Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 475, 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

Structural Evolution of Mesozoic Complexes in Western Chukotka

B. G. Golionko, E. V. Vatrushkina, V. E. Verzhbitsky and Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtiarev p. 719  abstract

First Find of Serpentinite in the Cliffs of the Heracleian Peninsula of Southwestern Crimea

L. I. Demina, M. Yu. Promyslova, N. V. Koronovskii and V. V. Tzarev p. 724  abstract

A New Regional Tectonic Map of the Consolidated Crystalline Basement of Sedimentary Basins and Near-Surface Fold Structures of the Ural Region

V. S. Druzhinin, Corresponding Member of the RAS P. S. Martyshko and V. Yu. Osipov p. 727  abstract

The Deep Structures of the Junction of the Urals with the Russian and West Siberian Platforms

K. S. Ivanov, Academician V. A. Koroteev and N. P. Kostrov p. 731  abstract

Evolution of Sedimentary Rock Formation of a Rock Association Level

V. G. Kuznetsov p. 736  abstract

A Vendian Manganese-Bearing Basin of the Ikat Terrane: Formation Settings and Provenance Areas

S. I. Shkolnik, E. F. Letnikova, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov, M. D. Buyantuev, L. Z. Reznitskii and I. G. Barash p. 739  abstract

Conditions of Formation of Igneous Rocks in Plume Magmatism at the Example of the Western Slope of the Southern Urals

S. G. Kovalev, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Puchkov, S. I. Vysotsky and S. S. Kovalev p. 743  abstract

GEOLOGY

New Data on the Age of the Glaciation in the New Siberian Islands (Russian Eastern Arctic)

P. A. Nikolskiy, A. E. Basilyan and V. S. Zazhigin p. 748  abstract

Geology

Late Paleozoic Anorogenic Magmatism in Southern Mongolia: Evolutionary Stages and Structural Control

Academician V. V. Yarmolyuk, A. M. Kozlovsky and A. V. Travin p. 753  abstract

New Data on Continental Crust Age in the Western Part of the Aldan Shield: Results of Sm–Nd Isotopic Study of the Cenozoic Sand Deposits in the Chara and Tokkin Basins

A. B. Kotov, T. M. Skovitina, V. P. Kovach, S. D. Velikoslavinsky, D. V. Lopatin, Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, E. V. Tolmacheva and O. V. Bobrovskaya p. 758  abstract

Results of U–Pb Dating of Zircons from Wehrlite of the Platinum-Bearing Feklistov Massif (Shantar Archipelago, Russia)

K. N. Malitch, I. Yu. Badanina, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Puchkov, E. A. Belousova and A. A. Stepashko p. 762  abstract

Metallogenic Specialization of Supercontinent Cycles: A Case Study of Silver Deposits

A. V. Tkachev, Academician D. V. Rundqvist and N. A. Vishnevskaya p. 766  abstract

Geochemistry

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Content of Heavy Rare-Earth Elements and Platinum in Snow Samples to Assess the Ecological Hazard of Air Pollution in Urban Areas

S. F. Vinokurov, Corresponding Member of the RAS N. P. Tarasova, A. N. Trunova and V. A. Sychkova p. 771  abstract

First Data on Methylhopanes in Lower Cambrian Organic Matter of the Siberian Platform

T. M. Parfenova p. 775  abstract

GEOCHEMISTRY

Phases of the Fe–C–N System as Hosts of Mantle Carbon and Nitrogen: Experimental Studies at 7.8 GPa and 1350°C

A. G. Sokol, A. N. Kruk, Yu. N. Palyanov and Academician N. V. Sobolev p. 780  abstract

Geography

Information Analysis of Hyperspectral Images from the Hyperion Satellite

Yu. G. Puzachenko, R. B. Sandlersky, A. N. Krenke and M. Yu. Puzachenko p. 784  abstract

Geochemistry

Geochemistry and the Sm–Nd Model Age of Sedimentary Rocks from the Lower Horizon of the Cover in the Northeastern Part of the West Siberian Platform

K. S. Ivanov, Yu. L. Ronkin, Yu. V. Erokhin and O. E. Pogromskaya p. 788  abstract

Experimental Study of Natural Pyrochlore and Niobium Oxide Solubility in Alkaline Hydrothermal Solutions

V. S. Korzhinskaya, N. P. Kotova and Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov p. 793  abstract

REE Systematics in Modern Bottom Sediments of the Caspian Sea and River Deltas Worldwide: Experience of Comparison

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov, N. V. Kozina, V. P. Shevchenko, A. A. Klyuvitkin, Ph. V. Sapozhnikov and Corresponding Member of the RAS P. O. Zavialov p. 797  abstract

Distribution of Hydrocarbons in Water and Bottom Sediments of the Northern and Middle Caspian Sea

I. A. Nemirovskaya, Academician A. P. Lisitzin and E. V. Ostrovskaya p. 803  abstract

Geophysics

New Evidence of Acoustic Effects of Radiation Impacts in Deep Wells

A. S. Belyakov, I. N. Didenkulov, A. D. Zhigalin, V. S. Lavrov, A. I. Malekhanov and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Nikolaev p. 808  abstract

Development of Tomographic Technology for the Earth’s Crust in the Shelf Regions

Academician G. I. Dolgikh, S. S. Budrin, S. G. Dolgikh, V. V. Ovcharenko, A. A. Pivovarov, A. N. Samchenko, A. N. Shvyrev, V. A. Chupin and I. O. Yaroshchuk p. 811  abstract

Inertial Oscillations on the Sheared Current of an Arbitrary Profile

Corresponding Member of the RAS G. K. Korotaev and K. D. Sabinin p. 816  abstract

Geochemistry

Factors of 18O/16O Fractionation in Garnets: Evidence from Calculations of Isotope Frequency Shifts

D. P. Krylov and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. A. Glebovitsky p. 818  abstract

Phlogopite and Phlogopite–Amphibole Parageneses in the Lithospheric Mantle of the Birekte Terrane (Siberian Craton)

L. V. Solov’eva, T. V. Kalashnikova, S. I. Kostrovitsky, A. V. Ivanov, S. S. Matsuk and L. F. Suvorova p. 822  abstract

Isotope Compositions of C and O of Magmatic Calcites from the Udachnaya–East Pipe Kimberlite, Yakutia

A. A. Tomilenko, Yu. V. Dublyansky, D. V. Kuzmin and Academician N. V. Sobolev p. 828  abstract

Geophysics

Anomalous Transboundary Transport of the Products of Biomass Burning from North American Wildfires to Northern Eurasia

S. A. Sitnov and Academician I. I. Mokhov p. 832  abstract

Geothermal Asymmetry in Transform Faults of the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

M. D. Khutorskoi, E. A. Teveleva and L. V. Podgornykh p. 836  abstract

Geography

Public Health in the Regions of Russia at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century: Medical–Geographical Assessment

S. M. Malkhazova, P. V. Pestina and N. V. Shartova p. 840  abstract