Contents
Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section

Vol. 363A, No. 9, 1998

English language translation of the journal is available from / Interperiodica Publishing (Russia).
Doklady Earth Sciences ISSN 1028-334X. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Volume 363, Nos. 3–6

Volume 363A, November–December.

Part 1. Geology

Tectonic Interpretation of the Paleomagnetic Data on the Permian and Triassic Rocks
of the Northern Pamirs

M. L. Bazhenov and N. Ya. Dvorova p. 1183  abstract

The Influence of Reefs on the Structure of Upper Sedimentary Cover

A. A. Baryakh, I. A. Sanfirov, N. A. Eremina, A. I. Kudryashov, and G. Yu. Priima p. 1187  abstract

The Age of Postcollisional Granitoids of the Northern Taimyr:
U–Pb, Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr, and Ar–Ar Data

V. A. Vernikovsky, E. B. Sal’nikova, A. B. Kotov, V. A. Ponomarchuk, V. P. Kovach,
A. V. Travin, S. Z. Yakovleva, and N. G. Berezhnaya p. 1191  abstract

Minerals of Precious Metals in Nepheline Rocks from Kuznetsk Alatau

A. M. Sazonov, O. M. Grinev, L. V. Agafonov, G. I. Shvedov, and E. A. Zvyagina p. 1195  abstract

Cyclicity of Oil Accumulation in the Earth’s History

V. A. Aparin, A. E. Kontorovich, and O. P. Zolotova p. 1197  abstract

The Kvataron Mechanism of Crystal Formation and Growth

A. M. Askhabov and R. V. Galiulin p. 1200  abstract

The Elbrus Caldera in the Northern Caucasus

O. A. Bogatikov, I. V. Melekestsev, A. G. Gurbanov, D. M. Katov, and A. I. Puriga p. 1202  abstract

Structure of the Sedimentary Cover in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean
along the Canary–Bahamas Geotraverse: Evidence from the Seismostratigraphic,
Lithogeochemical, and Facial-Genetic Data

V. V. Eremeev, A. E. Shlezinger, and L. E. Shterenberg p. 1205  abstract

Directivity and Rhythmicity in the Global Development of Magmatism
in the World Ocean

D. V. Rundquist, V. M. Ryakhovsky, Yu. V. Mironov, and A. A. Pustovoi p. 1210  abstract

Eclogite as a Possible Protolith of Metabasites of the Sharyzhalgai Ridge

E. V. Sklyarov, D. P. Gladkochub,
A. M. Mazukabzov, and Yu. V. Men’shagin p. 1214  abstract

Precambrian Granites of the Faddei Terrain (Northern Taimyr):
New Geochemical and Isotope-Geochronological (U–Pb and Sm–Nd) Data

V. A. Vernikovskii, E. B. Sal’nikova, A. B. Kotov, V. P. Kovach, and S. Z. Yakovleva p. 1218  abstract

Structure and Palynology of the Pleistocene Key Section of Caspian Sediments
from Mishovdag (Kura Depression)

A. A. Svitoch, G. M. Shumova, and T. A. Yanina p. 1223  abstract

Gold Potential of the Okhotsk–Chukot Volcanic Belt

A. A. Sidorov p. 1227  abstract

Mixtites in the Crimean Mountains

V. V. Yudin p. 1230  abstract

Structural Features and Genesis of Boulder Conglomerates from the Paanayarvi Lake Region,
North Karelian Zone of the Baltic Shield

M. G. Leonov, S. Yu. Kolodyazhnyi, and M. L. Somin p. 1234  abstract

The Propylitic PGE–Au Mineralization in the Polar Urals

V. I. Silaev and M. Yu. Sokerin p. 1238  abstract

Technogenic Material in Bottom Sediments of the Sea of Azov

Yu. P. Khrustalev, S. P. Volovik, L. A. Bespalova, and O. V. Ivlieva p. 1243  abstract

