Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 469, No. 2, 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

Sr Isotopic Chemostratigraphy of Precambrian Carbonate Rocks in the Amderma Rise, Pai-Khoi Ridge

A. B. Kuznetsov, E. V. Starikova, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov and G. V. Konstantinova p. 777  abstract

Cu–Ag Sulfides as Indicators of Pre-Porphyritic Epithermal Au–Ag Deposits in Northeastern Russia

N. E. Savva, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. A. Sidorov and A. V. Volkov p. 782  abstract

Tectono-Metallogenic Settings of the Formation and Convergence of Disseminated Au–Sulfide Mineralization

A. V. Volkov and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. A. Sidorov p. 787  abstract

Geodynamic Formation Conditions of Early Cambrian Lavas in the Ozernaya Zone of Mongolia

D. V. Kovalenko, A. A. Mongush and H. N. Sath p. 791  abstract

Influence of Supercontinent Cyclicity on Global Metallogenic Processes: Main Tendencies

A. V. Tkachev and Academician D. V. Rundquist p. 797  abstract

Changes in the Manner of Tectonic Movements under the Earth’s Evolution

Academician M. I. Kuzmin and Academician V. V. Yarmolyuk p. 802  abstract

Geochemistry

Late Precambrian OIB Magmatism in the Kuznetsk Alatau, Siberia: Geochemical Features of the Kulbyurstyug Formation Volcanics

V. V. Vrublevskii, A. D. Kotelnikov and V. I. Krupchatnikov p. 807  abstract

Behavior of Noble Metals upon Fractional Crystallization of Copper-Rich Sulfide Melts

V. V. Distler, E. F. Sinyakova and V. I. Kosyakov p. 811  abstract

New Monoaromatic Steroids in Organic Matter of the Apocatagenesis Zone

Corresponding Member of the RAS V. A. Kashirtsev, A. N. Fomin, N. P. Shevchenko and K. V. Dolzhenko p. 815  abstract

Magnetic Properties of Bottom Sediments from Meromectic Shira Lake (Siberia, Russia)

D. Yu. Rogozin, D. A. Balaev, S. V. Semenov, K. A. Shaikhutdinov and O. A. Bayukov p. 819  abstract

Phase Equilibria in the MgO–SiO2–ZrO2 System

V. M. Ryzhkov, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Anfilogov, I. A. Blinov, A. A. Krasnobaev and P. M. Valizer p. 824  abstract

Geophysics

Technogenic-Tectonic Earthquakes of the Dnieper–Donets Aulacogen

Academician V. V. Adushkin, I. A. Sanina, I. P. Gabsatarova, G. N. Ivanchenko and E. M. Gorbunova p. 828  abstract

Nature of the Macroseismic Paradox of the Deep-Focus Earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24, 2013 (Mw = 8.3)

I. P. Kuzin, Corresponding Member of the RAS L. I. Lobkovskii and K. A. Dozorova p. 832  abstract

Geography

The Concept of a Bilayer Hydrosphere: From the Origins to the Methodological Approaches

S. I. Shaporenko p. 837  abstract

Geochemistry

Reconstruction of the Conditions of Late Holocene Sedimentation by Integrated Analysis of a Core of the Bottom Sediments from the Chukchi Sea

E. G. Vologina, M. Sturm, I. A. Kalugin, A. V. Darin, A. S. Astakhov, G. P. Chernyaeva, A. N. Kolesnik and A. A. Bosin p. 841  abstract

190Pt–4He Age of PGE Ores in the Alkaline–Ultramafic Kondyor Massif (Khabarovsk District, Russia)

A. G. Mochalov, O. V. Yakubovich and Academician N. S. Bortnikov p. 846  abstract

New Data on the Age of Gold Mineralization of the Lugokan Ore Cluster (Eastern Transbaikalia)

Yu. O. Redin, V. F. Dultsev, P. A. Nevolko and A. V. Ponomarchuk p. 851  abstract

Thermodynamic Modeling of REE Behavior in Oxidized Hydrothermal Fluids of High Sulfate Sulfur Concentrations

G. P. Shironosova, G. R. Kolonin, A. A. Borovikov and A. S. Borisenko p. 855  abstract

GEOPHYSICS

The First Ever Application of Electromagnetic Sounding for Mapping the Submarine Permafrost Table on the Laptev Sea Shelf

A. V. Koshurnikov, V. E. Tumskoy, N. E. Shakhova, Academician V. I. Sergienko, O. V. Dudarev, A. Yu. Gunar, P. Yu. Pushkarev, I. P. Semiletov and A. A. Koshurnikov p. 860  abstract

Geochemistry

Isotope and Geochemical Parameters of Hydrocarbon Gases in Bottom Sediments of the Shelf of the East Siberian Sea

A. I. Gresov, N. E. Shakhova, Academician V. I. Sergiyenko, A. V. Yatsuk and I. P. Semiletov p. 864  abstract

GEOCHEMISTRY

The First Data on Mass-Independent Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes in Sulfides from Rocks of the Eastern Part of the Fennoscandian Shield

A. V. Ignat’ev, Academician A. I. Khanchuk, S. V. Vysotskii, T. A. Velivetskaya, V. I. Levitskii and E. N. Terekhov p. 867  abstract

Geochemistry

The First Finding of Graphite Inclusion in Diamond from Mantle Rocks: The result of the Study of Eclogite Xenolith from Udachnaya Pipe (Siberian Craton)

D. S. Mikhailenko, A. V. Korsakov, A. V. Golovin, P. S. Zelenovskiy and Academician N. P. Pohilenko p. 870  abstract

Native Niobium in the Regolith from the Mare Crisium

A. V. Mokhov, T. A. Gornostaeva, P. M. Kartashov and Academician O. A. Bogatikov p. 874  abstract

Abnormal Composition of Carbon Isotopes in Underground Alkaline Waters of Kuzbass

S. L. Shvartsev, O. E. Lepokurova, V. A. Ponomarchuk, E. V. Domrocheva and D. A. Sizikov p. 877  abstract

Geophysics

Results of a Seismic Forecasting Experiment for the Kamchatka Region

L. N. Doda, V. L. Natyaganov and S. A. Shopin p. 882  abstract

Oceanology

The First Discovery of Cryptotephra of the Catastrophic Eruptions of the Baitoushan Volcano in the Tenth Century A.D. in the Shelf Deposits of the Sea of Japan

Academician V. A. Akulichev, A. S. Astakhov, M. I. Malakhov, K. I. Aksentov, A. A. Karabtsov, A. A. Mar’yash and A. V. Alatortsev p. 887  abstract

The Proto-Terrestrial Mechanism of the Appearance of Water and Early Genesis of the Global Ocean

S. Ya. Sergin p. 892  abstract