Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 473, No. 1, 2017

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

Quaternary Travertine of the Kurai Fault Zone (Gorny Altai)

E. V. Deev, E. V. Sokol, Yu. M. Ryapolova, S. N. Kokh and G. G. Rusanov p. 261  abstract

U–Th Age of the Kazantsevo (MIS 5) Horizon of the Upper Neopleistocene Ust Oda Reference Section, Baikal Region

F. E. Maksimov, A. A. Schetnikov, V. Yu. Kuznetsov, I. A. Filinov, V. A. Grigoriev, V. B. Savenko, A. Yu. Kazanskii, G. G. Matasova and A. A. Starikova p. 266  abstract

U–Pb Isotopic Age of Apatite-Bearing Carbonatites in the Kursk Block, Voronezh Crystalline Massif (Central Russia)

A. Yu. Albekov, Corresponding Member of the RAS N. M. Chernyshov, M. V. Ryborak, V. S. Kuznetsov, E. B. Salnikova and V. M. Kholin p. 271  abstract

Events at the Turn of the Eocene and Oligocene in the Central Eurasia Region (Middle Latitudes)

M. A. Akhmetiev, Yu. O. Gavrilov and N. I. Zaporozhets p. 273  abstract

First Data on the Radiocarbon Age of the Atelian Deposits in the North Caspian Region

Yu. P. Bezrodnykh, B. F. Romanyuk, V. M. Sorokin and T. A. Yanina p. 277  abstract

Geochemistry

Distribution of Rare Earths in Uranium Oxides of the Main Types of Uranium Deposits: Causes and Genetic Meaning

S. F. Vinokurov, V. N. Golubev, A. N. Trunova and Corresponding Member of the RAS S. V. Yudintsev p. 281  abstract

The System Ilmenite–Carbonatite–Carbon in the Origin of Diamond: Correlation between the Titanium Content and Diamond Potential of Kimberlite

Yu. A. Litvin, A. V. Bovkun, N. A. Androsova and V. K. Garanin p. 286  abstract

Covellite of the Semenov-2 Hydrothermal Field (13°31.13´ N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Enrichment in Trace Elements According to LA ICP MS Analysis

I. Yu. Melekestseva, V. V. Maslennikov, S. P. Maslennikova, L. V. Danyushevsky and R. Large p. 291  abstract

Middle Triassic Age of Metarhyolite of the Bondikha Formation, Argun Continental Massif, Central Asian Fold Belt

A. A. Sorokin, Yu. N. Smirnova, N. M. Kudryashov and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. P. Sorokin p. 296  abstract

Noble Metals in Graphite-Bearing Rocks of the Liumao Deposit (China)

Academician A. I. Khanchuk, Sun Fengyue, V. P. Molchanov, A. A. Grebennikova and A. V. Grebennikov p. 300  abstract

Geophysics

Remote Detection of Aftershock Activity as a New Method of Seismic Monitoring

Academician V. V. Adushkin, D. I. Bobrov, I. O. Kitov, M. V. Rozhkov and I. A. Sanina p. 303  abstract

Geography

A Catastrophic Holocene Event in the Lake Bottom Sediments of the Kola Region (Northeastern Fennoscandian Shield)

S. B. Nikolaeva, N. B. Lavrova and D. B. Denisov p. 308  abstract

Oceanology

Average Annual Structure and Transport of Waters Eastward of Greenland by the System of Western Boundary Currents

S. V. Gladyshev, V. S. Gladyshev, A. V. Sokov, Corresponding Member of the RAS S. K. Gulev, L. A. Pautova and A. B. Demidov p. 313  abstract

Geochemistry

Se and In Minerals in the Submarine Oxidation Zone of a Massive Sulfide Orebody of the Molodezhnoe Copper–Zinc Massive Sulfide Deposit, Southern Urals

N. R. Ayupova, V. V. Maslennikov, V. A. Kotlyarov, S. P. Maslennikova, L. V. Danyushevsky and R. Large p. 318  abstract

Polychronous Zirconology of Syenites from the Avashla Intrusion in the Kurgass Anticline (Southern Urals)

A. A. Krasnobaev, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Puchkov, N. D. Sergeeva, S. P. Shokalski and S. V. Busharina p. 323  abstract

First Find of Nephrite with Accessory Minerals of the Platinum Group

A. V. Tatarinov, L. I. Yalovik, S. V. Kanakin and A. Yu. Zyablitsev p. 329  abstract

New Data on the Composition of Tagamites of the Popigai Astrobleme

E. V. Shchukina, V. P. Afanasiev, K. V. Lobov, E. V. Malygina and Academician N. P. Pokhilenko p. 333  abstract

Geophysics

A New Approach to Monitoring Seismic Activity: California Case Study

B. A. Dzeboev p. 338  abstract

Source Parameters of the Taimyr Earthquake of June 9, 1990

A. I. Seredkina and B. M. Kozmin p. 342  abstract

Geography

The Resource Potential of Russian Lands for Crop Farming

Academician A. L. Ivanov, I. Yu. Savin and V. S. Stolbovoy p. 346  abstract

Geochemistry

Experimental Study of the Apatite–Carbonate–H2O System at P = 0.5 GPa and T = 1200°C: Efficiency of Fluid Transport in Carbonatite

N. S. Gorbachev, Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov and A. V. Kostyuk p. 350  abstract

Past Sedimentation Rates and Environments of the Mendeleev Rise Inferred from Sr Isotope and δ18O Chemostratigraphy of Its Late Cenozoic Sediments

E. A. Gusev, A. B. Kuznetsov, E. E. Taldenkova, S. D. Nikolaev, A. Yu. Stepanova and E. S. Novikhina p. 354  abstract

The Results of Geochronological and Isotope–Geochemical Study of Zircons from Tuff of the Sylvitsa Group (Western Slope of the Middle Urals): The Origin of Ash Layers in Vendian Rocks of the East European Platform

N. B. Kuznetsov, E. A. Belousova, M. T. Krupenin, T. V. Romanyuk and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov p. 359  abstract

Provenance Sources of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Paleozoic Clastic Deposits of the Lesser Khingan Terrane, Central Asian Fold Belt: U–Pb (LA–ICP–MS) Geochronological Results

Yu. N. Smirnova and A. A. Sorokin p. 363  abstract

The Temperature Range of Melting of Crystalline Material

R. N. Sobolev p. 367  abstract

Geophysics

Instrumental Recording of Slow Deformation Waves in the South Baikal Geodynamic Study Site

S. A. Bornyakov, D. V. Salko, K. Zh. Seminsky, S. Demberel, D. Ganzorig, T. Batsaihan and S. Togtohbayar p. 371  abstract

Post-Seismic Motions after the 2006–2007 Simushir Earthquakes at Different Stages of the Seismic Cycle

Corresponding Member of the RAS L. I. Lobkovsky, I. S. Vladimirova, V. V. Gabsatarov, I. A. Garagash, B. V. Baranov and G. M. Steblov p. 375  abstract