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography

Chemical Evolution of Ilmenorutile from Alkaline Rocks and Granite Pegmatites

A. I. Belkovskii, E. P. Makagonov, and V. O. Polyakov^† p. 1246  abstract

New Data on Platinum Potential of Mesozoic Alkaline Complexes in the Central Aldan

A. Ya. Kochetkov, G. N. Anoshin, V. A. Kovalenker, and I. K. Myznikov p. 1248  abstract

Simulation of Sedimentary Fluxes of Organic Matter in the Ocean

V. S. Savenko p. 1251  abstract

Rb–Sr Dating and Nd Isotopic Composition of the Verkhiset Granitoid Massif, Middle Urals

V. N. Smirnov, F. Bea, P. Montero, E. A. Zin’kova, and G. B. Fershtater p. 1254  abstract

A Rare Earthquake in the South of the Siberian Platform

S. I. Golenetskii p. 1257  abstract

Semiannual Fluctuations of the Ice Edge in the Southern Ocean: Regularities
and Relation to the Southern Oscillation

M. A. Chepurina p. 1261  abstract

Detection of Probable Traces of the Tunguska Comet of 1908: Elemental Anomalies in Peat

E. M. Kolesnikov, A. I. Stepanov, E. A. Gorid’ko, and N. V. Kolesnikova p. 1264  abstract

The Anabar Shield: A New Pt-bearing Province in Russia

A. A. Kuznetsov p. 1268  abstract

New Structural Species of the Synthetic Murataite

N. P. Laverov, A. I. Gorshkov, S. V. Yudintsev, A. V. Sivtsov, and M. I. Lapina p. 1272  abstract

Earthquake of September 5, 1993 as an Indicator of Seismic Potential
in the Southwestern Part of the Vitim Plateau in the Transbaikal Region

S. I. Golenetskii p. 1275  abstract

Unusual Pd/Au Ratios in Cu–Ni Sulfide Ores of the Kolotonk Deposit, Northwestern China

A. I. Glotov, A. P. Krivenko, and G. V. Polyakov p. 1280  abstract

Anthropogenic Radionuclides in Bottom Sediments of the Sea of Azov

D. G. Matishov and G. G. Matishov p. 1283  abstract

Aquapyrolysis of Organic Matter from the Bazhenov Formation

V. N. Melenevskii, G. Yu. Shvedenkov, A. E. Kontorovich,
N. T. Yudina, and E. N. Makhneva p. 1288  abstract

The Possibility of Rock Melting in the Earth’s Crust during Intense Folding:
Evidence from the Pamirs

V. A. Magnitskii, Sh. A. Mukhamediev, and R. Kh. Khasanov p. 1292  abstract

Evaporativity of Caspian Waters Depending on the Temperature and Thickness
of Hydrocarbon Pollutant Film on Their Surface

M. T. Abasov, D. Sh. Vezirov, Z. A. Kerimov, and G. E. Muzaffarov p. 1297  abstract

Origin and U–Pb Age of Granophyres of the Imandra Differentiated Intrusion, Kola Region

R. M. Galimzyanova, F. P. Mitrofanov, T. B. Bayanova,
Zh. A. Fedotov, and N. V. Levkovich p. 1301  abstract

Origin of Carbon in Diamondiferous Carbonized Ultrabasites at the Eastern Sayan

E. M. Galimov, A. G. Mironov, and A. A. Shiryaev p. 1304  abstract

Volatile Component Deficiency in the Apatite Composition
and Thermochemistry of Fluorapatites

A. A. Marakushev and T. A. Stolyarova p. 1307  abstract

Isotopic Composition of Oxygen, Carbon, and Sulfur in Rocks
from the Khalyuta Volcanic Carbonatite Complex, the Western Transbaikal Region

A. V. Nikiforov, V. V. Yarmolyuk, B. G. Pokrovskii,
V. I. Kovalenko, V. G. Ivanov, and G. S. Ripp p. 1311  abstract

Influence of Powerful Explosions on the Structure of the Transverse Wave Absorption Field
in the Earth’s Crust and Upper Mantle

Yu. F. Kopnichev p. 1315  abstract

Author Index to Volumes 358–363A, 1998 p. 1319