Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences


Vol. 491, No. 2, 2020


Geology

Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic Quartzites of the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: Age Determination according to the Results of Detrital Zircon Dating

D. V. Alexeiev, A. K. Khudoley and S. A. DuFrane p. 191  abstract

The Development of Miocene Biohermal Bryozoan Limestones of Kazantip Cape (Crimea): A New Insight

A. I. Antoshkina, L. V. Leonova and Yu. S. Simakova p. 195  abstract

First Find of Platinum in Cosmogenic Spherules of Ferromanganese Crusts (Fedorov Guyot, Magellan Seamounts, Pacific Ocean)

D. P. Savelyev, Academician A. I. Khanchuk, O. L. Savelyeva, S. V. Moskaleva and P. E. Mikhailik p. 199  abstract


Geomorphology

New Insights into the Geomorphological Evolution of the West African Relief

V. I. Mamedov, V. A. Zaitsev, M. A. Makarova and V. S. Pashkov p. 204  abstract


Mineralogy

Crystal Structure of Yushkinite [(Mg0.60Al0.30V0.10)Σ1.0(OH)2][V0.875S2]: An Example of a Commensurate Combination of Brucite and Sulfide Layers

S. V. Soboleva, T. E. Evstigneeva, N. M. Boeva and Academician N. S. Bortnikov p. 210  abstract

Mineral Composition of Manganese Crusts from Belyaevskii Volcano (Sea of Japan)

Yu. G. Volokhin, Academician A. I. Khanchuk, P. E. Mikhailik and E. V. Mikhailik p. 214  abstract

Ore Mineralization in Pleistocene Sediments of Long Strait (East Siberian Sea)

Corresponding Member of the RAS N. A. Goryachev, O. T. Sotskaya, A. S. Astakhov, Shi Xuefa, T. I. Mikhalitsyna, K. I. Aksentov and N. V. Berdnikov p. 220  abstract

Native Cobalt from the Regolith of Mare Crisium

A. V. Mokhov, T. A. Gornostaeva, P. M. Kartashov, A. P. Rybchuk and Academician O. A. Bogatikov p. 224  abstract

Fragments of Paleoproterozoic Large Igneous Provinces in Northern Fennoscandia: Baddeleyite U–Pb Age Data for Mafic Dykes and Sills

E. B. Salnikova, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Samsonov, A. V. Stepanova, R. V. Veselovskiy, S. V. Egorova, A. A. Arzamastsev and K. G. Erofeeva p. 227  abstract


Geochemistry

Geochemistry of Rare Earth Metals in the Ore Eudialyte Complex of the Lovozero Rare Earth Deposit

Academician L. N. Kogarko p. 231  abstract

Isotope Fractionation and the Pressure Effect on 18O/16O in Kyanite-Sillimanite-Andalusite Polymorphs (Al2SiO5): Ab-Initio Modelling

D. P. Krylov, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. B. Kuznetsov and A. A. Gavrilova p. 235  abstract

Age of Granulites of the Cheremshanskaya Unit (Sharyzhalgai Uplift, Siberian Craton, Russia): New Data

S. V. Vysotskiy, Academician A. I. Khanchuk, V. I. Levitskii, E. I. Demonterova, I. V. Levitskii, A. V. Ignatiev and T. A. Velivetskaya p. 238  abstract

Geochemical Composition of Dolerites as an Indicator of the Distance of a Dike Swarm from the Mantle Plume Center (Case Study of Proterozoic Dike Swarms, Siberian Craton)

Corresponding Member of the RAS D. P. Gladkochub and T. V. Donskaya p. 243  abstract

An Abnormal Isotopic Composition of Oxygen in Zircon from Corundum-Bearing Metasomatites of the Dyadina Gora Ore Occurrence, Belomorian Mobile Belt

S. G. Skublov, S. A. Bushmin, Corresponding Member of the RAS A. B. Kuznetsov, X.-H. Li, Q.-L. Li, E. V. Levashova and E. V. Savva p. 247  abstract

Elevated Mercury in the Water of the Angara River Source: A Response to Geodynamic Impacts and Strong Earthquakes

V. I. Grebenshchikova, Academician M. I. Kuzmin, A. V. Klyuchevskii, V. M. Demyanovich and A. A. Kluchevskaya p. 253  abstract

New Data on the Concentrations of Dissolved Trace Elements in Waters of Russian Arctic Rivers

A. V. Savenko, V. S. Savenko and O. S. Pokrovsky p. 257  abstract

Biogeochemical Migration of Elements within the Lake Watershed of a Reference Site (Valdai Upland)

N. A. Gashkina and Corresponding Member of the RAS T. I. Moiseenko p. 264  abstract


Geophysics

Mechanism of the Generation of Abnormally High Accelerations >1g on Soft Soils during Earthquakes

O. V. Pavlenko p. 271  abstract


Seismology

The Contemporary Seismic Deficit in the Kuril–Kamchatka Subduction Zone

Corresponding Member of the RAS B. W. Levin, A. S. Prytkov, N. F. Vasilenko and D. I. Frolov p. 277  abstract


Geography

Regularities of the Distribution of Lake Areas on Thermokarst Plains with Fluvial Erosion

A. S. Victorov, T. V. Orlov, O. N. Trapeznikova, V. N. Kapralova and M. V. Arkhipova p. 282  abstract


Oceanology

Features of Propagation and Transformation of Low-Frequency Hydroacoustic Signals on a Shelf of Decreasing Depth

Academician G. I. Dolgikh, Piao Shengchun, S. S. Budrin, Song Yang, S. G. Dolgikh, V. V. Ovcharenko, V. A. Chupin, S. V. Yakovenko, Dong Yang, Wang Xiaohan and V. A. Shvets p. 285  abstract