Vol. 475, No. 2, 2017

Doklady Earth Sciences

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

Environmental Conditions as the Cause of the Great Mass Extinction of Marine Organisms in the Late Devonian

M. S. Barash p. 845 abstract

Paleomagnetism and Geochronology of Volcanogenic-Sedimentary Rocks of Henrietta Island (De Long Archipelago, Arctic Ocean)

A. I. Chernova, D. V. Metelkin, N. Yu. Matushkin, Academician V. A. Vernikovsky and A. V. Travin p. 849 abstract

Discovery of Upper Oligocene–Lower Miocene Brown Coal Deposits (Kosh-Agach Formation) in the Dzhazator River Valley (Southeastern Russian Altai): Neotectonic and Paleogeographical Aspects

A. R. Agatova, R. K. Nepop, N. A. Rudaya, I. V. Khazina, A. N. Zhdanova, M. A. Bronnikova, O. N. Uspenskaya, E. P. Zazovskaya, I. Y. Ovchinnikov, V. S. Panov and Corresponding Member of the RAS B. N. Shurygin p. 854 abstract

The Beginning of Volcanic Activity within Sredinny Metamorphic Massif (Sredinny Range, Kamchatka)

M. M. Pevzner, A. O. Volynets, V. A. Lebedev, A. D. Babansky, D. V. Kovalenko, Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. A. Kostitsin, M. L. Tolstykh and Yu. V. Kushcheva p. 858 abstract

First Results of U/Pb Dating of Detrital Zircons from Middle Riphean Sandstones of the Zigalga Formation, South Urals

N. B. Kuznetsov, E. A. Belousova, T. V. Romanyuk, Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov, V. M. Gorozhanin, E. N. Gorozhanina and E. S. Pyzhova p. 863 abstract

New Data on the Lithology of Coastal Facies of the Turtas Formation (Upper Oligocene, Southwestern Siberia)

P. V. Smirnov, A. O. Konstantinov, G. N. Aleksandrova, O. B. Kuzmina and Corresponding Member of the RAS B. N. Shurygin p. 868 abstract

GEOLOGY

Riftogenic Magmatism of Western Part of the Early Mesozoic Mongolian–Transbaikalian Igneous Province: Results of Geochronological Studies

Academician V. V. Yarmolyuk, A. M. Kozlovsky, E. B. Salnikova, A. V. Travin and E. A. Kudryashova p. 872 abstract

Geochemistry

Ventilation of the Black Sea Anoxic Zone: Evidence from the Sulfur Isotope Composition of Sulfate

A. V. Dubinin, E. O. Dubinina, S. A. Kossova and E. D. Berezhnaya p. 877 abstract

First Find of Platinum Group Metals in the Ore of Kirganik Copper–Porphyry Deposit (Kamchatka)

E. G. Sidorov, E. K. Ignatyev and V. M. Chubarov p. 883 abstract

Geophysics

Zones of the Origin of Seismic Centers in the Pamir–Tien Shan Sector of High Asia

Yu. G. Gatinsky, T. V. Prokhorova and Academician D. V. Rundquist p. 887 abstract

Gravimagnetic Perturbations Preceding Earthquakes

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. L. Sobisevich, L. E. Sobisevich, K. Kh. Kanonidi and D. V. Likhodeev p. 891 abstract

Geography

Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene Events in the Periglacial Area in the Southern Part of the East European Plain

A. A. Velichko, O. K. Borisova, Yu. M. Kononov, E. A. Konstantinov, R. N. Kurbanov, T. D. Morozova, P. G. Panin, V. V. Semenov, A. S. Tesakov, S. N. Timireva, V. V. Titov and P. D. Frolov p. 895 abstract

GEOGRAPHY

Pattern of Large Raised Bog Formation in the South-Eastern Baltic Region during the Holocene: the Case of Kaliningrad Oblast

