Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 483, 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

A Polychronous Locality of Megafauna on the Northwestern Coast of Lake Baikal

N. P. Kalmykov and R. Ts. Budaev p. 1487  abstract

A New Paleomagnetic Pole for the Silurian Geological Sequences of Tuva

D. V. Kovalenko and Corresponding Member of the RAS K. V. Lobanov p. 1491  abstract

High-Pressure Tectonites of Yenisei Ridge as a Result of Ductile Shear Fault Deformations in the Suture Zone

I. I. Likhanov, P. S. Kozlov, K. S. Ivanov and S. V. Zinoviev p. 1495  abstract

Eocene Granitoids of the Okhotsk Granodiorite Complex (South Sakhalin)

I. A. Alexandrov, J.-P. Liao, B.-M. Jahn, V. V. Golozoubov, V. V. Ivin and Yu. A. Stepnova p. 1499  abstract

Carboniferous 40Ar/39Ar Age of Rare-Metal Enriched Rhyolites and Ignimbrites in the Sakmara Allochthon (Southern Urals)

A. V. Ryazantsev, Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev, A. V. Pilitsyna and I. A. Novikov p. 1504  abstract

Geochemistry

First Data on the Isotopic Age of Zircons from Rocks of the Roseta Ultramafic Massif, Southern Margin of the São Francisco Craton (Brazil)

F. P. Lesnov, M. A. P. Pinheiro and S. A. Sergeev p. 1510  abstract

Carbon Isotope Characteristics as Evidence of an External Source of High-Temperature Granitoids in Granulite Complexes

O. G. Safonov, V. N. Reutsky, V. D. Shcherbakov, M. A. Golunova, D. A. Varlamov, V. O. Yapaskurt and D. D. van Reenen p. 1515  abstract

Oceanology

An Anomalous Record-High Internal Wave Train on the Black Sea Shelf, Generated by an Atmospheric Front

Academician V. G. Bondur, A. N. Serebryany and V. V. Zamshin p. 1519  abstract

Structure and Variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre, 2007–2017

S. V. Gladyshev, V. S. Gladyshev, Corresponding Member of the RAS S. K. Gulev and A. V. Sokov p. 1524  abstract

Water Scarcity and the Role of Groundwater in Salinization of the Don Avandelta

Academician G. G. Matishov and K. S. Grigorenko p. 1528  abstract

The North Pole Region: First Data on the Snow–Sea Ice–Ice Water Sedimentation System

A. N. Novigatsky and Academician A. P. Lisitzin p. 1534  abstract

Geochemistry

The Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Greenhouse Gas Emission in Experiments on Imitation of the Full Vegetation Cycle of Tundra Ecosystems

Yu. V. Barkhatov, S. A. Ushakova, V. N. Shikhov, S. Yu. Evgrafova, A. A. Tikhomirov and Academician A. G. Degermendzhi p. 1539  abstract

Geochemical Specifics of Highly Differentiated Topaz-Bearing Granite of the Salmi Batholith

A. A. Konyshev, V. Yu. Chevychelov and Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov p. 1542  abstract

Geography

Unique Surges of Medvezhy Glacier

Academician V. M. Kotlyakov, L. P. Chernova, T. E. Khromova, A. Ya. Muraviev, A. B. Kachalin and A. S. Tiuflin p. 1547  abstract

Oceanology

Intermediate Waters in the Irminger Sea during Deep Convection: Variability and the Role of Circulation Mechanisms

S. V. Gladyshev, V. S. Gladyshev, L. A. Pautova, Corresponding Member of the RAS S. K. Gulev and A. V. Sokov p. 1553  abstract

Seasonal Variability of Vertical Fluxes of Dispersed Sedimentary Matter in the Black Sea

A. A. Klyuvitkin, M. D. Kravchishina, O. M. Dara, I. I. Rusanov and Academician A. P. Lisitzin p. 1558  abstract

Geochemistry

Abnormally High δ34S Values of Edifices at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The Closed System Effect at the Sulfide Generation Zone

E. O. Dubinina, O. O. Stavrova and Academician N. S. Bortnikov p. 1564  abstract

A New Approach to 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Combustion Events: A Case Study from the Late Pleistocene Coal Fires in Goose Lake Depression (Transbaikalia)

S. A. Novikova, N. G. Murzintsev, A. V. Travin, E. V. Sokol and Academician A. K. Tulokhonov p. 1567  abstract

Distribution of Rare Metals and REEs in Brown Coal Deposits of the Upper and Middle Amur Region

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. P. Sorokin and A. A. Konyushok p. 1571  abstract

Geophysics

Local Occurrence of the Relationship between Variations in the Earth’s Rotation Rate and the Dynamics of Seismicity: Case Study of Sakhalin

Corresponding Member of the RAS B. W. Levin, E. V. Sasorova, A. S. Zakupin and P. A. Kamenev p. 1575  abstract

Oceanology

A Molecular-Electronic Hydrophone for Low-Frequency Research of Ambient Noise in the World Ocean

D. L. Zaitsev, S. Y. Avdyukhina, V. M. Agafonov, Academician A. S. Bugaev and E. V. Egorov p. 1579  abstract

Changes in the Radiation State of Bottom Sediments in Yenisei Gulf

A. Yu. Miroshnikov, Corresponding Member of the RAS M. V. Flint, E. O. Dubinina, En. E. Asadulin, S. A. Shchuka and A. A. Usacheva p. 1582  abstract