Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 479, No. 2, 2018

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

The Younger Age Limit of Metasedimentary Protolith Formation of the Lower Part of the Udokan Group Rocks (Aldan Shield)

A. B. Kotov, E. B. Salnikova, V. P. Kovach, S. D. Velikoslavinskii, Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, Corresponding Member of the RAS D. P. Gladkochub, A. M. Larin, E. V. Tolmacheva, A. M. Fedoseenko and Yu. V. Plotkina p. 415  abstract

Igneous Complexes of the Orochenka Caldera of the East Sikhote-Alin Belt: U–Pb (SHRIMP) Age, Trace and Rare Earth Element Composition, and Au–Ag Mineralization

Corresponding Member of the RAS V. G. Sakhno and S. V. Kovalenko p. 420  abstract

A Large Paleoseismodislocation in the Southeastern Part of the Cherskii Seismic Belt, Northern Priokhotye

V. N. Smirnov, M. N. Kondratyev and P. P. Kolegov p. 425  abstract

New Data on the Age of Gold Mineralization in the Southeastern Part of Eastern Sayan

B. B. Damdinov, S. M. Zhmodik, A. V. Travin, D. S. Yudin and Corresponding Member of the RAS N. A. Goryachev p. 429  abstract

Faults and Source Parameters of Earthquakes in the Baikal Rift Zone: Dip Angles of Fault Planes

V. M. Dem’yanovich and A. V. Klyuchevskii p. 433  abstract

First Finds of Platinum and Palladium Minerals in Sulfide Ores of the Khudolaz Intrusive Complex (Southern Urals)

I. R. Rakhimov, A. V. Vishnevskiy, A. G. Vladimirov, D. E. Saveliev, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. N. Puchkov and D. N. Salikhov p. 439  abstract

The First Finding of Sapphirine in Granulites of the Angara–Kan Block: Evidence of Ultra-High–Temperature Metamorphism in the SW Siberian Craton

V. P. Sukhorukov, Corresponding Member of the RAS D. P. Gladkochub and O. M. Turkina p. 443  abstract

First Evidence of Middle Triassic Basic Magmatism in the Southwestern Part of the Dzhugdzhur–Stanovoi Superterrane (Ilikan Terrane)

I. V. Buchko, A. A. Sorokin, A. A. Rodionov and N. M. Kudryashov p. 448  abstract

Results of Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Deposits from the Sea of Azov

Academician G. G. Matishov, G. V. Kovaleva, Kh. A. Arslanov, K. V. Dyuzhova, V. V. Polshin and A. E. Zolotareva p. 452  abstract

Geochemistry

Hydrogen and Carbon Groups in the Structures of Rock-Forming Minerals of Rocks of the Lithospheric Mantle: FTIR and STA + QMS Data

M. S. Babushkina, V. L. Ugolkov, Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Marin, L. P. Nikitina and A. G. Goncharov p. 456  abstract

Transport and Crystallization of Noble Platinum in Supercritical C–O–H Fluid

Academician F. A. Letnikov, T. G. Shumilova, V. Ya. Medvedev and L. A. Ivanova p. 460  abstract

Ankaramite: A New Type of High-Magnesium and High-Calcium Primitive Melt in the Magnitogorsk Island-Arc Zone (Southern Urals)

E. V. Pushkarev, A. V. Ryazancev, I. A. Gottman, Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev and V. S. Kamenetsky p. 463  abstract

Geochemical Peculiarities of Galena and Sphalerite from Polymetallic Deposits of the Dal’negorskii Ore Region (Primorsky Krai, Russia)

L. I. Rogulina, Academician V. G. Moiseenko and V. A. Ponomarchuk p. 468  abstract

The Nature of Mantle Rocks in Ophiolites of the Polar Urals

V. R. Shmelev, S. Arai and A. Tamura p. 472  abstract

Geophysics

Vertical Helicity Flux as an Index of General Atmospheric Circulation

M. V. Kurgansky, L. O. Maksimenkov, A. A. Khapaev and O. G. Chkhetiani p. 477  abstract

Assessment of the Ability of Contemporary Climate Models to Assess Adequately the Risk of Possible Regional Anomalies and Trends

Academician I. I. Mokhov p. 482  abstract

Geochemistry

Slab Melt as a Potential Source of Profiling Elements of Gold and Heavy Metal Deposits

S. V. Efremov, A. M. Spiridonov and Corresponding Member of the RAS N. A. Goryachev p. 486  abstract

An Empirical Model of the Gibbs Free Energy for Solutions of NaCl and CaCl2 of Arbitrary Concentration at Temperatures from 423.15 K to 623.15 K under Vapor Saturation Pressure

M. V. Ivanov, S. A. Bushmin and Corresponding Member of the RAS L. Y. Aranovich p. 491  abstract

The Surface Layer of a Crystal and Its Specific Role in the Process of Melt Formation

R. N. Sobolev p. 495  abstract

Geophysics

Specific Features in the Deep Structure of the Naryn Basin–Baibichetoo Ridge–Atbashi Basin System: Evidence from the Complex of Geological and Geophysical Data

A. K. Rybin, E. A. Bataleva, Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. A. Morozov, M. G. Leonov, V. Yu. Batalev, V. E. Matyukov, O. B. Zabinyakova and V. O. Nelin p. 499  abstract

Changes in Surface Temperature in the Arctic: Accuracy of Model Reproduction and Probabilistic Prediction for the Near Future

P. V. Sporyshev, V. M. Kattsov and Corresponding Member of the RAS S. K. Gulev p. 503  abstract

Geography

Daily Course of CO2 Fluxes in the Atmosphere–Water System and Variable Fluorescence of Phytoplankton during the Open-Water Period for Lake Baikal according to Long-Term Measurements

V. V. Zavoruev, V. M. Domysheva, D. A. Pestunov, M. V. Sakirko and M. V. Panchenko p. 507  abstract

Geochemistry

The Main Factors of Uranium Accumulation in the Ishim Plain Saline Lakes (Western Siberia)

A. G. Vladimirov, S. K. Krivonogov, A. V. Karpov, I. V. Nikolaeva, L. I. Razvorotneva, M. N. Kolpakova and E. N. Moroz p. 511  abstract

Parental Sources of High–Alumina Alkaline Melts: Nd, Sr, Pb, and O Isotopic Evidence from the Devonian Kiya–Shaltyr Gabbro–Urtite Intrusion, South Siberia

V. V. Vrublevskii, I. F. Gertner and A. V. Chugaev p. 518  abstract

The Influence of Sodium and Potassium Chlorides on Phase Ratios in the Eclogite–CaCO3–H2O + CO2 System at 4 GPa and 1200–1300°C

N. S. Gorbachev, Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov and A. V. Kostyuk p. 524  abstract

Uranium-Bearing Srilankite from High-Pressure Garnetites of the Southern Urals: First Data

I. A. Gottman, E. V. Pushkarev and V. V. Khiller p. 529  abstract

Isotopic and Geochemical Characteristics of Western Arctic Ice-Rafted Sediments

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov, V. P. Shevchenko, Corresponding Member of the RAS A.B. Kuznetsov, R. Stein and S. Gerland p. 534  abstract

Geophysics

Increase in the Stratospheric NO2 Content Derived from Results of Ground-Based Observations after the October 2003 Solar Proton Event

V. Yu. Ageyeva, A. N. Gruzdev and A. S. Elokhov p. 539  abstract

Oceanology

Numerical Analysis of Surge Phenomena, Currents, and Pollution Transport in the Sea of Azov

Academician of the RAS V. A. Ivanov and T. Ya. Shul’ga p. 543  abstract