic Process in the Area of the Simushir 11/2006 Earthquake Recovered by the GRACE Data

V. O. Mikhailov, E. P. Timoshkina and M. Diament p. 1188  abstract

Oceanology

New Data on the Trace Metal Composition of the Planktonic Foraminifera Microfossils of the Atlantic Ocean

L. L. Demina and N. S. Oskina p. 1193  abstract

Geochemistry

Phase Distribution of Elements in Ferromanganese Nodules of the Kara Sea

G. N. Baturin, V. T. Dubinchuk and A. N. Novigatsky p. 1199  abstract

Sr and Nd Isotope Composition of Deformed Peridotite Xenoliths from Udachnaya Kimberlite Pipe

E. A. Surgutanova, A. M. Agashev, E. I. Demonterova, A. V. Golovin and Academician N. P. Pokhilenko p. 1204  abstract

Сontribution of Biogenic and Volcanogenic Factors to Formation of Ferromanganese Nodules of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal)

S. I. Shkolnik, Academician F. A. Letnikov, V. D. Strakhovenko and A. F. Letnikova p. 1208  abstract

Geophysics

Deep Structure and Volcanic Activity of Mount Elbrus and a Portion of the Elbrus–Tyrnyauz Valley: Geological and Geophysical Data

E. A. Rogozhin, A. V. Gorbatikov, Yu. V. Kharazova, M. Yu. Stepanova and Corresponding Member of the RAS A.V. Nikolaev p. 1213  abstract

Influence of Long-Period Oscillations on the Development of Droughts in Northern Eurasia

V. A. Semenov, A. V. Chernokulskii and Corresponding Member of the RAS O. N. Solomina p. 1217  abstract