T. V. Napreenko-Dorokhova, M. G. Napreenko and Academician A. P. Lisitzin p. 900 abstract

Geography

A Procedure for Mapping Vulnerability of Sea-Coastal Zones to Oil

A. A. Shavykin, Academician G. G. Matishov and A. N. Karnatov p. 907 abstract

Geochemistry

Subsolidus Segregation of Quartz in Metamorphic Differentiation of Metasedimentary Rocks

M. V. Artimenko p. 911 abstract

Contrasting Origin of Two A-Type Rhyolite Series from the Early Permian Nomgon Bimodal Volcanic Association (Southern Mongolia)

A. M. Kozlovsky, Academician V. V. Yarmolyuk, V. M. Savatenkov and E. A. Kudryashova p. 914 abstract

Experimental Testing of Olivine–Melt Equilibrium Models at High Temperatures

S. P. Krasheninnikov, Academician A. V. Sobolev, V. G. Batanova, A. A. Kargaltsev and A. A. Borisov p. 919 abstract

Eskolaite in the Regolith of the Taurus-Littrow Valley

A. V. Mokhov, A. P. Rybchuk, P. M. Kartashov, T. A. Gornostaeva and Academician O. A. Bogatikov p. 923 abstract

The First Dating Results for Gabbro of the Dunite–Clinopyroxenite–Gabbro Complex of the Chistop Massif (North Urals)

G. A. Petrov, Yu. L. Ronkin, P. A. Lvov and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov p. 926 abstract

Geophysics

New Data on the Deep Structure of the South Kochkor Zone of Concentrated Deformation

E. A. Bataleva, E. S. Przhiyalgovskii, V. Yu. Batalev, E. V. Lavrushina, M. G. Leonov, V. E. Matyukov and A. K. Rybin p. 930 abstract

Seismic Efficiency of Meteor Airbursts

V. V. Svetsov, N. A. Artemieva and V. V. Shuvalov p. 935 abstract

Geography

Study of Changes in the Physiological State of Cyanobacteria Caused by Weak Ultrasonic Treatment

Academician V. A. Rumyantsev, N. Yu. Grigor’eva and L. V. Chistyakova p. 939 abstract

Oceanology

Features of the Propagation of Pseudorandom Pulse Signals from the Shelf to Deep Water in the Presence of Gyre Formation on the Acoustic Track

Academician V. A. Akulichev, A. V. Burenin, S. Yu. Ladychenko, V. B. Lobanov and Yu. N. Morgunov p. 942 abstract

Geochemistry

Replacement of Zircon with Baddeleyite as a Likely Mechanism of the Formation of Zoned Zircon Crystals in Ultrabasic Rocks

Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Anfilogov, A. A. Krasnobaev, V. M. Ryzhkov and P. M. Valizer p. 946 abstract

Primary Melt and Fluid Inclusions in Regenerated Crystals and Phenocrysts of Olivine from Kimberlites of the Udachnaya-East Pipe, Yakutia: The Problem of the Kimberlite Melt

A. A. Tomilenko, D. V. Kuzmin, T. A. Bul’bak and Academician N. V. Sobolev p. 949 abstract

Unique СО₂–Saturated Mineral Waters of the Mukhen Deposit (Khabarovsk Krai): Composition and Genesis

N. A. Kharitonova, S. L. Shvartsev, O. E. Lepokurova and G. A. Chelnokov p. 953 abstract

Geophysics

Mountain Wave-Induced Variations of Ozone and Total Nitrogen Dioxide Contents over the Subpolar Urals

V. N. Kozhevnikov, Corresponding Member of the RAS N. F. Elansky and K. B. Moiseenko p. 958 abstract

Geography

Methane Fluxes on the Water–Atmosphere Boundary in the Sea of Okhotsk

G. I. Mishukova, R. B. Shakirov and A. I. Obzhirov p. 963 abstract

Problems of Riverbed Evolution in the Basin of the Ural River

Yu. A. Padalko and Academician A. A. Chibilyov p. 968 abstract