Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 474, No. 2, 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

New U–Pb Isotopic Data for Detrital Zircons from Metasedimentary Sequences of Northwestern Taimyr

V. B. Ershova, A. V. Prokopiev, A. K. Khudoley, V. F. Proskurnin, T. Andersen, K. Kullerud, M. A. Stepunina and D. A. Kolchanov p. 613  abstract

Ore-Controlling Thrust Faults at the Bazovskoe Gold-Ore Deposit (Eastern Yakutia)

V. Yu. Fridovsky, L. I. Polufuntikova, Corresponding Member of the RAS N. A. Goryachev and M. V. Kudrin p. 617  abstract

Reasons for the Outbreak of Microphytoplankton Productivity in the Late Oligocene Turtas Lake–Sea, Western Siberia

O. B. Kuzmina, D. V. Kuzmin and Corresponding Member of the RAS B. N. Shurygin p. 620  abstract

The First U–Pb Isotope Age Data of Island Arc and Continental–Margin Magmatism in the Central Part of the Koryak Highlands and U–Pb Age of Ore-Controlling Granitoids of the Talyayigin Ore Field

V. F. Polin, S. V. Aksyonov, A. V. Rasumniy, Academician A. I. Khanchuk and E. V. Volkov p. 624  abstract

Geochemistry

Geochemical Features and Fluid Conditions of the Formation of Late Quaternary Geyserites in the Olkhon Area and on Olkhon Island (Baikal Rift Zone)

S. D. Velikoslavinsky, A. B. Kotov, Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, T. M. Skovitina, E. V. Tolmacheva, O. A. Sklyarova and N. S. Prokopov p. 631  abstract

Visible and “Invisible” Forms of Gold and Silver in the Crystallization Products of Melts in the Fe–S–Ag–Au System: Experimental Data

G. A. Palyanova, Yu. L. Mikhlin, N. S. Karmanov, K. A. Kokh and Yu. V. Seryotkin p. 636  abstract

Geophysics

The Kovdor-2015 Experiment: Study of the Parameters of a Conductive Layer of Dilatancy–Diffusion Nature (DD Layer) in the Archaean Crystalline Basement of the Baltic Shield

A. A. Zhamaletdinov, Academician E. P. Velikhov, A. N. Shevtsov, V. V. Kolobov, V. E. Kolesnikov, A. A. Skorokhodov, T. G. Korotkova, V. V. Ivonin, P. A. Ryazantsev and M. A. Birulya p. 641  abstract

Earthquakes and Forecast Reliability: Thermoactivation and Mesomechanics of the Focal Zone

I. I. Kalinnikov, A. B. Manukin and V. P. Matyunin p. 646  abstract

Geography

Change in the Circulation Regime in the Stratified Saline Lake Shira (Siberia, Republic of Khakassia)

V. M. Belolipetskii, A. G. Degermendzhi, S. N. Genova and D. Y. Rogozin p. 649  abstract

Oceanology

Flows of Bottom Water in Fractures of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge

E. G. Morozov, R. Yu. Tarakanov, T. A. Demidova and N. I. Makarenko p. 653  abstract

The Phenomenon of Bloom Development of the Invasive Potentially Toxic Dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polygramma in Deep Water Areas of the Caspian Sea

L. A. Pautova, M. D. Kravchishina, V. A. Silkin and Academician A. P. Lisitzin p. 657  abstract

Geochemistry

Zirconology of Lherzolites in the Nurali Massif

A. A. Krasnobaev, A. I. Rusin, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Anfilogov, P. M. Valizer, S. V. Busharina and E. V. Medvedeva p. 662  abstract

Main Stages of Tectonomagmatic Activity of the Tuva–Mongolian Microcontinent in the Precambrian: Data on the U–Pb Age of Zircons

E. F. Letnikova, S. I. Shkolnik, Academician F. A. Letnikov, E. A. Karakovskii, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, I. A. Vishnevskaya, L. Z. Reznitskii, A. V. Ivanov and A. I. Prochenkin p. 668  abstract

Late Vendian Postcollisional Leucogranites of Yenisei Ridge

A. D. Nozhkin, I. I. Likhanov, Academician V. V. Reverdatto, T. B. Bayanova, S. V. Zinoviev, P. S. Kozlov, N. V. Popov and N. V. Dmitrieva p. 674  abstract

Stability of Methane in Reduced C–O–H Fluid at 6.3 GPa and 1300–1400°C

A. G. Sokol, A. A. Tomilenko, T. A. Bul’bak, G. A. Palyanova, Yu. N. Palyanov and Academician N. V. Sobolev p. 680  abstract

Sources of Clastic Material of Cretaceous–Paleogene Deposits in the Southwestern Part of the Amur–Zeya Basin: Results of Dating U–Pb Detrital Zircons

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. P. Sorokin and A. A. Sorokin p. 684  abstract

Geophysics

Seismic Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Cover in the Podvodnikov Basin and North Chukchi Trough

V. A. Poselov, V. V. Butsenko, S. M. Zholondz, A. S. Zholondz and A. A. Kireev p. 688  abstract

Geography

Consistent Patterns of the Size Distribution of Thermokarst Lakes

A. S. Viktorov, V. N. Kapralova, T. V. Orlov, O. N. Trapeznikova, M. V. Arkhipova, P. V. Berezin, A. V. Zverev, E. N. Panchenko and S. A. Sadkov p. 692  abstract

Geochemistry

Experimental Study of Eclogitization and Melting of Basic Rocks at Р = 4 GPa and Т = 1200–1400°С

N. S. Gorbachev, Academician Yu. B. Shapovalov and A. V. Kostyuk p. 695  abstract

Paleoarchean Orthopyroxenites of the Bug Granulite–Gneiss Domain at the Ukrainian Shield

S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. V. Balaganskii, M. Yu. Koreshkova, K. I. Lokhov, Sh. K. Baltybaev, L. M. Stepanyuk, Yu. S. Egorova, S. A. Sergeev, I. N. Kapitonov, O. L. Galankina, E. S. Bogomolov, N. G. Berezhnaya and V. V. Sukach p. 700  abstract

Geography

Combined Dendrochronological and Radiocarbon Dating of Six Russian Icons from the 15th–17th Centuries

A. V. Dolgikh, V. V. Matskovsky, K. V. Voronin and Corresponding Member of the RAS O. N. Solomina p. 706  abstract

Steppe Landscapes of the Ural–Volga Region in Response to Oil and Gas Production: Evaluation and Minimization of Direct Geoecological Aftereffects

K. V. Myachina, Academician A. A. Chibilev and S. A. Dubrovskaya p. 709  abstract

Study of the Origin of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water of Lake Baikal

M. Yu. Semenov, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. A. Snytko and I. I. Marinaite p. 713  abstract